 In the four @-@ way race , Orbach took 40 % of the vote and Shiller 38 % , but , no candidate received a majority , resulting in a run @-@ off . Kaszak endorsed Shiller , although many of Kaszak 's followers supported Orbach . Orbach tried to position himself on both sides of the pro- / anti @-@ Washington political fence , and late in the campaign attempted to stage a public conversion to pro @-@ Washington positions . Some prominent independents , such as Alderman Marion Volini ( 48th ) , state Representative Ellis Levin and state Senator William A. Marovitz , endorsed Orbach , as did the Chicago Sun @-@ Times and Chicago Tribune . " His [ Orbach 's ] relationship to large real estate developers is very important . He 's become more of an advocate for people outside of the ward than for people here , " Shiller charged . Some of Orbach 's allies spread a rumor , aimed at lakefront Jewish voters , that as alderman Shiller would support a Palestinian state . Shiller 's forces called Orbach a racist , although a large number of blacks backed Orbach in his early campaigns . Shiller later said , 
