 Independents including Aldermen Dick Simpson ( 44th ) , Martin J. Oberman ( 43rd ) , and Ross Lathrop ( 5th ) , and former alderman and mayoral candidate William Singer ( 43rd ) , endorsed Angela Turley , founder of the Organization of the Northeast ( ONE ) , a community group . Turley was also unanimously endorsed by the 46th Ward Citizens Search Committee , a group of 50 ward residents who interviewed 10 candidates . Turley and another candidate Carl Lezak , a former priest and former director of the American Civil Liberties Union ( ACLU ) , were challenged and stricken from the ballot by the Chicago Board of Elections Commissioners , leaving a three @-@ way race for alderman between Axelrod , Shiller , and former television news reporter Michael Horowitz . Shiller charged that the regular Democratic organization used unfair campaign practices against her , challenging about 100 of the 400 new voters she helped register , stealing her campaign posters , and pressuring store owners to remove her signs . The Chicago Tribune endorsed Axelrod , noting Shiller " runs primarily as a champion of the poor . " Axelrod prevailed , receiving 5 @,@ 575 votes , or 54 @.@ 5 % , to Shiller 's 3 @,@ 475 votes . 
