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Elections 2019 Page 1 of 3 WCT IVI GIA SEIUCTU EIP VF ALDERMAN - 3rd WARD Elections 2019 Pat Dowell (incumbent) B Y Y Alexandria Willis B WCT - Windy City Times emailed questionnaires to every registered citywide and aldermanic candidate with whom we were able to make ALDERMAN - 4th WARD contact by email or phone; for others, we mailed paper copies to their Sophia King B- Y Y Y address on file with the board of elections. Ebony D. Lucas The questions were about a wide range of issues, LGBT, HIV/AIDS, minimum wage, crime, youth experiencing homelessness, and more. ALDERMAN - 5th WARD Some questions did not have a yes/or no or “correct” answer, but in- Leslie A. Hairston (incumbent) Y Y Y volved more nuance and detailed narrative answers. Therefore, we rate William Calloway candidates on an A-F scale, not by numbers. Readers will note not very Gabriel Piemonte many are below a “C” because those candidates likely did not even bother to respond to a survey from an LGBT newspaper. ALDERMAN - 6th WARD We will be posting all surveys, as turned in by candidates, on our Roderick T. Sawyer (incumbent) Y Y Y Richard A. Wooten website. Look for a link under the Politics button at the top of our Deborah A. Foster-Bonner website, or search for the headline “2019 Election Survey Responses.” Windy City Times does not endorse in any elections, but we hope ALDERMAN - 7th WARD our survey educates readers who are making tough choices for citywide Gregory L. Mitchell (incumbent) Y and aldermanic races Tuesday, Feb. 26. Please regularly check windyc- Charles Kyle itytimes.com for updates, coverage and interviews in the days leading Jedediah L. Brown Y up to the election. ALDERMAN - 8th WARD IVI - Independent Voters of Illinois Independent Precinct Organization Michelle A. Harris (incumbent) Y GIA - Grassroots Illinois Action Jewel R. Easterling-Smith IC - Indivisible Chicago Linda Hudson SEIU - Service Employees International Union Healthcare Illinois Faheem Shabazz CTU - Chicago Teachers’ Union EIP - Equality IL PAC ALDERMAN - 9th WARD LPAC - Lesbian PAC Anthony A. Beale (incumbent) B- Cleopatra Watson Y VF - Victory Fund Paul Collins Essie Hall WCT IVI IC SEIU CTU EIP LPAC VF ALDERMAN - 10th WARD Susan Sadlowski-Garza (incumbent) Y Y Robert “Bobby” Loncar CHICAGO MAYOR Jerry Joyce ALDERMAN - 11th WARD Paul Vallas A Patrick Daley Thompson (incumbent) Willie L. Wilson David Mihalyfy Y Toni Preckwinkle A Y Y William M. Daley B+ ALDERMAN - 12th WARD Garry McCarthy George Cardenas (incumbent) Y Gery Chico A- Pete Demay Susana A. Mendoza A Martha Yerania Rangel Amara Enyia Jose Rico Y La Shawn K. Ford A- Neal Sáles-Griffin ALDERMAN - 13th WARD Lori Lightfoot A Y Y Y Y Marty Quinn (incumbent) Y Y Robert “Bob” Fioretti David J. Krupa John Kenneth Kozlar ALDERMAN - 14th WARD CHICAGO CITY CLERK Edward M. Burke (incumbent) Jamie Guzman Anna M. Valencia Y Tanya G. Patino Y Y Patricia Horton Elizabeth “Betty” Arias-Ibarra ALDERMAN - 15th WARD Joseph G. Williams CHICAGO CITY TREASURER Rafael “Rafa” Yanez B+ Y Y Y Melissa Conyears-Ervin Y Raymond A. Lopez (incumbent) Y Y Ameya Pawar A- Berto Aguayo Y Peter Gariepy Y Otis Davis, Jr. ALDERMAN - 16th WARD Stephanie Coleman (incumbent) B+ WCT IVI GIA SEIUCTU EIP VF Latasha M. Sanders Kenny C. Doss II CHICAGO CITY COUNCIL Toni L. Foulkes (incumbent) Y Y ALDERMAN - 1st WARD Jeffrey L. Lewis Proco “Joe” Moreno (incumbent) Y Eddie Johnson III