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Chicago City Council

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Chicago City Council Chambers in 2012
The city council since the 2019 elections:

The Chicago City Council is the legislative branch of the government of the City of Chicago in Illinois. It is made up of 50 aldermen elected from 50 wards to serve four-year terms.[1]

Background

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The Chicago City Council is set into session regularly (usually monthly) to consider ordinances, orders, and resolutions whose subject matter includes traffic code changes, utilities, taxes, and many other issues. The presiding officer of the Chicago City Council is the Mayor of Chicago. The secretary is the City Clerk of Chicago. Both positions are popularly elected offices.

The Chicago City Council Chambers are located in Chicago City Hall. Also located in the building are the downtown offices of the individual aldermen and staff.

List of aldermen

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Current composition of the Chicago City Council
Ward Name Took office Party[a] Main community areas[b]
1 Daniel La Spata 2019 Democratic[2] West Town, Logan Square
2 Brian Hopkins 2015 Democratic[3] Near North Side, Lincoln Park
3 Pat Dowell 2007 Democratic[2] Grand Boulevard, Near South Side, Douglas
4 Lamont Robinson 2023 Democratic[4] Douglas, Kenwood, Near South Side
5 Desmon Yancy 2023 Democratic[5] Hyde Park, South Shore, Woodlawn
6 William Hall 2023 Democratic[6] Greater Grand Crossing, Chatham
7 Greg Mitchell 2015 Democratic[2] South Deering, South Chicago, South Shore
8 Michelle Harris 2006[c] Democratic[2] Avalon Park, Pullman
9 Anthony Beale 1999 Democratic[2] Roseland, West Pullman, Riverdale
10 Peter Chico 2023 Democratic[7] South Deering, Hegewisch
11 Nicole Lee 2022[c] Democratic[8] Bridgeport, New City, Armour Square
12 Julia Ramirez 2023 Democratic[9] Brighton Park, McKinley Park, New City
13 Marty Quinn 2011 Democratic[10] Clearing, Garfield Ridge
14 Jeylú Gutiérrez 2023 Democratic[source?] Archer Heights, Gage Park
15 Ray Lopez 2015 Democratic[2] New City, Gage Park, West Englewood
16 Stephanie Coleman 2019 Democratic[2] West Englewood, Englewood, Chicago Lawn
17 David Moore 2015 Democratic[2] Auburn Gresham, West Englewood, Chicago Lawn
18 Derrick Curtis 2015 Democratic[2] Ashburn
19 Matt O'Shea 2011 Democratic[2] Beverly, Mount Greenwood, Morgan Park
20 Jeanette Taylor 2019 Democratic[11] New City, Washington Park, Woodlawn
21 Ronnie Mosley 2023 Democratic[12] Washington Heights, West Pullman, Morgan Park
22 Mike Rodriguez 2019 Democratic[2] South Lawndale, Garfield Ridge
23 Silvana Tabares 2018[c] Democratic[13] Garfield Ridge, West Lawn, West Elsdon
24 Monique Scott 2022[c] Democratic[14] North Lawndale
25 Byron Sigcho-Lopez 2019 Democratic[2] Lower West Side, South Lawndale
26 Jessie Fuentes 2023 Democratic[15] Humboldt Park, West Town, Logan Square
27 Red Burnett 2025 Democratic[2] Near West Side, West Town, Humboldt Park, Near North Side
28 Jason Ervin 2011[c] Democratic[2] Near West Side, East Garfield Park, West Garfield Park
29 Chris Taliaferro 2015 Democratic[2] Austin
30 Ruth Cruz 2023 Democratic[source?] Portage Park, Belmont Cragin, Irving Park
31 Felix Cardona 2019 Democratic[2] Belmont Cragin, Hermosa
32 Scott Waguespack 2007 Democratic[2] Logan Square, Lincoln Park, North Center
33 Rossana Rodríguez 2019 Democratic[7] Albany Park, Irving Park
34 Bill Conway 2023 Democratic[16] Near West Side, Loop
35 Anthony Quezada 2025[c] Democratic[2] Avondale, Logan Square
36 Gil Villegas 2015 Democratic[17] Belmont Cragin, West Town, Montclare
37 Emma Mitts 2000[c] Democratic[2] Austin, Humboldt Park
38 Nick Sposato 2011 Independent[18] Dunning, O'Hare, Portage Park
39 Sam Nugent 2019 Democratic[19] North Park, Forest Glen
40 Andre Vasquez 2019 Democratic[20] Lincoln Square, West Ridge
41 Anthony Napolitano 2015 Independent[21] O'Hare, Norwood Park
42 Brendan Reilly 2007 Democratic[2] Near North Side, Loop
43 Timmy Knudsen 2022 Democratic[22] Lincoln Park
44 Bennett Lawson 2023 Democratic[23] Lake View
45 Jim Gardiner 2019 Democratic[2] Jefferson Park, Forest Glen, Portage Park
46 Angela Clay 2023 Democratic[24] Uptown, Lake View
47 Matt Martin 2019 Democratic[25] North Center, Lincoln Square, Lake View, Uptown
48 Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth 2023 Democratic[26][27] Edgewater, Uptown
49 Maria Hadden 2019 Democratic[28][29] Rogers Park
50 Debra Silverstein 2011 Democratic[2] West Ridge

Notes

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  1. ↑ Aldermanic elections are officially nonpartisan; party affiliations are informational only.
  2. ↑ Main community areas overlapping with the ward. Only community areas that make up 15% of the area of the ward or more are listed.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Year of appointment, not of first election.

