The 20th Ward race is a rematch between Ald. Jeanette Taylor, retired police Officer Jennifer Maddox and activist Andre Smith. They fought for the position four years ago when the seat was vacant following a string of corruption scandals.
at the old Wadsworth Elementary School in Woodlawn. Taylor complained that the city was uncommunicative with the community about its plans — something Mayor Lori Lightfoot disputed. On the rail yard expansion, which required the purchase and razing of scores of homes in the area, Taylor vacillated on her position, prompting a delay in a recent, key City Council vote on the project, but ultimately voted in favor of it because of promised community benefits.
Andre Smith, an aldermanic candidate in the 20th Ward, introduces himself to prospective voter Treva Campbell outside an early voting polling place at a library in the 700 block of East 63rd Street on Feb. 18, 2023. “I want change for the community,” Smith said. “We need somebody that cares about our community. We need real leadership. The 20th Ward is struggling.”He said he feels he’s gained momentum by “knocking on doors and shaking hands” and showing the community that he is willing to show up for them. He said he’s “never needed a lot of money like other candidates” for campaigning because he is out every day “doing the work” himself.
She said she was born and raised on the South Side and attended Corliss High School. She earned a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from the University of Illinois and has a master’s degree in business administration from Xavier University. She said she has two sons and three grandchildren.because she’s “been in the ward a long time” and has seen all of the aldermen who’ve come and gone look at “the ward as a whole” but not “connecting the dots as far as one side of the ward to the other.
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