Daniel La Spata B+ Y ALDERMAN - 17th WARD ALDERMAN - 2nd WARD David H. Moore (incumbent) B Y Y Y Brian Hopkins (incumbent) B+ Raynetta Greenleaf B- Page 2 of 3 WCT IVI GIA SEIUCTU EIP VF WCT IVI GIA SEIUCTU EIP VF ALDERMAN - 18th WARD ALDERMAN - 32nd WARD Chuks Onyezia Y Scott Waguespack (incumbent) A- Y Y Derrick G. Curtis (incumbent) Y ALDERMAN - 33rd WARD ALDERMAN - 19th WARD Katie Sieracki A- Matthew J. O’Shea (incumbent) Y Rossana Rodriguez Sanchez Y Y Y Y David A. Dewar Deborah L. Mell (incumbent) A- Y Y ALDERMAN - 20th WARD ALDERMAN - 34th WARD Jeanette B. Taylor Y Y Y Carrie M. Austin (incumbent) Nicole J. Johnson B Y Preston Brown Jr. Maya Hodari Jennifer O. Maddox ALDERMAN - 35th WARD Andre Smith Amanda Yu Dieterich Dernard D. Newell Carlos Ramirez-Rosa (incumbent) A- Y Y Y Quandra V. Speights Kevin M. Bailey B- ALDERMAN - 36th WARD Anthony Driver, Jr. Gilbert Villegas (incumbent) Y ALDERMAN - 21st WARD ALDERMAN - 37th WARD Howard B. Brookins, Jr. (incumbent) Y Emma M. Mitts (incumbent) Marvin McNeil Tara Stamps Y Patricia A. Foster Deondre Rutues Joseph C. Ziegler, Jr. ALDERMAN - 38th WARD ALDERMAN - 22nd WARD Nicholas Sposato (incumbent) Michael D. Rodriguez Y Y Y Y Lisette “Liz” Lopez B ALDERMAN - 39th WARD Richard Juarez Robert Murphy B+ Neftalie Gonzalez Samantha “Sam” Nugent A- Casey Smagala ALDERMAN - 23rd WARD Joe Duplechin Silvana Tabares (incumbent) Y Paulino R. Villarreal, Jr. ALDERMAN - 40th WARD Ugo Okere B ALDERMAN - 24th WARD Dianne Daleiden B+ Y Y Creative Scott Y André Vasquez B+ Michael Scott, Jr. (incumbent) Patrick J. O’Connor (incumbent) A Toriano A. Sanzone Maggie O’Keefe A Traci “Treasure” Johnson Y ALDERMAN - 41st WARD ALDERMAN - 25th WARD Tim Heneghan B+ Y Hilario Dominguez B+ Anthony V. Napolitano (incumbent) Alexander “Alex” Acevedo B+ Troy Antonio Hernandez B ALDERMAN - 42nd WARD Byron Sigcho-Lopez B+ Y Y Brendan Reilly (incumbent) Y Aida Flores ALDERMAN - 43rd WARD Derek Lindblom B+ ALDERMAN - 26th WARD Michelle Smith (incumbent) B+ Theresa Shaw B Leslie Fox Roberto Maldonado (incumbent) Y Y Jacob Ringer B+ David Herrera Steven McClellan Rebecca Janowitz Y ALDERMAN - 27th WARD Walter Burnett, Jr. (incumbent) C+ Y ALDERMAN - 44th WARD Cynthia D. Bednarz B Tom Tunney (incumbent) A Y Y Austin Baidas A- ALDERMAN - 28th WARD Elizabeth Shydlowski Miguel Bautista Y Jason C. Ervin (incumbent) Y ALDERMAN - 45th WARD Jasmine Jackson Marilyn Morales A- Beverly Miles John S. Arena (incumbent) Y Y James “Jim” Gardiner ALDERMAN - 29th WARD Robert A. Bank Dwayne Truss Chris Taliaferro (incumbent) Y Y Y ALDERMAN - 46th WARD Zerlina A. Smith Marianne Lalonde A- Y Erika Wozniak Francis B+ Y Y ALDERMAN - 30th WARD Justin Kreindler A- Jessica W. Gutierrez Y James Cappleman (incumbent) A Y Y Ariel E. Reboyras (incumbent) Angela Clay B Edgar “Edek” Esparza Jon-Robert McDowell A- ALDERMAN - 31st WARD Colin Bird-Martinez A Y Milagros “Milly” Santiago (incumbent) B+ Y Y Felix Cardona Jr. Page 3 of 3 WCT IVI GIA SEIUCTU EIP VF ALDERMAN - 47th WARD Eileen Dordek A- Angela “Angie” Maloney A- Heather Way Kitzes Michael A. Negron A- Matt Martin B+ Y Gus Katsafaros Thomas M. Schwartzers Kimball Ladien Jeff Jenkins A- ALDERMAN - 48th WARD Harry Osterman (incumbent) Y Y David Earl Williams III B+ ALDERMAN - 49th WARD Joe Moore (incumbent) B+ Y Maria Hadden A Y Y Y Y ALDERMAN - 50th WARD Debra L. Silverstein (incumbent) Andrew D. Rowlas Zehra Quadri B.
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