Tavares Briggs chairs the fundraising committee for the Metropolitan Board of the Chicago Urban League.

Sharon Pincham’s career includes working as district office director and constituent services coordinator for State Sen. Elgie Sims (D-Chicago), according to her LinkedIn.  Pincham has also been a realtor and real estate broker, plus worked as a tax preparer. Her career also includes work as assistant bureau chief in the Illinois Department of Human Services Division of Rehab Services, according to her Facebook .

Paul Bryson Sr. is an aide to Ald. Roderick Sawyer (6) and has owned a kitchen and bath remodeling business for two decades, according to his campaign website. In 2011, he served as campaign manager for Sawyer, who is vacating the 6th Ward seat to run for Chicago mayor.

Bryson served as the superintendent of streets and sanitation for the ward for about eight years before becoming an aldermanic assistant for the 6th, the role he currently holds.

One of his major promises as an aldermanic candidate is to improve timeliness when responding to constituent issues.

William Hall is the pastor at St. James Community Church in Chatham, and his run for 6th Ward alderman has the endorsement of United Working Families.

Hall has worked as the National Field Coordinator for Rev. Jesse Jackson Jr. and the Rainbow Push Coalition and in 2011 founded the Acts of Love Global Foundation, an organization dedicated to human rights and social services which helps to provide resources to kids in poor communities across the U.S. and globe. Hall was educated at DePaul University, where he received a bachelor’s degree in economics with a minor in religious studies, according to his biography on the St. James website.

He received a master’s in divinity at McCormick Theological Seminary and is currently a Doctor of Ministry candidate in African-Centered Religious Thought and Ministry under the deanship of Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright, according to the website.

Kirby Birgans is a charter high school teacher who also ran in the U.S. House race in Illinois’ 1st District in 2022 to replace outgoing U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush but lost in the Democratic primary.

Richard Wooten is making his latest run for the 6th Ward aldermanic seat after unsuccessful runs in 2019, 2015 and 2011.

Wooten has also run twice as a Democrat in Illinois House of Representatives District 34. He claimed second place in the Democratic primary in 2012 and announced a primary run in 2014 against the incumbent, former Rep. Elgie Sims Jr. but withdrew before the primary took place.

Wooten is pastor at Gathering Point Universal Ministries, a retired Chicago Police officer and serves as a Community Advisory Council member for the Civilian Office of Police Accountability.

Candidate profile pending. Little to no public information available. 

Patrick Brutus has nearly three decades of experience in public service. He started his career with the Illinois Department of Transportation, where he aided in organizing development projects. He went on to work in Chicago with the city’s Department of Planning and Development, where he’s worked for the past 16 years.

Some of his work for the city included the coordination and development of 12 business improvement districts throughout Chicago. He also aided in the development and preservation of affordable housing, which he said he’d continue if election alderman in his campaign announcement video.

Barbara Bunville served in the Chicago Police Department for over two decades, first as a police officer and later as the organization’s communications director.  According to her campaign website, Bunville has a doctorate in instructional leadership and a master’s degree in forensic psychology. She is a member of the Fraternal Order of Police.

Sharon Pincham’s career includes working as district office director and constituent services coordinator for State Sen. Elgie Sims (D-Chicago), according to her LinkedIn.  Pincham has also been a realtor and real estate broker, plus worked as a tax preparer. Her career also includes work as assistant bureau chief in the Illinois Department of Human Services Division of Rehab Services, according to her Facebook.

Ald. Greg Mitchell (7) is a former financial analyst and has served on the City Council since 2015, when he defeated incumbent Ald. Natashia Holmes.

Though he has kept a fairly low profile on the council and largely avoided the press and public statements, he has sided with Mayor Lori Lightfoot on recent proposals such as the seizure of the assets of gang members and the expansion of a curfew for city youth, according to the Reader.

Mitchell initially faced two challengers for his seat this cycle, but he is now running unopposed after both candidates, Jocilyn Floyd and Anthony “Tony” Blair, were removed from the ballot.

Proco “Joe” Moreno is vying to get his 1st Ward aldermanic seat back after falling to current 1st Ward Ald. Daniel La Spata in 2019. Moreno served as 1st Ward alderman from his appointment in 2010 through 2019.

Moreno has faced legal issues in the past few years including in 2020 when he was charged with two counts of driving under the influence, one count of reckless driving and five counts of failing to report damage to an unattended vehicle after he crashed into multiple cars in the Gold Coast.

In 2021, Moreno pleaded guilty to charges of obstruction of justice and disorderly conduct for reporting that his car had been stolen when he had actually allowed a woman he was dating to borrow the car, and in 2018, Moreno was accused of impersonating a police officer in an attempt to get a woman to move her parked car.

Ald. Daniel La Spata (1), who first took office in 2019 after netting more than 61 percent of the vote, ousting embattled former Ald. Proco “Joe” Moreno. La Spata has a long track record of organizing on the Northwest Side. Considered a linchpin of Logan Square. Previously, La Spata has campaigned with the Jane Addams Senior Caucus, worked as a planning associate with the Friends of the Parks and served as a policy intern with the Center for Tax and Budget Accountability.

La Spata is a member of the City Council’s Progressive Reform Caucus, Democratic Socialist Caucus and Latino Caucus. Prior to taking elected office, La Spata was a longtime Logan Square housing organizer and has proven to be a tried-and-true socialist, generally voting in lock-step with his fellow Democratic Socialist caucus members and working to stem gentrification. T

hroughout his first term, La Spata has worked with neighboring Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa (35) on a series of anti-gentrification legislative initiatives, including a pair of ordinances designed to slow demolitions and two-flat deconversions near the 606 Bloomingdale Trail.

In the past year, La Spata advocated for the passage of the “Water for All” proposal he introduced that aimed to provide more accessible and affordable water delivery. The measure ultimately was not approved. La Spata has also stood firm in his opposition to a proposal from Ald. Ariel Reboyras (30) to legalize private booting of cars citywide.