* Susie An at WBEZ…

A super PAC affiliated with the Illinois Network of Charter Schools is celebrating some of the winners it backed in Chicago’s aldermanic runoff elections on Tuesday.

The Action Independent Committee of the Illinois Network of Charter Schools dramatically boosted its spending in the 2019 election. It spent less than $30,000 on materials supporting only two aldermanic campaigns in 2015. This year, that spending jumped to more than $800,000.

INCS endorsed 13 aldermanic candidates this year. Between February and Tuesday’s elections, 10 of those candidates won. […]

But INCS took a major loss in the 40th Ward on the city’s Far Northwest Side. The group endorsed longtime Ald. Pat O’Connor and spent more than $80,000 on his re-election campaign, the largest amount it spent on any runoff race. O’Connor was defeated by political newcomer Andre Vasquez.

This is quite surprising because it really seemed that the tide had completely turned on charter schools, particularly in Chicago.

The group reported raising $1.7 million since mid-November, much of it from Walmart heirs. It spent about half that on independent expenditures.

* These include races in both rounds. INCS winners…

Lopez (15)
Coleman (16)
Brookins (21)
Scott (24)
Burnett (27)
Reboyras (30)
Cardona (31)
Austin (34)
Mitts (37)
Nugent (39)

* INCS losers…

Acevedo (25)
O’Connor (40)
Moore (49)

O’Connor and Joe Moore probably couldn’t be helped. Their time had passed. Acevedo had his own issues.

…Adding… Very good points by Dri. They didn’t mail on their issues and weren’t necessarily the only candidates in their races…

Interesting that the charter group that didn’t actually mail on their issues us claiming wins, by candidates all except one also endorsed by the Chicago Federation of Labor, somehow represents some big gains for their issues. https://t.co/ozOjxwP5jY

— dri (@DriXander) April 3, 2019

* Now, let’s take a look at candidates reporting contributions from the Chicago Teachers Union. As above, these include results from both the first and second rounds. Winners…

Sawyer (6)
Sadlowski Garza (10)
Taylor (20)
Rodriguez (22)
Sigcho-Lopez (25)
Martin (47)
Maldonado (26)
Ramirez-Rosa (35)
Hadden (49)
ADDED: Vasquez (40)

* Losers…

Murphy (39)
Yanez (15)
Dalieden (40)
Wozniak Francis (46)

* To be determined…

Hairston (5)

So, the final tally is 10-3 vs. 10-4-1. [Corrected because I put one contest in the wrong spot.]