Melissa Conyears-Ervin, Ameya Pawar headed for runoff in city treasurer election

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Wednesday, February 27, 2019
City treasurer election heading for runoff
Melissa Conyears-Ervin and Ameya Pawar appear headed for a runoff to be Chicago treasurer.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- It appears the race for Chicago treasurer is heading toward a runoff.

State Representative Melissa Conyears-Ervin has roughly 44 percent of the vote while Ameya Pawar has 42 percent.

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Peter Gariepy received 14.1 percent of the vote.

With no candidate getting 50 percent, there will be an April 2nd runoff with either Conyears-Ervin or Pawar taking the place of Treasurer Kurt Summers, who did not seek re-election.