Chicago’s Feb. 25 mayoral election resulted in no single candidate gaining over 50 percent of the vote. The two candidates with the highest percentage of votes will now compete for the office of mayor in a runoff election in April. This is the first runoff mayoral election in Chicago.

Current mayor Rahm Emanuel was the favorite at the polls, bringing in 45.4 percent of the vote. Challenging the incumbent is Jesus “Chuy” Garcia, who brought in 33.9 percent of the vote. Other candidates included Willie Wilson with 10.6 percent and 2nd ward alderman Bob Fioretti, who brought in 7.4 percent of the vote.

While Emanuel is entering the next election with a larger campaign budget than his opponent, Garcia has the backing of influential Chicago groups like the Chicago Teacher’s Union.

Several aldermanic races also took place, and many of them will go to a runoff race as well.