On February 26, Neal hosted friends and family for a party to say thank you and to watch the election returns. There was charcuterie, laughter, a few tears, and a lot of love. Not too shabby for a candidate who was never expected to get on the ballot. The first election may be over (Chicago is headed to a run-off in April), but the work is just beginning.

Show Notes

• New York Times story on the election (00:39)
• The Chicago Board of Elections' unofficial summary report put Neal at 1,426 votes, or 0.27% (2:45)
• Neal and fellow candidate John Kozlar graduated from the same Chicago high school (3:00)
• Voter turnout was 34.11 percent, close to a record low of 33 percent in 2007 (5:46)
• Candidate Willie Wilson handed out checks on Valentine's Day, ostensibly to help Chicagoans pay their property taxes, definitely not anything to do with trying to win an election, nope (8:25)