Jim Gardiner
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2019 - Present
2027
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Jim Gardiner is a member of the Chicago City Council in Illinois, representing Ward 45. He assumed office on May 20, 2019. His current term ends on May 17, 2027.
Gardiner ran for re-election to the Chicago City Council to represent Ward 45 in Illinois. He 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 45
Incumbent Jim Gardiner defeated Megan Mathias in the general runoff election for Chicago City Council Ward 45 on April 4, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jim Gardiner (Nonpartisan) | 53.6 | 9,488 | |
| Megan Mathias (Nonpartisan) | 46.4 | 8,214 | ||
| Total votes: 17,702 | ||||
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General election
General election for Chicago City Council Ward 45
The following candidates ran in the general election for Chicago City Council Ward 45 on February 28, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jim Gardiner (Nonpartisan) | 48.0 | 7,683 | |
| ✔ | Megan Mathias (Nonpartisan) | 16.9 | 2,699 | |
| James Suh (Nonpartisan) | 14.2 | 2,279 | ||
| Susanna Ernst (Nonpartisan) | 11.8 | 1,887 | ||
| Ana Santoyo (Nonpartisan) | 5.6 | 895 | ||
| Marija Tomic (Nonpartisan) | 3.5 | 562 | ||
| Total votes: 16,005 | ||||
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2019
See also: City elections in Chicago, Illinois (2019)
General election
General election for Chicago City Council Ward 45
Jim Gardiner defeated incumbent John Arena, Marilyn Morales, and Robert Bank in the general election for Chicago City Council Ward 45 on February 26, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jim Gardiner (Nonpartisan) | 50.9 | 7,570 | |
| John Arena (Nonpartisan) | 36.2 | 5,382 | ||
| Marilyn Morales (Nonpartisan) | 9.1 | 1,353 | ||
| Robert Bank (Nonpartisan) | 3.7 | 553 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 7 | ||
| Total votes: 14,865 | ||||
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Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Jim Gardiner did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Chicago 2019 Candidate Survey
Jim Gardiner did not complete Ballotpedia's Chicago candidates survey for 2019.
Noteworthy events
Removal from Democratic committees following allegations of profane text messages (2021)
On October 18, 2021, the Cook County Democratic Party removed Gardiner from all Democratic committee assignments after they reviewed allegations that Gardiner used threatening and vulgar language to describe colleagues and constituents. “There are numerous examples of personal invectives and insults, uncontrolled rants, and verbal abuses accompanied by boorish, obnoxious, repugnant, rude, and vulgar conduct over the past two years,” the party said in a statement.[1]
In September 2021, Gardiner issued a statement apologizing for the language he used but denied acting on any retaliation threats: “I take full responsibility for my offensive words in those messages. I want to make it clear that I have never acted on those rants, however they should not have been expressed and it certainly was not my intention to demean anyone.”[2] As of October 21, 2021, Ballotpedia could not identify a statement from Gardiner in response his removal from committee assignments.
See also
2023 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Chicago Sun Times, "Democrats blast Gardiner for ‘misogynistic, homophobic, and obscene language ... repugnant, rude, and vulgar conduct’," October 18, 2021
- ↑ WBEZ.org, "Chicago Ald. Jim Gardiner is removed from Democratic committee posts by the Cook County party, which labeled his conduct ‘rude and vulgar’," October 18, 2021
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