Dolton, Illinois, mayor Tiffany Henyard, a Democrat, is projected to lose in a landslide in the village’s mayoral primary held on Tuesday amid various scandals and allegations of corruption.
The embattled mayor predicted earlier on Tuesday that she would win in a landslide, according to Fox 32, but challenger Jason House overwhelmingly defeated Henyard in convincing fashion, securing 3,896 votes to Henyard’s 536.
House, a village trustee and former ally of Henyard, campaigned on transparency and reform, promising a “clean house” and to bring accountability back to Dolton government.
“The way that the present mayor has been doing things just hasn’t been sitting right with me,” voter Sharon Hunley told Fox 32.
Another voter, Regan Lewis, said, “We’re kinda like a joke. It’s not a good thing, it’s embarrassing.”
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