Angela Clay
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2023 - Present
2027
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Angela Clay is a member of the Chicago City Council in Illinois, representing Ward 46. She assumed office on May 15, 2023. Her current term ends on May 17, 2027.
Clay ran for election to the Chicago City Council to represent Ward 46 in Illinois. She won in the general runoff election on April 4, 2023.
Elections
2023
See also: City elections in Chicago, Illinois (2023)
General runoff election
General runoff election for Chicago City Council Ward 46
Angela Clay defeated Kimberly Walz in the general runoff election for Chicago City Council Ward 46 on April 4, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Angela Clay (Nonpartisan) | 56.2 | 9,963 | |
| Kimberly Walz (Nonpartisan) | 43.8 | 7,772 | ||
| Total votes: 17,735 | ||||
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General election
General election for Chicago City Council Ward 46
The following candidates ran in the general election for Chicago City Council Ward 46 on February 28, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Angela Clay (Nonpartisan) | 36.1 | 5,663 | |
| ✔ | Kimberly Walz (Nonpartisan) | 25.8 | 4,048 | |
| Marianne Lalonde (Nonpartisan) | 17.6 | 2,760 | ||
| Patrick Nagle (Nonpartisan) | 11.3 | 1,764 | ||
| Roushaunda Williams (Nonpartisan) | 7.4 | 1,154 | ||
| Michael Cortez (Nonpartisan) | 1.8 | 283 | ||
| Total votes: 15,672 | ||||
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2019
See also: City elections in Chicago, Illinois (2019)
General runoff election
General runoff election for Chicago City Council Ward 46
Incumbent James Cappleman defeated Marianne Lalonde in the general runoff election for Chicago City Council Ward 46 on April 2, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | James Cappleman (Nonpartisan) | 50.1 | 7,079 | |
| Marianne Lalonde (Nonpartisan) | 49.9 | 7,054 | ||
| Total votes: 14,133 | ||||
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General election
General election for Chicago City Council Ward 46
The following candidates ran in the general election for Chicago City Council Ward 46 on February 26, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | James Cappleman (Nonpartisan) | 44.1 | 6,082 | |
| ✔ | Marianne Lalonde (Nonpartisan) | 18.1 | 2,494 | |
| Erika Wozniak Francis (Nonpartisan) | 16.8 | 2,324 | ||
| Angela Clay (Nonpartisan) | 15.4 | 2,127 | ||
| Justin Kreindler (Nonpartisan) | 3.9 | 545 | ||
| Jon-Robert McDowell (Nonpartisan) | 1.7 | 229 | ||
| Total votes: 13,801 | ||||
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Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Angela Clay did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Chicago 2019 Candidate Survey
Angela Clay completed Ballotpedia's Chicago candidates survey for 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Clay's responses.
Low-income families do not have the same choices, options, or alternatives when it comes to public school. How can this be addressed?
We need to implement a livable wage starting at $15/hr to give working class families an opportunity to succeed in this City. Our communities are currently being gentrified to wash away the cultures, history
How would you address inequality within and between schools?
Our education system is currently attributing the to failure of our students due to improper funding, a school to prison pipeline
How can public schools better support their teachers and work more productively with the teachers’ union, parents, and the community?
We have to take some of the burden off of our teachers and parent's cohesively. In order for us to make sure every child succeeds we must partner the needs of the students, with the resources in our communities and build stronger relationships between our parents and teachers.
What do you believe are the greatest needs of kids in school today? How would you prioritize these needs and address them?
I believe the greatest need of schools today are smaller class sizes, more funding per child
What are your proposals for supporting children before and after school? What would be your ideal afterschool programs?
I believe that schools should open their doors earlier than breakfast to give parents who work first shift the opportunity to take their child to school instead of putting them on public transportation. I believe that before school start mediation or yoga should be their opening to learning instead of jumping into a full day of learning. After school programs reduce violence and crime as well as offers a safe space for students to learn more. We have to expand out after school programs to include what students are learning at home. I believe many students are now into the technology space and we need after school programs to teach them coding, gaming, and application development.
Do you believe that there is corruption in Chicago politics, such as pay-to-play practices when the city awards bids? If so, how would you address it?
Whenever we say "the machine" you have to acknowledge that there is corruption in this great City. As Alderwoman I do not want any developers giving to my campaign or lobbyist that are for profit and not people. I also believe we need to stop elected officials from giving to each other as it directly impacts their judgement and puts the wants of their cohort over the needs of their constituents.
How would you make the city’s policies more responsive to community input instead of donors or special interests?
I believe things such as an elected school board and CPAC will help a lot with narrowing
How would you handle the “recurrence of unaddressed racially discriminatory conduct by officers” identified in the U.S. Justice Department’s investigative report of the Chicago PD published in 2017?
