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Daniel Francis La Spata (born February 26, 1981) is a Chicago politician. He has served as alderman from Chicago's 1st ward since May 2019. He won election to that office after defeating incumbent Proco Joe Moreno in the 2019 Chicago aldermanic elections. [1] He is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America. [2]
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. In accordance with Illinois state law, ward borders must be shifted after every federal census.
Term in office Party Notes 1 Stanley Adamkiewicz April 16, 1923 – 1929 Democratic [parties 3] Had previously served then-17th ward from 1917 to 1921 2 Frank E. Konkowski 1929 – 1933 Republican [parties 1] Redistricted to the 26th ward 3 Thomas Patrick Keane: 1933 – July 13, 1945 Democratic [parties 1] Redistricted from the 34th ward Died ...
The fight over Chicago’s new ward map entered a chaotic new phase Tuesday, as a deadline loomed for aldermen to agree on ward boundaries they design themselves and thereby avoid potentially ...
With a deadline approaching to avoid the first Chicago ward map referendum in three decades, Latino aldermen failed this week to convince City Council colleagues to let them make changes to the ...
The proposed map will create 16 wards with Black majorities and 14 with Latino majorities, sources said. ... CHICAGO — Enough Chicago aldermen are in agreement on a new map of the city’s 50 ...
[1] [5] [6] Each established party in Cook County, currently Democrats, Republicans and Libertarians, elects its own committeeperson. Elections for Chicago ward committeepeople coincide with the primaries for presidential candidates, [7] while elections for township committeepeople coincide with primaries for gubernatorial candidates.
Negotiations between Black and Latino aldermen over redrawing Chicago’s ward boundaries have resulted in more performative name-calling than compromises, but the city’s cash register keeps ...