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Kade Heather

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Two north side wards two retirements and 16 choices for voters | History Defined

Candidates running in the 48th Ward, (top row, left to right) Larry Svabek, Nick Ward, Joe Dunne, Andre Peloquin, Brian Haag. (bottom row, left to right) Isaac Freilich Jones, Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth, Roxanne Volkmann, Andy Peters, Nassir Faulkner. (Photos provided to the Chicago Sun-Times)

North Side residents of two lakefront wards will choose new City Council members to represent them for the first time in 12 years — and they’ve got a combined 16 candidates to choose from.

The scramble was sparked by the decisions of Ald. James Cappleman (46th) and Ald. Harry Osterman (48th) not to seek re-election, part of an exodus that will result in leadership turnover in nearly a third of the city’s 50 wards.

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