Richard Michael Daley is an American politician who served as the 54th mayor of Chicago,Illinois,from 1989 to 2011. Daley was elected mayor in 1989 and was reelected five times until declining to run for a seventh term. At 22 years,his was the longest tenure in Chicago mayoral history,surpassing the 21-year stay of his father,Richard J. Daley.
Mary Ann Smith is a former alderman of the 48th ward of the City of Chicago;she was appointed in 1989 by Mayor Richard M. Daley to replace Kathy Osterman. She won re-election in 1991,and was re-elected four more times before retiring in 2011. She currently serves as a member of the Chicago Commission on Landmarks.
Thomas M. Tunney is an American politician and entrepreneur from Chicago,Illinois. Since 2003,he has served as an alderman on the Chicago City Council. He represents the prominent 44th Ward of the city,which includes major tourist destinations,Boystown and Wrigleyville neighborhoods. He was elected vice mayor in 2019.
Helen Shiller is a former Alderman of the 46th ward in Chicago,Illinois. Shiller is also a published author,having written a 500 page book on her politics and activism in Chicago from 1971 to 2011. Shiller served in the Chicago City Council for six four-year terms,from 1987 to 2011. Shiller was elected to the City Council on her third attempt,as Harold Washington,Chicago's first black Mayor,was re-elected to his second term,and her election as alderman helped close the Council Wars era in Chicago government. Shiller has been described as "a reformer unafraid totake on the boys in power." A less flattering description is that she is "committed to liberal causes and destroying all within her path". Among her most significant impacts on Chicago were her advocacy for diverse,inclusive,affordable housing and helping craft Chicago's response to the HIV/AIDS crisis. Her commitment to fostering community development without displacement often brought Shiller into contention with some constituencies,real estate developers,and editorial boards. Shiller's oral history was collected by Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Uptown resident Studs Terkel in his 2003 book,Hope Dies Last. As she details in her own book,among her policy victories as a City Council member was:getting human rights legislation passed,having Chicago implement anti-apartheid legislation,creating a City Council Subcommittee on Domestic Violence,and building a unique mix-used development.
Patrick J. O'Connor is a former Chicago politician. He is the former alderman in Chicago's City Council representing the 40th ward on the North Side of the city. He was first elected in 1983 at age 28. His tenure ended in May 2019 after his loss to challenger Andre Vasquez in the 2019 Chicago aldermanic elections. O'Connor was an unsuccessful candidate in the Democratic Party primary election for Illinois's 5th congressional district special election,2009.
John Pope is a former alderman of the 10th Ward of the City of Chicago. He was first elected in 1999 and served four terms,the last of which ended in 2015 when he lost an election to Alderman Susan Sadlowski Garza in 2015.
Edward Michael Burke is an American politician who is the alderman of Chicago's 14th ward. A member of the Democratic Party,he was first elected to the Chicago City Council in 1969,and represents part of the city's Southwest Side. Chair of Council's Committee on Finance,Burke has been called Chicago's "most powerful alderman" by the Chicago Sun-Times. Burke was named one of the "100 Most Powerful Chicagoans" by Chicago Magazine,describing him as "[o]ne of the last of the old-school Chicago Machine pols."
Ricardo Muñoz is a former member of the Chicago City Council,having served as alderman for the 22nd ward,which includes Little Village and Archer Heights. Muñoz was appointed to this position by Mayor Richard M. Daley in 1993 and served until 2019. He was the longest tenured Latino and fourth longest tenured member of the Chicago City Council.
Daniel Solis is an American politician from Illinois. He served as an alderman on the Chicago City Council from 1996 to 2019. He represented Chicago's 25th Ward which includes the Lower West Side.
Billy Ocasio is a former senior advisor to Illinois Governor Pat Quinn appointed to work on social justice issues. He began his appointment on June 1,2009 after it had been announced on May 12,2009.
Carrie Austin is alderman of the 34th ward on Chicago's far south side. The predominantly African-American ward includes portions of Morgan Park,Roseland,Washington Heights and West Pullman.
Graffiti Blasters is a program to eliminate graffiti,street art and gang-related vandalism in Chicago,Illinois. The program is structured as a privately owned business based in the city government. It uses soluble abrasives and paints matching the city's official color scheme to erase all varieties of graffiti.
Regner E. "Ray" Suárez is the former alderman of the 31st Ward of the City of Chicago;he was first elected in 1991. He was unsuccessful in the April 2015 election,and left office May 2015.
Bernard "Berny" L. Stone was alderman of the 50th Ward of the City of Chicago,Illinois from 1973 to 2011. The 50th Ward encompasses part of Chicago's far North Side and includes the West Ridge,West Rogers Park and Peterson Park neighborhoods. First elected to the Council in 1973,Stone was the second longest-serving alderman. His tenure spanned the terms of seven Mayors,from Richard J. Daley to Richard M. Daley. Stone was also Vice Mayor of the City of Chicago from 1998 to 2011.
John Rice was an American politician. He was alderman of the City of Chicago,representing the 36th ward on the City's far northwest side,from 2009 to 2011.
The 2015 Chicago aldermanic elections happened on February 24,2015,to elect the 50 Aldermen that represent Chicago in the City Council. The elections were non-partisan and if no candidate received an absolute majority,a runoff would be held between the top two finishers on April 7,2015.
The 11th Ward is one of the 50 aldermanic wards with representation in the City Council of Chicago,Illinois. It is broken into 38 election precincts. Five Mayors of Chicago have come from this ward:Edward Joseph Kelly,Martin H. Kennelly,Richard J. Daley,Michael A. Bilandic and Richard M. Daley. The current alderman for the 11th ward is Nicole Lee.
Patrick Daley Thompson is an American politician who most recently served as an alderman from Chicago's 11th ward and was previously a commissioner of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. A member of the prominent Daley family,he is a grandson of Richard J. Daley and a nephew of Richard M. Daley,both of whom served as longtime mayors of Chicago.
Michael Scott Jr. is an American politician,business executive,and member of the Chicago Board of Education. From 2015 to 2022,he served as an alderman in the Chicago City Council representing the 24th ward,which includes portions of North Lawndale,South Austin and West Garfield Park. He is a member of the Democratic Party and was a member of the Chicago Aldermanic Black Caucus while in City Council.
Nicole T. Lee is an American politician in Chicago,Illinois. She is a member of the Chicago City Council as the alderwoman for the 11th ward,which includes portions of Bridgeport,New City,and Chinatown. She took office in March 2022,after being appointed to fill the vacancy created by the removal of Patrick Daley Thompson. She is the second Asian American and first Chinese American to serve on the City Council.
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