Andy Peters is a political consultant and the owner of TrueNorth Cafe, which had locations in Andersonville and Hyde Park, though the Andersonville location has closed. Peters unsuccessfully ran in the Democratic primary in June 2022 for House District 13 in the Illinois General Assembly.

During his run for the state legislature Peters told the Windy City Times  “My Andersonville cafe is very political. We have had multiple candidates come here. During the 2018 Democratic gubernatorial primary, JB Pritzker, Chris Kennedy and Daniel Biss and multiple mayoral candidates came [there].”

According to his LinkedIn, Peters worked in former Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s office in 2011 as a coordinator of special projects, and Peters spent three years working for the Illinois Restaurant Association as a government relations and event manager. His consultant work includes political action committees, Chicago aldermen and state legislators.

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