Contact: Nora Cay Ryan Office: (312) 222‐1000 Cell: (847) 826‐2061 E‐mail: [email protected] December 19, 2018 For Immediate Release (Chicago, IL) Chicago Federation of Labor Announces Endorsements for February Primary Election Today, the Chicago Federation of Labor endorsed candidates for the 2019 Chicago Municipal Primary Election on Feb. 26, 2019. After a thorough vetting process, representatives to the CFL’s Committee on Political Education voted to endorse candidates who demonstrate a strong understanding and respect for the issues that are important to working families. Mayor Neutral Citywide City Treasurer Melissa Conyears‐Ervin Citywide City Clerk Anna Valencia Citywide Aldermanic 1st Ward Proco "Joe" Moreno 2nd Ward Brian Hopkins 3rd Ward Patricia "Pat" Dowell 4th Ward Sophia King 5th Ward Leslie A. Hairston 6th Ward Roderick T. Sawyer 7th Ward Gregory Mitchell 8th Ward Michelle A. Harris 9th Ward Anthony Beale 10th Ward Susan Sadlowski Garza 11th Ward Patrick Daley Thompson 12th Ward George Cardenas 13th Ward Marty Quinn 15th Ward Raymond Lopez 16th Ward Toni Foulkes 17th Ward David Moore 18th Ward Derrick Curtis 19th Ward Matthew J. O’Shea 20th Ward Jeanette Taylor CFL Endorsements 2019 Chicago Municipal Primary Election Tuesday, February 26, 2019 Page 2 21st Ward Howard Brookins Jr. 22nd Ward Michael Rodriguez 23rd Ward Silvana Tabares 24th Ward Michael Scott, Jr. 25th Ward Neutral 26th Ward Roberto Maldonado 27th Ward Walter Burnett, Jr. 28th Ward Jason C. Ervin 29th Ward Chris Taliaferro 30th Ward Ariel E. Reboyras 31st Ward Felix Cardona Jr. 32nd Ward Scott Waguespack 33rd Ward Deborah Mell 34th Ward Carrie M. Austin 35th Ward Neutral 36th Ward Gilbert Villegas 37th Ward Emma Mitts 38th Ward Nicholas Sposato 39th Ward Joe Duplechin 40th Ward Patrick J. O’Connor 41st Ward Anthony Napolitano 43rd Ward Derek Lindblom 44th Ward Tom Tunney 46th Ward James Cappelman 47th Ward Michael Negron 48th Ward Harry Osterman 49th Ward Neutral 50th Ward Debra L. Silverstein # # # The Chicago Federation of Labor is the third‐largest central labor council of the national AFL‐CIO, representing nearly 300 local unions and councils across Chicago and Cook County, who in turn represent half a million workers. .