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To be a senator, a person must be aged 30 or over. To be a Representative, a person must be aged 25 or older. This is specified in the U.S. Constitution. Most states in the U.S. also have age requirements for the offices of Governor, State Senator, and State Representative.[74]
In 1934, Rush Holt of West Virginia was elected to the Senate of the United States at the age of 29. Since the U.S. Constitution requires senators to be at least 30, Holt was forced to wait until his 30th birthday, six months after the start of the session, before being sworn in. [4] In 1954, Richard Fulton won election to the Tennessee Senate ...
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
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago is holding a mayoral election Tuesday, but it will likely take weeks — and a runoff The post How Chicago elects a mayor, and why it might take weeks to determine a ...
Several candidates for Chicago mayor will have to defend the validity of their petitions to appear on the ballot as the race for City Hall’s top job intensifies. In all, 11 candidates filed to ...
Joseph J. Kelly – Buffalo mayor; Mark Kelly – US Senator; Randy Kelly – St. Paul mayor; Richard C. Kerens – Ambassador to Austria-Hungary 1909–1913; Michael Kenna – First Ward Alderman in Chicago 1897–1923; United States President John F. Kennedy laying a wreath at the Commodore John Barry Memorial in Wexford, Ireland in 1963
At just 22, Ja'Mal Green was the youngest person to ever run for mayor of Chicago. Despite ultimately losing the mayoral race in 2018, here’s how he’s been helping to make his hometown a safer ...
Bill Clinton, former President of the United States (1993–2001) [302] State elected officials. J. B. Pritzker, Governor of Illinois (2019–present) [303] Chicago aldermen. Gilbert Villegas, 36th ward (2015–present) [304] (endorsed García in the first round) [127] Individuals. Al Sharpton, civil rights activist [305] Editorial boards