Alderman Ward 42 — 68 of 69 precincts reporting (99%)
City of Chicago
42nd Ward Alderman - Chicago

  Brendan Reilly 6,802 54% (X)
  Burton Natarus 5,721 46%

From the Sun-Times – “Natarus, 73, lost to AT&T executive Brendan Reilly, who had 54 percent of the vote to Natarus’ 46 percent with 81 percent of the precincts tallied. “I just hope the change is for the better,” Natarus said. “I said this before, I hope the public doesn’t miss me. I did my job. For your information I missed five City Council meetings in 36 years.”

http://www.suntimes.com/news/elections/276015,CST-NWS-wrap28.article

“Those who didn’t vote for me, I can understand their feeling. I’ve been the alderman for a long, long time,” Natarus, 73, told a crowd of supporters Tuesday night at the swanky Bella Lounge on the Gold Coast. “And there are some people who feel there ought to be a change. . . .”

http://www.suntimes.com/news/elections/276012,CST-NWS-north28.article