SEIU Local 1 Elects Working Family Champions to Chicago City Council

Local 1 endorsed Aldermanic candidates with a history of advancing issues important to working families and fighting for racial, environmental, LGBTQ+, and immigrant justice. 

CHICAGO, IL - Today, working families showed up to the ballot box to elect labor-endorsed candidates to the Chicago City Council. SEIU Local 1 members and leaders from across the city volunteered hundreds of hours canvassing and making phone calls for candidates who are fighting for economic justice. 

“Chicagoans - from the 1st to the 50th Ward - showed out in record numbers to elect candidates that will give working families a voice in our City,” said SEIU Local 1 President Genie Kastrup. “Working families are the backbone of this city keeping our buildings clean, our businesses safe, our students fed and our airports functioning - now, essential workers will have a voice at City Council.  

Local 1 members knocked on doors, made phone calls, flyered the streets, and educated others to ensure we elected candidates who are ready to fight for all working people - regardless of what you look like, where you live, where you came from, or who you love. This new City Council is ready to build a Chicago that works for all of us, and I am so proud of the Local 1 members that made it happen.

I look forward to working with these candidates to continue to win for working families all across our city.”

SEIU Local 1 candidates who won their race:

Ward 3, Pat Dowell

Ward 7, Greg Mitchell

Ward 8, Michelle Harris

Ward 12, Julia Ramirez

Ward 14, Jeylu Gutierrez

Ward 16, Stephanie Coleman

Ward 17, David Moore

Ward 19, Matt O’Shea

Ward 20, Jeanette Taylor

Ward 22, Mike Rodriguez

Ward 23, Silvana Tabares

Ward 25, Byron Sigcho-Lopez

Ward 26, Jesse Fuentes

Ward 28, Jason Ervin

Ward 29, Chris Taliferro

Ward 31, Felix Cardona

Ward 32, Scott Waguespack

Ward 33, Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez

Ward 34, Bill Conway

Ward 35, Carlos Ramirez-Rosa

Ward 37, Emma Mitts

Ward 39, Samantha Nugent

Ward 40, Andre Vasquez

Ward 42, Brendan Reilly

Ward 47, Mathew Martin

Ward 49, Maria Hadden

Ward 50, Deb Silverstein

The following SEIU Local 1 endorsed candidates will be entering a run-off election that will take place on April 4, 2023: 

Ward 1, Daniel La Spata

Ward 4, Lamont Robinson

Ward 5, Desmon Yancy

Ward 6, William Hall

Ward 10, Ana Guajardo

Ward 11, Nicole Lee

Ward 21, Ronnie Mosley

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Service Employees International Union Local 1 unites 50,000 workers throughout the Midwest, including janitors, security officers, airport workers, higher education faculty, food service workers, and others. Local 1 is committed to improving the lives of its members and all working people by winning real economic justice and standing at the forefront of the fight for immigrant, racial and environmental justice.