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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]
On March 14, 1933, Frank J. Corr was elected mayor pro tempore by the city council following the assassination of Anton Cermak. [119] [120] [121] Corr had been chosen by Chicago Democratic boss Patrick Nash, who believed Corr to be neither charismatic nor ambitious, and thus an ideal individual to reliably serve as a placeholder. [120]
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]
The 2023 Chicago elections took place in two rounds on February 28, 2023, and April 4, 2023. Elections were held for Mayor of Chicago, City Clerk of Chicago, City Treasurer of Chicago, all 50 members of the Chicago City Council, and 66 members of the newly created police District Councils.
A familiar name on local Democratic ballots for much of the last decade, former 2nd Ward Chicago alderman Bob Fioretti is running for office again: as a Republican. He joins two other former ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.