Renita Ward is a practicing attorney who got her law degree from DePaul University. She was formerly a law clerk under Presiding Judge Leroy K. Martin, Jr. in the Criminal Division of the Cook County Circuit Court. Ward is also an associate minister at a local church and volunteers at Trinity United Church of Christ Legal Clinic.

Ward’s work in the community also includes serving on the Chicago Police Department’s CAPS Faith Based Subcommittee in District 2.

Joshua Gray managed the 2019 mayoral campaign of Amara Enyia and in August 2022 was found liable, along with Enyia and three others, for unpaid wages to two dozen campaign employees, according to the Hyde Park Herald. Gray is a political consultant who has previously worked as an aide for Ald. David Moore (17) and as an anti-violence community organizer for the Rev. Michael Pfleger, according to the Herald.

It’s not his first run for political office. In 2018 Gray ran for the Cook County Board of Commissioners in the Democratic Party primary in District 3 following the retirement of Comm. Jerry Butler and finished in fourth place out of seven candidates.

Robert Palmer is a high school teacher seeking the open aldermanic seat in the 5th Ward. Palmer ran in the June 2022 Democratic Party primary to succeed U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush in Illinois’ 1st Congressional District but finished 11th out of 17 candidates.

Wallace E. Goode, Jr. led the Hyde Park Chamber of Commerce for more than a decade, increasing its membership from 187 to 311 during his leadership, the Hyde Park Herald reported .

Goode has a bachelor's degree from Elmhurst University, a master's degree in education from the University of Vermont and served in the Peace Corps.

According to Goode’s campaign website, he was a special assistant to former Mayor Richard M. Daley, assistant commissioner for Workforce Development and executive director of Chicago’s Empowerment Zone.