37th Ward - 2023 Aldermanic Race
Emma Mitts - 2023 Aldermanic Candidate
Arkansas-native Ald. Emma Mitts (37) has served on the City Council since 2000, when she was appointed to her seat by Mayor Richard M. Daley after then-Ald. Percy Giles was convicted of pocketing $10,000 in cash bribes from a government mole and extorting an additional $81,200 from a company operating an illegal dump in his ward.
Mitts was a Daley ally, as well as of former Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Mayor Lori Lightfoot. One of Mitts’ more notable achievements on the council was fighting for the passage of a zoning change which allowed Walmart to open up its first Chicago store in Austin in 2006.
Mitts currently chairs the City Council Committee on License and Consumer Protection.
Corey Denelle Braddock - 2023 Aldermanic Candidate
Corey Braddock was formerly an Indiana state trooper for two years and a Chicago Police officer for a decade, according to his website, as well as an investigator at a law firm, substitute teacher for Chicago Public Schools and independent business consultant. Born on the West Side of Chicago, Braddock attended St. Xavier University and Wabash College and currently serves on his local school council.
Howard Ray - 2023 Aldermanic Candidate
Howard Ray is a Chicago native from the West Side who attended Iowa State University and Roosevelt University, according to his campaign website. Ray has worked for the public sector for much of his career, holding positions with the Chicago Transit Authority, U.S. Postal Service and currently the City of Chicago, his website says. As an organizer with the West Humboldt Park Community Coalition, Ray advocated for the creation of a community benefits agreement between the neighborhood and Amazon as the company planned to open a facility there.
Jake Towers - 2023 Aldermanic Candidate
Jake Towers has lived in and served the Austin community for two decades, saying on his website that he and his family give back to the community through charitable works around Thanksgiving and Christmas each year. Towers’ father is a local pastor. Towers has been a Sunday school superintendent, summer camp leader and a youth pastor. He is currently working as an after-school kindergarten teacher and a pre-school teacher, his website says, as well as president of the Block Club on the 1000 block of North Leclaire Avenue, a position he’s had for five years.
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