WCT HRC IC SEIU CTU EIP LPAC VF WCT IVI GIA SEIUCTU EIP VF MAYOR ALDERMAN - 25th WARD Elections 2019 Alexander “Alex” Acevedo B+ Toni Preckwinkle A Y Y Byron Sigcho-Lopez B+ Y Y WCT - Windy City Times emailed questionnaires to every registered A Y Y Y Y Y citywide and aldermanic candidate with whom we were able to make ALDERMAN - 30th WARD contact by email or phone; for others, we mailed paper copies to their CHICAGO CITY TREASURER Jessica W. Gutierrez Y address on file with the board of elections. Melissa Conyears-Ervin Y Ariel E. Reboyras (incumbent) The questions were about a wide range of issues, LGBT, HIV/AIDS, Ameya Pawar A- minimum wage, crime, youth experiencing homelessness, and more. ALDERMAN - 31st WARD Some questions did not have a yes/or no or “correct” answer, but in- Milagros “Milly” Santiago (incumbent) B+ Y Y volved more nuance and detailed narrative answers. Therefore, we rate WCT IVI GIA SEIUCTU EIP VF Felix Cardona Jr. B+ candidates on an A-F scale, not by numbers. Readers will note not very many are below a “C” because those candidates likely did not even ALDERMAN - 33rd WARD bother to respond to a survey from an LGBT newspaper. Rossana Rodriguez Sanchez Y Y Y Y ALDERMAN - 5th WARD Deborah L. Mell (incumbent) A- Y Y We will be posting all surveys, as turned in by candidates, on our Leslie A. Hairston (incumbent) Y Y Y website. Look for a link under the Politics button at the top of our William Calloway ALDERMAN - 39th WARD website, or search for the headline “2019 Election Survey Responses.” Robert Murphy B+ Windy City Times does not endorse in any elections, but we hope ALDERMAN - 6th WARD Samantha “Sam” Nugent A- our survey educates readers who are making tough choices for citywide Roderick T. Sawyer (incumbent) Y Y Y and aldermanic races Tuesday, Feb. 26. Please regularly check windyc- Deborah A. Foster-Bonner ALDERMAN - 40th WARD itytimes.com for updates, coverage and interviews in the days leading André Vasquez B+ up to the election. ALDERMAN - 15th WARD Patrick J. O’Connor (incumbent) A Rafael “Rafa” Yanez B+ Y Y Y HRC - Human Rights Campaign Raymond A. Lopez (incumbent) Y Y ALDERMAN - 43rd WARD IVI - Independent Voters of Independent Precinct Organization Derek Lindblom B+ GIA - Grassroots Illinois Action ALDERMAN - 16th WARD Michelle Smith (incumbent) B+ IC - Indivisible Chicago (incumbent) B+ Toni L. Foulkes (incumbent) Y Y SEIU - Service Employees International Union Healthcare Illinois ALDERMAN - 46th WARD CTU - Chicago Teachers’ Union Marianne Lalonde A- Y ALDERMAN - 20th WARD (incumbent) A Y Y EIP - Equality IL PAC Jeanette B. Taylor Y Y Y LPAC - Lesbian PAC Nicole J. Johnson B Y ALDERMAN - 47th WARD VF - Victory Fund Michael A. Negron ALDERMAN - 21st WARD B+ Y Howard B. Brookins, Jr. (incumbent) Y Marvin McNeil