City elections in Chicago, Illinois (2023)

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2023 Chicago elections
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Election dates
Filing deadline: November 28, 2022
General election: February 28, 2023
Runoff election: April 4, 2023
Election stats
Offices up: Mayor, city clerk, city treasurer, city council, and police district councils
Total seats up: 119 (click here for mayoral election)
Election type: Nonpartisan
Other municipal elections
U.S. municipal elections, 2023

The city of Chicago, Illinois, held general elections for mayor, city clerk, city treasurer, city council, and police district councils on February 28, 2023. A runoff election was scheduled for April 4, 2023. The filing deadline for this election was November 28, 2022.

Click here to learn more about the city's mayoral election.


Elections

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Candidates and results

Offices up for election in 2023:

City clerk

General election

General election for Chicago City Clerk

Incumbent Anna Valencia won election in the general election for Chicago City Clerk on February 28, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Anna Valencia
Anna Valencia (Nonpartisan)
 
100.0
 
457,007

Total votes: 457,007
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City treasurer

General election

General election for Chicago City Treasurer

Incumbent Melissa Conyears-Ervin won election in the general election for Chicago City Treasurer on February 28, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Melissa Conyears-Ervin
Melissa Conyears-Ervin (Nonpartisan)
 
100.0
 
442,553

Total votes: 442,553
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City council

General runoff election

Chicago City Council general runoff election, 2023

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
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Office Candidates
Ward 4

Prentice Butler 
Green check mark transparent.pngLamont Robinson Jr. 
Ward 5

Martina Hone 
Green check mark transparent.pngDesmon Yancy 
Ward 6

Green check mark transparent.pngWilliam Hall 
Richard A. Wooten 
Ward 10

Green check mark transparent.pngPeter Chico 
Ana Guajardo 
Ward 11

Green check mark transparent.pngNicole Lee (i)
Anthony Ciaravino 
Ward 21

Cornell Dantzler 
Green check mark transparent.pngRonnie Mosley  Candidate Connection
Ward 24

Green check mark transparent.pngMonique Scott (i)
Creative Scott 
Ward 29

Green check mark transparent.pngChris Taliaferro (i)
CB Johnson 
Ward 30

Green check mark transparent.pngRuth Cruz 
Jessica Gutierrez 
Ward 36

Green check mark transparent.pngGilbert Villegas (i)
Leonor Torres Whitt 
Ward 43

Green check mark transparent.pngTimmy Knudsen (i)
Brian Comer 
Ward 45

Green check mark transparent.pngJim Gardiner (i)
Megan Mathias 
Ward 46

Green check mark transparent.pngAngela Clay 
Kimberly Walz 
Ward 48

Joe Dunne 
Green check mark transparent.pngLeni Manaa-Hoppenworth 

General election

Chicago City Council general election, 2023

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
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Office Candidates
Ward 1

Green check mark transparent.pngDaniel La Spata (i)
Joe Moreno 
Sam Royko 
Stephen Schneider  Candidate Connection
Ward 2

Green check mark transparent.pngBrian Hopkins (i)
Ward 3

Green check mark transparent.pngPat Dowell (i)
Don Davis  (Write-in)
Jasmine Roberson  (Write-in)

Did not make the ballot:
Don Davis 
Alan Rasho 
Jasmine Roberson 

Ward 4

Tracey Y. Bey 
Green check mark transparent.pngPrentice Butler 
Matthew Humphries 
Ebony Lucas  Candidate Connection
Green check mark transparent.pngLamont Robinson Jr. 
Helen West 

Did not make the ballot:
Paul Pearson  Candidate Connection

Ward 5

Marlene Fisher 
Wallace Goode 
Joshua Gray 
Jocelyn Hare 
Green check mark transparent.pngMartina Hone 
Kris Levy 
Robert Palmer  Candidate Connection
Dialika Perkins 
Gabriel Piemonte 
Renita Ward 
Green check mark transparent.pngDesmon Yancy 
William Calloway  (Write-in)

Did not make the ballot:
Adrienne Irmer 

Ward 6

Sylvester Baker Jr. 
Kirby Birgans 
Tavares Briggs 
Patrick Brutus 
Paul Bryson Sr. 
Barbara Ann Bunville 
Kimberly Egonmwan 
Green check mark transparent.pngWilliam Hall 
Aja Kearney 
Sharon Pincham  Candidate Connection
Green check mark transparent.pngRichard A. Wooten 

Did not make the ballot:
Curtiss Bey 
Steven Dejoie 

Ward 7

Green check mark transparent.pngGregory Mitchell (i)
Anthony Blair  (Write-in)

Did not make the ballot:
Anthony Blair 
Jocilyn Floyd 

Ward 8

Green check mark transparent.pngMichelle Harris (i)
Sean Flynn  Candidate Connection
Linda Hudson 

