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Stacy Davis Gates, president of the Chicago Teachers Union [47] Arne Duncan, former U.S. secretary of education (2009–2016) and former chief executive officer of Chicago Public Schools (2001–2009) [48] [49] (endorsed Vallas) [50] La Shawn Ford, Illinois state representative from the 8th district (2007–present) and candidate for mayor in ...
No openly LGBT individual had previously been elected or otherwise served as mayor of Chicago before 2019. In 2019, Lori Lightfoot became the first openly lesbian mayor in Chicago history [35] Women candidates. Jane Byrne and Lori Lightfoot are the only women to have been elected mayor of Chicago. No woman has otherwise served as Mayor of Chicago
Neal Sales-Griffin, entrepreneur and Chicago mayoral candidate in 2019 [273] Che "Rhymefest" Smith, musician, philanthropist, and Chicago aldermanic candidate in 2011 [274] [275] Gloria Steinem, Feminist activist and journalist [254] Willie Wilson, businessman, Chicago mayoral candidate in 2015 and 2019, presidential candidate in 2016 [276 ...
Speaking to Yahoo News less than a week before the mayoral election, Devin R. Jones, a native South Sider who heads the Southside Republicans, said he believes Chicago has been governed by ...
The presiding officer of the council is the Mayor of Chicago, who is usually non-voting, except in rare cases, such as to break a tie. The secretary is the City Clerk of Chicago. Both positions are city-wide elected offices. In the absence of the mayor, an alderperson is elected to the position of President Pro Tempore serves as the presiding ...
The election will take place Feb. 26. If no candidate gets more than 50 percent of the vote, the top two vote-getters will face off April 2. 14 candidates vie to become Chicago's next mayor
Brandon Johnson (born March 27, 1976) [1] [2] is an American politician and educator who is currently serving as the 57th mayor of Chicago since 2023. [3] [4] [5] A member of the Democratic Party, Johnson previously served on the Cook County Board of Commissioners from 2018 to 2023, representing the 1st district.
Lori Lightfoot, 56, the former president of independent civilian body the Chicago Police Board and a political outsider, faces Toni Preckwinkle, 72, a long-time local politician, in a runoff to ...