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Gregory I. Mitchell (born April 22, 1969) is an American politician and the current alderman of Chicago's 7th ward. He took office in 2015 with 57% of the vote. He took office in 2015 with 57% of the vote.
Wards with lower populations have larger boundaries. External link: current map of Chicago wards. Chicago has been divided into wards since 1837, beginning with 6 wards. Until 1923, each ward elected two members to the city council. In 1923, the system that exists today was adopted with 50 wards, each with one council member elected by the ward.
5th Ward Leslie Hairston: 2000 Member of the Chicago City Council (1999–2023) 6th Ward Roderick Sawyer: 2012 Member of the Chicago City Council (2011–2023) 7th Ward Greg Mitchell: 2016 Member of the Chicago City Council (2015–present) 8th Ward Michelle Harris: 2008 Member of the Chicago City Council (2006–present) 9th Ward Anthony Beale ...
Aldermen Edward M. Burke (14th Ward), Marty Quinn (13th Ward), Brendan Reilly (42nd Ward) and Harry Osterman (48th Ward) all ran unopposed in this election. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Aldermen Toni Foulkes (15th Ward) and Nicholas Sposato (36th Ward) ran in different wards than those they had been incumbents of: the 16th and 38th, respectively. [ 6 ]
The former map proposed 16 majority-Black wards and 14 majority-Latino wards while the latter map proposed 16 majority-Black wards and 15 majority-Latino wards. Later versions of both maps proposed the first ever majority-Asian American ward. [13] A resident group called Chicago Advisory Redistricting Commission also proposed its own map, but ...
As reported, the commission has presented council with a map representing significant ward changes, one of which would place 3rd Ward Councilor Louise Michael's home address in the 4th Ward ...
Since its incorporation as a city in 1837 Chicago had been divided into wards whose number varied [a] but which were almost [b] always entitled to two alderpersons. In the early 20th century it was decided that reducing the number of alderpersons to a ward to one would be a cost-saving measure, and an ordinance to that effect was passed in 1920 ...
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