Did not make the ballot:
Geno Young 

Ward 9

Green check mark transparent.pngAnthony Beale (i)
Cameron Barnes  Candidate Connection
Cleopatra Draper 
Sonya Thompson Dorsey  (Write-in)

Did not make the ballot:
Sonya Thompson Dorsey 

Ward 10

Yessenia Carreón 
Green check mark transparent.pngPeter Chico 
Green check mark transparent.pngAna Guajardo 
Oscar Sanchez 
Jessica Venegas 
Ward 11

Green check mark transparent.pngNicole Lee (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngAnthony Ciaravino 
Steve Demitro 
Don Don 
Elvira Jimenez 
Froylan Jimenez 
Ambria Taylor  Candidate Connection
Ward 12

Anabel Abarca (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngJulia Ramirez 

Did not make the ballot:
Joseph Mercado 

Ward 13

Green check mark transparent.pngMarty Quinn (i)
Paul Bruton  Candidate Connection
Ward 14

Green check mark transparent.pngJeylú Gutiérrez 
Raul Reyes 
Ward 15

Green check mark transparent.pngRaymond Lopez (i)
Victoria Alvarez 
Gloria Ann Williams 
Ward 16

Green check mark transparent.pngStephanie Coleman (i)
Carolynn Crump 
Eddie Johnson 

Did not make the ballot:
Otis Woods 

Ward 17

Green check mark transparent.pngDavid Moore (i)
Ward 18

Green check mark transparent.pngDerrick Curtis (i)
Heather Wills 
Ward 19

Green check mark transparent.pngMatthew O'Shea (i)
Michael Cummings 
Timothy Noonan 
Ward 20

Green check mark transparent.pngJeanette Taylor (i)
Jennifer Maddox 
Andre Smith 
Ward 21

Preston Brown Jr. 
Ayana Clark 
Green check mark transparent.pngCornell Dantzler 
Daliah Goree 
Kweli Kwaza 
Larry Lloyd 
Green check mark transparent.pngRonnie Mosley  Candidate Connection
Justin Sawyer  (Write-in)
Patricia Tillman  (Write-in)
Ward 22

Green check mark transparent.pngMichael Rodriguez (i)
Kristian Armendariz 
Neftalie Gonzalez 
Ward 23

Green check mark transparent.pngSilvana Tabares (i)
Eddie Guillen 
Ward 24

Green check mark transparent.pngMonique Scott (i)
Vetress Boyce 
Drewone Goldsmith 
Traci Treasure Johnson 
Larry Nelson 
Green check mark transparent.pngCreative Scott 
Edward Ward  Candidate Connection
Luther Woodruff Jr. 
Ward 25

Green check mark transparent.pngByron Sigcho-Lopez (i)
Aida Flores 

Did not make the ballot:
Daniel Montes Talledos  Candidate Connection

Ward 26

Green check mark transparent.pngJessica Fuentes  Candidate Connection
Angee Gonzalez Rodriguez 
Julian Perez 
Kirk Ortiz  (Write-in)

Did not make the ballot:
Roberto Maldonado (i)
Kirk Ortiz 
Anthony Rivera 

Ward 27

Green check mark transparent.pngWalter Burnett (i)
Ward 28

Green check mark transparent.pngJason Ervin (i)
Shawn Walker 

Did not make the ballot:
Timothy Gladney 
Beverly Miles 

Ward 29

Green check mark transparent.pngChris Taliaferro (i)
Corey Dooley 
Green check mark transparent.pngCB Johnson 
Walter Adamczyk  (Write-in)
Lisa Ann Brown Newman  (Write-in) Candidate Connection

Did not make the ballot:
Walter Adamczyk 

Ward 30

Green check mark transparent.pngRuth Cruz 
Green check mark transparent.pngJessica Gutierrez 
JuanPablo Prieto 
Warren Williams 
Andrew Cleaver  (Write-in)

Did not make the ballot:
Andrew Cleaver 
Rory McHale 

Ward 31

Green check mark transparent.pngFelix Cardona Jr. (i)
Esteban Burgoa Ontañon 
Patrick Gibbons II  (Write-in)

Did not make the ballot:
Patrick Gibbons II 

Ward 32

Green check mark transparent.pngScott Waguespack (i)
Ward 33

Green check mark transparent.pngRossana Rodriguez Sanchez (i)
Samie Martinez 
Laith Shaaban 
Ward 34

Jim Ascot 
Green check mark transparent.pngBill Conway 
Ward 35

Green check mark transparent.pngCarlos Ramirez-Rosa (i)

Did not make the ballot:
Richard Mpistolarides 

Ward 36

Green check mark transparent.pngGilbert Villegas (i)
Jacqueline Baez 
David Herrera 
Green check mark transparent.pngLeonor Torres Whitt 
Ward 37

