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Starting in 1935 the term for alderpersons was extended to four years, and city council elections since that time have coincided with the mayoral election. In 1837 there were six wards, before that number was increased to nine in 1847, ten in 1853, sixteen in 1863, twenty in 1869, down to eighteen in 1876, to twenty-four in 1887 and thirty-four ...
2022 was a midterm election year in the United States. The primaries and general elections for Cook County races coincided with those for federal (House and Senate) and those for state elections. In the primary, turnout among registered voters was 21.14%. Turnout among registered voters in suburban Cook County was 19.61%, with 319,825 ballots cast.
The Chicago City Council is the legislative branch of the government of the City of Chicago in Illinois. It consists of 50 alderpersons elected from 50 wards to serve four-year terms. [ 1 ] The council is called into session regularly, usually monthly, to consider ordinances, orders, and resolutions whose subject matter includes code changes ...
Forty-five out of 50 Chicago aldermen have opted to accept a 5.5% pay increase in 2022 that will push the highest paid among them to a salary over $130,000. One council member who the city ...
George Cardenas, Cook County Board of Review member from the 1st district (2022–present) and former Chicago alderman from the 12th ward (2003–2022) [284] (endorsed Lightfoot in the first round) [170] Iris Martinez, Clerk of the Cook County Circuit Court (2020–present) [50] Chicago aldermen. Anthony Beale, 9th ward (2006–present) [282]
Ald. Roderick Sawyer, the 6th district alderman and the son of a former mayor, is among several candidates for next year’s race. Incumbent Mayor Lori Lightfoot is likely to run for re-election.
Boundaries of the ward used for the 2015 and 2019 aldermanic elections. The 4th Ward was one of six created upon Chicago's incorporation as a city in 1837. At the time its boundaries were the city limits at North Avenue and Wood Street to its respective north and west, Randolph Street to its south, and the Chicago River to its east.
In 2021, the City Council began debate over new ward map boundaries as part of the redistricting process following the 2020 United States census. The proposed map needed be approved by 41 aldermen before May 19, 2022, otherwise proposed maps would have been submitted to voters as a referendum in the June 2022 election. [11]