The Chicago City Council will see significant turnover next year as a wave of aldermen will not be running for reelection.
Ald. Leslie Hairston, a longtime member of the Chicago City Council who has represented the Hyde Park and South Shore neighborhoods for nearly a quarter century, said in late August she would join the growing list of aldermen retiring at the end of this term.
Longtime Chicago alderman Michele Smith, 43rd, stepped down from her seat on City Council on Aug. 12, months before the end of her third term. In her announcement, she cited “deepening responsibilities towards family and friends.” Ald. Harry Osterman, who has represented parts of Uptown, Edgewater and Andersonville for more than a decade, said he is retiring from the City Council at the end of his term next year.The alderman of the 48th Ward since 2011 and son of former Ald. Kathy Osterman, he said in a newsletter
James Cappleman, alderman since 2011 for the North Side’s 46th Ward encompassing parts of Lakeview and Uptown, announced in early July that he will not seek another term.
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