Green check mark transparent.pngEmma Mitts (i)
Corey Denelle Braddock 
Howard Ray 
Jake Towers 
Ward 38

Green check mark transparent.pngNicholas Sposato (i)
Ed Bannon  Candidate Connection
Bruce Randazzo 
Franco Reyes  Candidate Connection
Cynthia Santos 

Did not make the ballot:
Gregory Schorsch 

Ward 39

Green check mark transparent.pngSamantha Nugent (i)
Denali Dasgupta 
Metin Okic  (Write-in)
Ward 40

Green check mark transparent.pngAndré Vasquez (i)
Christian Blume  Candidate Connection
Jane Lucius 

Did not make the ballot:
Eddien Gonzalez 

Ward 41

Green check mark transparent.pngAnthony Napolitano (i)
Paul Struebing 
Ward 42

Green check mark transparent.pngBrendan Reilly (i)

Did not make the ballot:
Chris Cleary 

Ward 43

Green check mark transparent.pngTimmy Knudsen (i)
Steve Botsford 
Green check mark transparent.pngBrian Comer 
Rebecca Janowitz 
Steven McClellan 
Wendi Taylor Nations 
Ward 44

Green check mark transparent.pngBennett Lawson 
Nathan Bean  (Write-in)

Did not make the ballot:
Nathan Bean 

Ward 45

Green check mark transparent.pngJim Gardiner (i)
Susanna Ernst 
Green check mark transparent.pngMegan Mathias 
Ana Santoyo 
James Suh  Candidate Connection
Marija Tomic 
Ward 46

Green check mark transparent.pngAngela Clay 
Michael Cortez 
Marianne Lalonde 
Patrick Nagle 
Green check mark transparent.pngKimberly Walz 
Roushaunda Williams 
Ward 47

Green check mark transparent.pngMatt Martin (i)
Ward 48

Green check mark transparent.pngJoe Dunne 
Nassir Faulkner 
Isaac Freilich Jones 
Brian Haag 
Green check mark transparent.pngLeni Manaa-Hoppenworth 
Andre Peloquin  Candidate Connection
Andrew Peters 
Larry Svabek 
Roxanne Volkmann 
Nick Ward  Candidate Connection
Ward 49

Green check mark transparent.pngMaria Hadden (i)
Bill Morton 
Belia Rodriguez  Candidate Connection
Williamton Davis  (Write-in)

Did not make the ballot:
Williamton Davis 

Ward 50

Green check mark transparent.pngDebra Silverstein (i)
Mueze Bawany 


Police district council

Chicago Police District Council general election, 2023

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Office Candidates
District 1 (3 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngJamie Brown 
Green check mark transparent.pngSarah Kammerer 
District 2 (3 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngJulia Kline  Candidate Connection
Green check mark transparent.pngEphraim Lee 
Green check mark transparent.pngAlexander Perez  Candidate Connection
Coston Plummer 
District 3 (3 seats)

Jim Blissitt 
Green check mark transparent.pngAnthony Bryant 
Craig Carrington 
Green check mark transparent.pngKenya Franklin  Candidate Connection
Green check mark transparent.pngJanice Jones 
Ana Marija Sokovic 
District 4 (3 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngLovie Bernard 
Green check mark transparent.pngGloria Jenkins 
Julio Miramontes 
Meridth Vanae Hammer 
Green check mark transparent.pngBrenda Waters 
District 5 (3 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngThomas McMahon 
Green check mark transparent.pngPonchita Moore 
Michael E. Mayden  (Write-in)
Green check mark transparent.pngRobert McKay  (Write-in)

Did not make the ballot:
Michael E. Mayden 
Robert McKay 
Kenneth Williams 

District 6 (3 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngDavid Boykin 
Green check mark transparent.pngEric Russell 
Green check mark transparent.pngAisha Humphries  (Write-in)
District 7 (3 seats)

Linda Austin 
Green check mark transparent.pngTeresa Chandler 
Green check mark transparent.pngDion Terrell McGill  Candidate Connection
Cherli Montgomery 
Krystal Peters 
Verna Swan 
Green check mark transparent.pngJoseph G. Williams 
District 8 (3 seats)

Letina Brady Pettis 
Green check mark transparent.pngAl Cacciottolo 
Green check mark transparent.pngMark Hamberlin 
Green check mark transparent.pngJason Huff 

Did not make the ballot:
Cydney Wallace 

District 9 (3 seats)

Monserrat Ayala 
Maggie Finucane 
Abe Matthew 
Green check mark transparent.pngDenise McBroom 
Evelyn Razo 
Green check mark transparent.pngCarlos Sanchez 
Green check mark transparent.pngErin Vogel 

