A 25Th Ward Challenger Accuses Alderman Solis Of Election Shenanigans Demands Recount

• Chloe Riley
• 25th Ward candidate Byron Sigcho stands outside the Chicago Board of Elections Tuesday after filing a lawsuit requesting a recount within the ward.

Standing in the damp chill after a morning of freezing rain, 25th Ward aldermanic candidate Byron Sigcho made his case for a recount outside the Chicago Board of Elections Tuesday: he alleged that the campaign of incumbent alderman Danny Solis was responsible for a range of high jinks on election day.

Solis has served as alderman since former mayor Richard M. Daley appointed him in 1996, and last week he won every single precinct in the ward. But the past two elections were tight. In 2007 he avoided a runoff only after votes for a disqualified candidate were thrown out. Four years ago Solis was pulled into a runoff with Cuahutemoc “Temoc” Morfin but won it with 54 percent of the vote.

Sigcho lawyer Nicholas Kefalos said a recount in that area would only help his client.