Monique Scott (left) and Michael Scott. [Facebook; Colin Boyle/ Block Club Chicago]

Monique Scott got the backing of Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Monday to replace her brother Michael Scott as the new alderman of the 24th Ward.

Lightfoot announced Monique Scott as her pick to fill the vacancy left behind when Michael Scott resigned earlier this month to take a new community relations job with Chicago-based film company Cinespace.

Related: Michael Scott calls it quits, heads to Cinespace to give appointed successor a ‘leg up’ in 2023