Did not make the ballot:
Nolberto Casas 
Robert Iu 

District 10 (3 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngElianne Bahena 
Green check mark transparent.pngRosemarie Dominguez 
Leo Guzman 
Simeon Henderson 
Larry Lawrence 
Green check mark transparent.pngKiisha Smith 
Catalina Carbajal  (Write-in)
District 11 (3 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngAlees Edwards 
Green check mark transparent.pngBryan Ramson 
Green check mark transparent.pngJocelyn Woodards 

Did not make the ballot:
Martin Coffer 
Tamiko Holt 

District 12 (3 seats)

John Donatelli 
William Guerrero  Candidate Connection
Juan Lopez 
Green check mark transparent.pngMichelle Page 
Green check mark transparent.pngLeonardo Quintero  Candidate Connection
Green check mark transparent.pngChloe Vitale  Candidate Connection
District 14 (3 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngChristopher Laurent  Candidate Connection
Green check mark transparent.pngDavid Orlikoff 
Justin Tucker  (Write-in)
Green check mark transparent.pngAshley Vargas  (Write-in)
District 15 (3 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngCarmelita Earls 
Oddis Johnson 
Constance Melton 
Darius Newsome 
Green check mark transparent.pngDeondre Rutues 
Elena Thompson 
Green check mark transparent.pngKaren Winters 
District 16 (3 seats)

Daniel Butterworth 
Green check mark transparent.pngColleen Dillon 
David Feller 
Trisha Kannon 
John Marcatante 
Green check mark transparent.pngDaniel Martin 
Green check mark transparent.pngColleen Murphy 
District 17 (3 seats)

Nick Carusi 
Green check mark transparent.pngBeth Rochford 
Green check mark transparent.pngSteve Spagnolo 
Brian Sullivan 
Green check mark transparent.pngAnthony Michael Tamez  Candidate Connection

Did not make the ballot:
Shlomo Adelman 
James Murphy 
Steve San Roman 

District 18 (3 seats)

Kimberly Bowman 
Amy Cross 
Green check mark transparent.pngRobert Johnson 
Green check mark transparent.pngKaren Kane 
Green check mark transparent.pngBrad Kessler 
Lisa Seigneur 

Did not make the ballot:
Jacqueline Brown 

District 19 (3 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngMaurilio Garcia  Candidate Connection
Julienn Kaviar  Candidate Connection
Demerike Palecek 
Dan Richman 
Green check mark transparent.pngJennifer Schaffer  Candidate Connection
Green check mark transparent.pngSamuel Schoenburg 
District 20 (3 seats)

Joshua D'Antonio 
Green check mark transparent.pngDarrell Dacres 
Patrick McNeil  Candidate Connection
Green check mark transparent.pngDeirdre O'Connor 
Green check mark transparent.pngAnna Rubin 
District 22 (3 seats)

Matthew Bianciotto 
Green check mark transparent.pngLee Bielecki 
Green check mark transparent.pngPatrick Kennedy 
Green check mark transparent.pngCarisa Parker 
Andre Pate 
District 24 (3 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngVeronica Arreola 
Green check mark transparent.pngEdvette Jones 
Cynthia McFadden 
Green check mark transparent.pngMarilyn Pagán-Banks 
Mitchell Rose 
David Earl Williams III  Candidate Connection
Daniel Wolk  Candidate Connection

Did not make the ballot:
Patrick Conlon 

District 25 (3 seats)

Perry Abbasi 
Green check mark transparent.pngSaúl Arellano 
Green check mark transparent.pngJacob Arena 
Edgar Esparza 
Green check mark transparent.pngAngelica Green 


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About the city

See also: Chicago, Illinois

Chicago is a city in Illinois. It is the seat of Cook County and the center of the Chicago Metropolitan Area. As of 2020, its population was 2,746,388.

City government

See also: Mayor-council government

The city of Chicago uses a strong mayor and city council system. In this form of municipal government, the city council serves as the city's primary legislative body and the mayor serves as the city's chief executive.[1] The mayor and city council each serve four-year terms.

Demographics

The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.

Demographic Data for Chicago, Illinois
Chicago Illinois
Population 2,746,388 12,812,508
Land area (sq mi) 227 55,512
Race and ethnicity**
White 47.7% 69.8%
Black/African American 29.2% 14.1%
Asian 6.8% 5.6%
Native American 0.3% 0.3%
Pacific Islander 0% 0%
Two or more 5.3% 4.2%
Hispanic/Latino 28.6% 17.2%
Education
High school graduation rate 85.9% 89.7%
College graduation rate 41.1% 35.5%
Income
Median household income $62,097 $68,428
Persons below poverty level 17.3% 12%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.


See also

Chicago, Illinois Illinois Municipal government Other local coverage
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