Karen Zaccor leads in North Side District 4a Chicago School Board race

District 4a neighborhoods: Lakeview, Uptown, North Center, EdgewaterLongtime Uptown teacher and incumbent board member Karen Zaccor was leading Tuesday in a three-way race to represent a chunk of the North Side, according to Associated Press election results.Chicago Teachers Union member Zaccor was narrowly defeating well-funded education consultant Ellen Sherratt and stem cell researcher Angel Alvarez. That’s despite anti-Chicago Teachers Union groups spending more than $300,000 attacking her plus another $300,000 bolstering Sherratt’s campaign.“I am down by 2,000 votes with 2 precincts yet to report,” Sherratt said late Tuesday night. “It’s not the outcome we hoped for but not inconceivable that a victory is possible either.”Zaccor was ahead with 44% of the vote to Sherratt’s nearly 39% and Alvarez’s 17%, with 97% of the precincts reporting, according to AP results early Wednesday morning.The area along the north lakefront is home to 15 schools, less than almost any other school boar