LOGAN SQUARE — Six individuals are vying to take over the thirty fifth Ward seat in Metropolis Council as former Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa formally resigned Monday.
Ramirez-Rosa left his aldermanic place after 10 years when Mayor Brandon Johnson tapped him to lead the Park District. He’ll start his new function Tuesday.
The thirty fifth Ward consists of components of Logan Sq., Avondale, Hermosa, Irving Park and Albany Park.
Candidates who need Ramirez-Rosa’s outdated job utilized through town’s course of, sending in a resume, cowl letter and at the least three letters of advice from neighborhood leaders, enterprise leaders or residents of the thirty fifth Ward. The purposes got to the thirty fifth Ward Civic Committee, which is reviewing them and can interview candidates Saturday. The committee will make a suggestion to Johnson about who ought to take over the thirty fifth Ward. Johnson’s appointee will then go earlier than Metropolis Council for last approval.
Right here’s who utilized to be thirty fifth Ward alderperson:
- Anthony Quezada
- Daniel Tobon
- Gladys Tanchez
- Kinley Knipmeyer
- Christopher Laurent
- Lawrence Ligas
Anthony Quezada
Quezada is the clear frontrunner and was the primary individual to publicly announce his intent for the job. He was really helpful by Ramirez-Rosa and progressive group United Neighbors of the thirty fifth Ward at a public assembly this month.
Quezada, 29, was born and raised in Logan Sq. and has served as the realm’s Prepare dinner County commissioner since 2022. He was beforehand Ramirez-Rosa’s constituent service director and the thirty fifth ward Democratic Committeeman.
Quezada, who lives in Avondale and is transferring to Logan Sq. subsequent month, was the youngest and first brazenly homosexual Latino commissioner to be elected to the county Board of Commissioners.
Daniel Tobon
Tobon is a Logan Sq. resident, neighborhood consultant for Kelvyn Park Excessive College Native College Council and the Veterans Service Officer for the Logan Sq.-Avondale VFW Put up No. 2978.
A veteran, former entrepreneur and former lawyer from Colombia, Tobon beforehand served on the Illinois state captain for VoteVets, the nation’s largest progressive veterans group, and he was a member of the Board of the Progressive Alliance PAC of Prepare dinner County.
Gladys Tanchez
Tanchez is the thirty fifth Ward GOP Committeeperson and assumed the function final 12 months, in response to WTTW. A Republican, she desires to finish birthright citizenship to curb unlawful immigration, in response to an interview with WTTW final 12 months.
Kinley Knipmeyer
Block Membership couldn’t discover publicly out there info on Knipmeyer.
Christopher Laurent
Laurent is the chair of the 14th Police District Council and a lawyer. He ran for Prepare dinner County clerk in 2024 with the Libertarian Celebration. He has a background as a journalist, paralegal and served within the navy. He’s the senior vice commander of Logan Sq.-Avondale VFW Put up No. 2978.
Lawrence Ligas
Ligas, founding father of Logan Sq. Involved Residents, a businessman and a self-described “MAGA conservative Democrat,” was arrested in December 2021 for allegedly storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. He has since been pardoned by President Donald Trump. He doesn’t stay within the ward however would transfer to Avondale if appointed, he mentioned in his utility.
What’s Subsequent
Tobon and Quezada had been the one two candidates to submit the entire required utility paperwork and letters of advice to be eligible for consideration, in response to the Mayors Workplace. They are going to be interviewed by the search committee Saturday.
The committee will then give its suggestion to Johnson on Monday.
The search committee is made up of Juliet de Jesus Alejandre, govt director of Palenque LSNA; Marcela Reales Visbal, assistant director of the Middle for Latino Analysis at DePaul College; Christian Diaz, director of equitable neighborhood improvement at Palenque LSNA; and Andy Schneider, president of Logan Sq. Preservation.
Johnson has rather less than two months to nominate the following alderman, per state regulation.
Click on right here to view the resumes of those that accomplished the whole utility.
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