Nearly four years after Fritz Kaegi was elected on a promise to right the ship at the beleaguered Cook County assessor’s office, the first-time politician faced a strong challenge from Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Commissioner Kari Steele.
With 32% of precincts reporting about 7:45 p.m., Kaegi had an early lead, with about 53% of the vote reported, against 47% for Steele. All those results were from city precincts; as of 7:45 p.m., the Cook County Board of Elections had not posted suburban results.
