Aldermanic Candidate SCORECARD Chicago’s runoff elections are Tuesday, April 2. Voting is about more than just candidates, the issues we care about are #UpForElection! Before the general election in February, JCUA sent questionnaires to aldermanic candidates from 11 wards across the city. This scorecard includes responses from the five wards with runoff elections.
Responses were evaluated on the following scale:
Total Support Substantial Support Partial Support Non-Commital Opposed
DO YOU SUPPORT OR OPPOSE: Amending the GAPA’s community Recommendations Welcoming City Ending the City’s oversight ordinance put forth by CPCA to Ordinance to remove gang database? for the Chicago reform the police the four exceptions? Police Department? union contract?
5th Ward
Substantial Support Non-Commital Total Support Total Support
Will Calloway
Opposed Non-Commital Substantial Support Non-Commital
Leslie Hairston* 40th Ward
Partial Support Opposed Non-Commital Non-Commital
Patrick O’Connor*
Substantial Support Total Support Substantial Support Total Support
Andre Vasquez 43rd Ward
Non-Commital Opposed Total Support Total Support
Michele Smith*
Did not respond to questionnaire.
Derek Lindblom 46th Ward
Non-Commital Opposed Total Support Partial Support
James Cappelman*
Partial Support Total Support Total Support Total Support
Marianne LaLonde 47th Ward
Partial Support Substantial Support Total Support Total Support
Matt Martin
Total Support Substantial Support Total Support Substantial Support
Michael Negron
For more info or to read candidates’ full responses check out JCUA’s full runoff voter guide at jcua.org/civic-engagement * Incumbent Alderman