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Andrew Yang, New York City mayoral candidate in 2021, of Taiwanese Hokkien descent [1]. Hokkien, Hoklo (Holo), and Minnan people are found in the United States. The Hoklo people are a Han Chinese subgroup with ancestral roots in Southern Fujian and Eastern Guangdong, particularly around the modern prefecture-level cities of Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, and Xiamen, along with the Chaoshan region.
As of 2013, the Chicago area has the largest Palestinian American population in the U.S., and that Chicago-area Palestinian-origin people made up 25% of all Palestinian-originating persons in the U.S. [59] In 1995 there were 85,000 persons of Palestinian origin in the Chicago area, making up about 60% of the Arab Americans there; at that time ...
Term in office Party Notes Cite Ernest M. Cross: 1923–1927 Republican: Redistricted from the 8th ward [1] [14] William A. Rowan: 1927–1942 Democratic [1] [15] William J. Pieczynski 1943–1945 Died in office [1] Emil V. Pacini: 1945–1963 [1] [16] John J. Buchanan: 1963–1971 Lost re-election [1] Edward Vrdolyak: 1971–1987 Democratic ...
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 ...
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Byron Sigcho-Lopez (born July 7, 1983) is a Chicago politician and community activist. He is the alderman of Chicago's 25th ward, having taken office as a member of the Chicago City Council in May 2019. He won an open race to succeed outgoing alderman Daniel Solis in the 2019 Chicago aldermanic election.
The House on Tuesday passed a resolution affirming support for Israel – a direct response to Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal’s now walked-back comments about Israel being a “racist” state.
# Council Aldermen Alderman Term in office Party Notes Cite Alderman Term in office Party Notes Cite Peter Bolles 1837–1838 [1] 1st Francis C. Sherman: 1837–1838 [1] James Curtiss: 1838–1839 Democratic: Later elected alderman again in 1846 in 3rd ward [1] 2nd John S.C. Hogan 1838–1839 Redistricted from 4th ward (where he served 1837 ...