With multiple candidates, the goal is to get 50 percent plus one vote in the primary election on Tuesday, Feb. 28. If this does not happen, the two candidates getting the most votes will run against each other in the runoff election on Tuesday, April 4.
Joe Dunne
Affordable Housing Development, Vice President, Bickerdike Redevelopment Corporation. Resident of the 48th Ward for 50 years. Intends to be a full-time alderman. Peirce Local School Council: parent representative, 2014-2020; co-chair, Principal Selection Committee, 2014; Council chair, 2015-18. Member, Friends of Peirce fundraising board, 2013-22: president, 2017-21; vice president, 2014-16. Member, Edgewater Community Council, 2010. www.joedunnefor48.com
Nassir Faulkner
Digital Communications Manager, Illinois Office of Comptroller. Resident of the 48th Ward for 6 years. Intends to be a full-time alderman. Worked for the campaign of U.S. Congressman Mike Quigley; member, Obama Foundation’s Community Leadership Corps. www.faulkner48.com
Isaac Freilich Jones
Assistant Illinois Attorney General. Resident of Rogers Park, Uptown and Edgewater for 19 years. Intends to be a full-time alderman. Volunteer, Care for Real; has been a volunteer, board member and board president at the Howard Area Community Center. www.isaacfor48.com
Brian Haag
CEO, Green Element Resale. Resident of the 48th Ward for 12 years. Intends to be a full-time alderman. Sponsor and board member, Edgewater Historical Society; sponsor and former co–chair, Edgewater Environmental Coalition; sponsor and volunteer, Vedgewater Community Garden. www.brianhaagforward48.org
Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth
Small-business owner: Chicago Dance Supply and Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth photography. Intends to be a full-time alderwoman. Resident of 48th Ward 24 years. Board member and co-chair of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee with Andersonville Chamber of Commerce; co-founder of Indivisible Illinois and co-chair of the Racial Equity and Inclusion committee; founder of ILVOTE; founder of Indivisible IL9 Andersonville-Edgewater; member, Edgewater Historical Society; member, AARP. www.lenifor48th.com
Andre Peloquin
Real estate broker. Resident of the 48th Ward for 10 years. Intends to be a full-time alderman. Member, Friends of the Edgewater Library; member, Auxiliary Board of the Lincoln Park Zoo; Edgewater representative, Realtor’s Diversity Committee; served on Alderman Harry Osterman’s Citizen Housing Committee.
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Andy Peters
Restaurateur and Entrepreneur. Resident of the 48th Ward for 11 years. Intends to be a full-time alderman. Commissioner of Special Service Area #22 Andersonville; appointed in 2018 to the Chicago Mayoral Business Council; member, Andersonville Chamber of Commerce and the Illinois Restaurant Association; volunteer, University of Chicago alumni events; volunteer, Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago. www.electandypeters.com
Larry Svabeck
Lecturer and Researcher, University of Chicago. Resident of the 48th Ward for 3 years. Intends to be a full-time alderman. Member, Civilian Police Accountability Council; volunteer, Care for Real. As a graduate student at the University of Chicago, helped found the Chicago chapter of RESULTS, a citizen lobby. www.larryfor48.org
Roxanne Volkman
Federal government expert on affordable housing, fair wages and urban development. Resident of the 48th Ward for 25 years. Intends to be a full-time alderwoman. Board member, Chinese Mutual Aid Association, Uptown. twitter.com/roxannevolkmann
Nick Ward
Arts administrator, writer, former restaurant worker. Resident of the 48th Ward for 4 years. Intends to be a full-time alderman. Secretary and community representative for Goudy Elementary Local School Council; board member at 2nd Story; volunteers for Care for Real, Cornerstone Community Outreach, 48th Ward Neighbors for Justice, and Uptown-Buena Park Solidarity Network. www.nickward48.com
