By Steve Rhodes
I attempted to figure out which aldermen were with which mayoral candidate, either through formal endorsements, obvious statements of preference, or other observable clues. In some cases, I couldn’t make a determination. Why does this matter? Think committee chairmanships, coalitions, voting blocs and so on.
Here it is, by ward. Where an incumbent was ousted in February, I’ve named the incoming alderman. Where runoffs are occurring today, I’ve done my best to tab each candidate with their stated choice.
If I’ve gotten any of these wrong, or you can fill in any missing gaps, let me know.
1. Daniel LaSpata -> ?
2. Brian Hopkins -> ?
3. Pat Dowell -> Preckwinkle
4. Sophia King -> Preckwinkle
5. Leslie Hairston -> Preckwinkle (William Calloway -> Lightfoot)
6. Rod Sawyer -> Preckwinkle / Foster-Bonner -> ?
7. Greg Mitchell -> Preckwinkle
8. Michelle Harris -> Preckwinkle
9. Anthony Beale -> Lightfoot
10. Susie Sadlowski Garza -> ?
11. Patrick Daley Thompson -> Preckwinkle
12. George Cardenas -> Lightfoot
13. Marty Quinn -> ?
14. Ed Burke -> Preckwinkle
15. Ray Lopez -> ? / Yanez -> ?
16. Toni Foulkes / Stephanie Coleman
17. David Moore -> ?
18. Derrick Curtis -> Lightfoot
19. Matt O’Shea -> Lightfoot
20. Jeanette Taylor -> ? / Nicole Johnson -> ?
21. Howard Brookins -> Preckwinkle / McNeil -> ?
22. Mike Rodriguez -> Preckwinkle
23. Silvana Tabares -> ?
24. Michael Scott, Jr. -> Lightfoot
25. Acevdeo -> Lightfoot / Sigcho-Lopez -> ?
26. Roberto Maldonado -> Preckwinkle
27. Walter Burnett, Jr. -> Preckwinkle
28. Jason Ervin -> Preckwinkle
29. Chris Taliaferro -> Preckwinkle
30. Ariel Reboyras -> Preckwinkle / Jessica Gutierrez -> ?
31. Milly Santiago -> ? / Felix Cardona -> ?
32. Scott Waguespack -> Lightfoot
33. Deb Mell -> Lightfoot / Rossana Rodriguez- Sanchez -> ?
34. Carrie Austin -> Preckwinkle
35. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa -> Preckwinkle
36. Gilbert Villegas -> Lightfoot
37. Emma Mitts -> Lightfoot
38. Nicholas Sposato -> Lightfoot
39. Samantha Nugent -> ? / Robert Murphy -> Lightfoot
40. Pat O’Connor -> ? / Andre Vasquez -> ?
41. Anthony Napolitano -> Lightfoot
42. Brendan Reilly -> Lightfoot
43. Michele Smith -> Lightfoot / Derek Lindblom -> Lightfoot
44. Tom Tunney -> Lightfoot
45. Jim Gardiner -> ?
46. James Cappleman -> ? / Marianne Lalonde -> Lightfoot
47. Matt Martin -> ? / Michael Negron -> ?
48. Harry Osterman -> ?
49. Maria Hadden -> Won’t endorse for mayor
50. Debra Silverstein -> ?
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Comments welcome.
Posted on April 2, 2019