Twenty-one people have filed nominating paperwork in order to run for alderman in the 24th, 28th, 29th and 37th Wards during the Feb. 26, 2019 election, according to city election records. That’s the same amount of people who filed paperwork to run for Mayor of Chicago.
The candidates had until Nov. 26 to submit paperwork to the Board of Election Commissioners for the City of Chicago, 69 W. Washington St.
Aldermanic candidates must collect at least 473 valid signatures to get on the ballot while mayoral candidates must collect at least 12,500 laid signatures to make the ballot, among other requirements for running.
According to state law, anyone looking to file objections to a candidate’s nominating papers must file them within five business days from the time they’re due. A lottery drawing for candidates whose name will be on the first or final position on the February ballot was scheduled to be held Dec. 5.
If no candidate in any given race gets at least 50 percent of the vote in the February elections, then the top two-highest vote-getting candidates will face each other in runoff elections on April 2, 2019.
In all, 212 candidates filed to run in next year’s local citywide election, and among those candidates are 45 incumbents seeking reelection, according to Ballotpedia. Four aldermen are running unopposed.
“In 2015, 44 incumbent council members ran for re-election,” Ballotpedia explains. “Seven were defeated — an incumbent re-election rate of 84 percent. Heading into the 2019 election, 13 city council members (26 percent) were first elected in 2015.”
To find more information on potential ballot objections and other election matters, visit chicagoelections.com.
Correction: A previous version of this article incorrectly noted that aldermen needed at least 432 valid signatures to get on the ballot. This story has since been updated. Austin Weekly News regrets the error.
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Candidate list
Mayoral candidates
Dorothy A. Brown Cook, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County
Catherine Brown D’Tycoon, activist
Gery Chico, former chair of the Illinois State Board of Education
Conrien Hykes Clark
William M. Daley, former White House Chief of Staff and former U.S. Secretary of Commerce
Amara Enyia, executive director of the Austin Chamber of Commerce
Robert Fioretti, former Chicago alderman
La Shawn K. Ford, 8th District state representative
Ja’Mal Green, activist and executive director of the Majostee Allstars Community Center
Neal Sales-Griffin, professor at Northwestern University’s Farley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Jerry Joyce, attorney
John Kozlar, attorney and 11th Ward aldermanic candidate in 2011 and 2015
Lori Lightfoot, attorney and former president of the Chicago Police Board
Sandra L. Mallory, candidate for 15th Ward alderman
Richard Mayers, congressional candidate in 2016 and current candidate for clerk and city treasurer
Garry McCarthy, former Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department
Susana Mendoza, Illinois Comptroller
Toni Preckwinkle, president of the Cook County Board of Commissioners
Paul Vallas, former chief executive officer of Chicago Public Schools
Roger L. Washington, police officer, 24th Ward alderman candidate in 2015
Willie Wilson, businessman, mayoral candidate in 2015 and presidential candidate in 2016
City Clerk candidates
Patricia Horton
Anna M. Valencia
Elizabeth “Betty” Arias-Ibarra
Richard Mayers
City Treasurer candidates
Melissa Conyears-Ervin
Peter Gariepy
Ameya Pawar
Richard Mayers
Aldermanic candidates
24th Ward
Michael Scott, incumbent
Creative Scott
Toriano A. Sanzone,
Traci “Treasure” Johnson
Edward Ward
“Pat” Patricia Marshall
Larry G. Nelson
28th Ward
Jason C. Ervin, incumbent
Miguel Bautista
Jasmine Jackson
Theresa Rayford
Justina L. Winfrey
Beverly Miles
29th Ward
Chris Taliaferro, incumbent
Dwayne Truss
Gayinga Washington
Zerlina Smith
37th Ward
Emma Mitts, incumbent
Tara Stamps
Deondre Rutues
Otis Percy