References

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  1. ↑ "65 ILCS 20/ Revised Cities and Villages Act of 1941". Illinois General Assembly – Illinois Compiled Statutes. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Sandvoss, Steven S., ed. (October 20, 2022). "State of Illinois Central Committees". Springfield, Illinois: Illinois State Board of Elections. pp. 75–78. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
  3. ↑ "2nd Ward candidate for alderman: Brian Hopkins". February 15, 2019. Archived from the original on May 25, 2023. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
  4. ↑ Robinson, Lamont (October 28, 2018). "Democratic nominee in Illinois House 5th District: Lamont J. Robinson Jr" (Interview). Interviewed by Chicago Sun-Times Editorial Board. Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on November 12, 2018. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
  5. ↑ Yancy, Desmon (March 15, 2023). "Desmon Yancy: City Council 5th Ward". 2023 Chicago Runoff Election Voter Guide (Interview). Interviewed by WTTW. WTTW. Archived from the original on May 26, 2023. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
  6. ↑ Hall, William E. (March 15, 2023). "William E. Hall: City Council 6th Ward". 2023 Chicago Runoff Election Voter Guide (Interview). Interviewed by WTTW. WTTW. Archived from the original on May 26, 2023. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
  7. 1 2 "Committeepersons - Cook County Democratic Party". Cook County Democratic Party. Archived from the original on April 6, 2025. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  8. ↑ Lee, Nicole (March 15, 2023). "Nicole Lee: City Council 11th Ward". 2023 Chicago Runoff Election Voter Guide (Interview). Interviewed by WTTW. WTTW. Archived from the original on May 26, 2023. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  9. ↑ Ramirez, Julia (March 15, 2023). "Julia Ramirez: City Council 12th Ward". 2023 Chicago Runoff Election Voter Guide (Interview). Interviewed by WTTW. WTTW. Archived from the original on May 25, 2023. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  10. ↑ Quinn, Marty (March 15, 2023). "Marty Quinn: City Council 13th Ward". 2023 Chicago Runoff Election Voter Guide (Interview). Interviewed by WTTW. WTTW. Archived from the original on May 25, 2023. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  11. ↑ Taylor, Jeanette (December 10, 2018). "2019 IVI-IPO Chicago Aldermanic Questionnaire" (PDF) (Interview). Interviewed by Independent Voters of Illinois-Independent Precinct Organization. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 2, 2019. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
  12. ↑ Reed, Atavia (May 22, 2023). "Ronnie Mosley, City Council's Youngest Member, Wants To Make The New 21st Ward 'The Best' In Chicago". Block Club Chicago. Retrieved May 25, 2023. Back home in Chicago, Mosley worked for Ald. Michelle Harris' (8th) office and former Mayor Rahm Emanuel's 2015 reelection campaign. Shortly after, he founded a consulting firm to aid the likes of Gov. JB Pritzker and the Obama Foundation.
  13. ↑ Spielman, Fran (June 15, 2018). "Mayor Emanuel taps Mike Madigan ally Silvana Tabares for 23rd Ward seat". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on June 16, 2018. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
  14. ↑ "Monique L. Scott, Incumbent | 2023 Chicago Runoff Election".
  15. ↑ "Jessica "Jessie" Fuentes | 2023 Chicago Election". Archived from the original on May 25, 2023. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
  16. ↑ "Bill Conway | 2023 Chicago Election". Archived from the original on May 25, 2023. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
  17. ↑ Cherone, Heather; Nitkin, Alex (November 1, 2019). "Villegas says he wants to replace Arroyo as 36th Ward Democratic committeeperson". The Daily Line. Archived from the original on November 2, 2019. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
  18. ↑ "'Independent' Sposato To Step Down As Dem Committeeman, Stay On As Alderman". DNAinfo.com. October 10, 2017. Archived from the original on January 27, 2018. Retrieved January 26, 2018.
  19. ↑ Nugent, Samantha (January 27, 2019). "39th Ward candidate for alderman: Samantha 'Sam' Nugent" (Interview). Interviewed by Chicago Sun-Times Editorial Board. Archived from the original on November 2, 2019. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
  20. ↑ Vasquez, Andre (December 11, 2018). "2019 IVI-IPO Chicago Aldermanic Questionnaire" (PDF) (Interview). Interviewed by Independent Voters of Illinois-Independent Precinct Organization. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 2, 2019. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
  21. ↑ "As Napolitano runs for a second term, unions that powered his 2015 run fall silent". The Daily Line. February 4, 2019. Archived from the original on July 11, 2020. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
  22. ↑ "Timmy Knudsen, Incumbent | 2023 Chicago Runoff Election". Archived from the original on May 25, 2023. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
  23. ↑ "Bennett Lawson | 2023 Chicago Election". Archived from the original on May 25, 2023. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
  24. ↑ "Angela Clay | 2023 Chicago Runoff Election". Archived from the original on April 12, 2023. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
  25. ↑ Martin, Matt (December 21, 2018). "2019 IVI-IPO Chicago Aldermanic Questionnaire" (PDF) (Interview). Interviewed by Independent Voters of Illinois-Independent Precinct Organization. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 2, 2019. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
  26. ↑ "Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth | 2023 Chicago Runoff Election". Archived from the original on May 25, 2023. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
  27. ↑ "Meet Leni". Archived from the original on May 25, 2023. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
  28. ↑ "Maria Hadden, Incumbent | 2023 Chicago Election". Archived from the original on May 25, 2023. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
  29. ↑ @erin_hegarty (February 6, 2021). "Still deliberating, but here's the weighted vote breakdown in the appointment to fill the vacant seat of former state Sen. Heather Steans (taken from an emailed public notice from the 48th Ward Dems, and with Maria Hadden as proxy for Cassidy and Osterman proxy for Silverstein)" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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