The Trump-aligned Aurora City Council member at the center of the Tren de Aragua apartment-takeover debate is narrowly lagging behind two progressive candidates: Alli Jackson and Rob Andrews.

If Jackson and Andrews win the two open at-large seats, they will have overthrown Republican incumbent Danielle Jurinsky and her colleague, Amsalu Kassaw, an Ethiopian immigrant she endorsed.

Jurinsky became the rare local politician to make national headlines by tying herself with the Trump administration. Her warnings about Venezuelan gang members drew national media attention and eventually led Trump and others to falsely claim that Tren de Aragua had taken over the city.

As of Wednesday morning, Republican incumbent Steve Sundberg was trailing his challenger, Amy Wiles, and progressives were wi

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