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Although Chicago has a new mayor, the city is still looking for an Alderman in the 20th Ward. In last night’s election, Rhymefest lagged behind incumbent Willie Cochran by 26 percent (46-20). Since neither candidate received over 50 percent of the popular vote, a run-off was issued for April 5th. Earlier today, ‘Fest rallied for support via his Twitter account.

Wherever you are in the city/Chicagoland area, we need your help! You can phone bank, you can canvass. E-mail [email protected]! Even if you can only do an hour, 10 people for 1 hour is 10 hours of service which goes a long way.We have 42 days to make this happen. I’m going out today to get to work immediately but I cannot do this alone.