Welcome to the Reader‘s morning briefing for Thursday, March 2, 2017.
Alderman Sophia King keeps her seat in special election
Alderman Sophia King easily won the Fourth Ward special election Tuesday with 64 percent of the vote, allowing her to keep her seat and avoid a runoff election. King was appointed to the seat by Mayor Rahm Emanuel after former alderman Will Burns resigned, and faced four challengers in the special election, during which she was endorsed by her longtime friend, former president Barack Obama. “I have to take a small moment to thank President Obama. History will tell, but I think he’ll go down as one of the best presidents ever,” she told her supporters after the victory. “I’m just happy to have known him that way.” [Tribune]
