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The 2023 Chicago aldermanic election took place in two rounds on February 28 and April 4, ... 29th Ward General election [1] Party Candidate Votes % Nonpartisan:
Chris Taliaferro is a Democratic Alderman representing the 29th ward of the city of Chicago. ... In the runoff of the 2019 Chicago mayoral election, ...
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 ...
Chicago's alderpersons are generally given exceptional deference, called "aldermanic privilege" or "aldermanic prerogative", to control city decisions and services within their ward. [ 58 ] [ 59 ] This is an unwritten and informal practice that emerged in the early 20th century and gives alderpersons control over "zoning, licenses, permits ...
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 ...
Then-state Rep. Silvana Tabares, D-Chicago, served in the Statehouse from 2013 to 2018 and was appointed 23rd Ward alderman by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel in June 2018.
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 2019 Chicago aldermanic election took place in two rounds on February 26 and April 2, 2019, to elect 50 aldermen to the Chicago City Council. Each alderman represents one of Chicago's 50 wards. Each alderman represents one of Chicago's 50 wards.