We need to increase community policing, retrain officers to build positive relations with young people, establish monthly meetings between the District Commander and people who may historically distrust police due to racism, brutality, and profiling. We have a direct link between lack of mental resources and police altercations, the only possible resource we're forcing them into for help is jail. Let's enact CPAC to bring accountability, transparency
What sort of proposals would help reduce police shootings and fatalities?
We need to enact CPAC and retrain our officers. They need to have mandatory community service hours within the Wards they serve to understand the needs of the residents. Without prior knowledge and a relationship with the communities they serve they will continue to treat us like we're not human.
What ideas do you have to reduce the availability of illegal or unregistered guns in Chicago?
We need to start honing in on the known stores majority of these guns are coming from. The nearby states such as Indiana have very careless oversight and allows guns to be sold in Indiana and then transported here. We have to start heavily pressuring our public officials in other states to revoke their business license is three or more guns are found to come from their gun store and in the hands of criminals. We also need to start holding gun owners accountable because it in turn make them understand that they are jeopardizing their freedom if this gun is given to someone else.
How will you help to rebuild trust in the police department and to encourage the community to work with police?
I wholeheartedly support ending one of the biggest racial profiling tools this City uses to target Black
How would you address criminal justice issues such as prison reform and the reintegration of formerly incarcerated persons into city life?
I believe that our justice system is broken and needs to be corrected. Black
How would you address the displacement of people of color and long-term residents from their neighborhoods?
I would support a rent control referendum forcing the entire State to protect our neighbors from displacement and lift the band on rent control. 71% of the 46 Ward are renters paying almost half of their monthly income just for housing. Without rent control renters are subjected to displacement
How would you care for the most vulnerable Chicagoans?
We need to give them a livable wage, access to affordable housing, access to education
How would you ensure that development benefits residents in their neighborhoods and not solely the developers and other interests?
I believe that community benefits agreements are one of the best tools we have as a City. I believe that our communities need to be educated on how to create and sustain an agreement that will hold their public officials accountable as well as the developers.
How would you distribute revenue fairly between neighborhoods?
I believe neighborhoods that are above the median income should get less than those that make at or below the median income. Our current politicians tend to favor the wealthy and stockpile their communities with resources while others are starved for opportunity. We also need to make sure that the wealthy are being properly taxed and that the working poor aren't being taxed that much.
How do you propose to resolve the city’s underfunded pension plan for city employees?
I believe that reducing pension benefits for new hires
What’s your opinion on tax increment financing (a program that funds development using any additional property tax revenue that results from an increase in appraised property values)? What, if any, changes would you make to the use of TIF?
Although TIF funds were nominally intended to revitalize low-income, low-opportunity neighborhoods, in practice they have been distributed to developers in affluent areas. As an elected official, I will ensure that TIF funds are given to neighborhoods that need them most. We need to clearly define what it means to be "blighted" because it then becomes a matter of opinion and want, instead of facts and needs. TIF funds should be scaled back and consolidated all over the City as it is taking the revenue that we desperately need for schools and other public services
How would you assess the city's finances, and if your proposals would require new spending, how would you pay for them?
I believe that any new spending would require us to look outside the box for a different type of revenue such as the LaSalle street tax. We have to think of other way besides property taxes to fund the City's needs. I believe that we need to prioritize education, housing
Would you be in favor of freezing property taxes, at least for low-income households, so that people can stay where they are living?
Absolutely! We are straining our most vulnerable and pushing them outside the City limits due to increased property taxes.
How would you increase access to quality food and urgent care in all parts of the city?
We need to make sure food deserts are eliminated by creating more community gardens and opening grocery stores within two miles of every community. Community gardens not only provides education to a skilled labor it feeds the community as well. I believe that small, organic business owners should be incentivized to open up in blighted neighborhoods who need access to fresh produce the most.
How will you address public health concerns such as contaminated drinking water, rat infestation, and lead poisoning?
The city has to replace the old lead pipes used decades ago to pump water into our homes. The water we pump from our filtration plants is clean and only becomes contaminated as it flows through our internal service lines which defeats the purpose. We need to also start requiring homeowners that have lead pipes to get them changed with help with funding from the City. We need to adequately test every home in the City, plan to work closely with low income neighborhoods that can’t afford the cost on their own, and start replacing our service lines that are poisoning us daily.
How would you make Chicago a cleaner city with less waste and pollution?
I believe we need to start imposing fines on buildings that do not offer recycling in their buildings. We should also be thinking about the future such as solar technology, wind technology
What would be your first steps for improving the transit system in terms of affordability, accessibility, and safety?
We need to have an internship program for Chicago Public high schools to help educate and hire students once they graduate. We also need to bring back full funded free fare for our seniors as they depend on every penny
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See also
2023 Elections
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Footnotes
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| Preceded by James Cappleman |
Chicago City Council Ward 46 2023-Present |
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