Yesterday, I submitted my Chicago ward remap, but it only included information about the North Side wards. http://www.dailykos.com/... Today, I wanted to finish the write-up of my map with information about the South Side wards. Follow me below the orange squiggle for details
Here are the updates on the south side wards starting with the far south side.
7th - Alderman Sandi Jackson
Primay neighborhood includes South Shore. Alderman Jackson was first elected in 2007 and yes she is the wife of Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. She won this seat from the daughter of longtime machine alderman William Beavers, who was chairman of the influential Budget committee. This ward was moved in my remap a little further south picking up some primarily Hispanic precincts.
White: 2.5
Black: 78.4
Hispanic: 17.5
Asian: 0.3
10th - Alderman John Pope
Primary neighborhood includes Hegewisch, South Deering and Pullman. This is the far southeastern end of Chicago which borders Indiana. It's an area that was once dominated by steel mills and heavy industry, but has been on the decline for decades. Hegewisch used to be a working class Eastern European immigrant neighborhood that has increasingly become more Hispanic. It's history includes the former Alderman Ed Vrdolyak, the leader of the white opposition in the city council to Mayor Harold Washington.
White: 22.1
Black: 31.0
Hispanic: 45.8
Asian: 0.3
8th - Alderman Michelle Harris
Primary neighborhood includes Chatham. She was appointed in 2006 to replace Todd Stroger after he was elected Cook County Board president. His father, John Stroger, was a staunch machine Democrat from the first Mayor Daley days. Not much changed in my remap other than making the ward a bit more compact.
White: 0.5
Black: 97.1
Hispanic: 1.0
Asian: 0.1
9th - Alderman Anthony Beale
Primary neighborhood includes Roseland. He was first elected in 1999. My remap pulls his ward a little bit more west.
White: 0.6
Black: 95.5
Hispanic: 2.8
Asian: 0.1
34th - Alderman Carrie Austin
Primary neighborhoods include West Pullman and Washington Heights. She was first elected in 1995 and has been Budget Committee chairman since 2007. A staunch machine ally. This remap also nudged this ward a bit to the west.
White: 0.6
Black: 97.1
Hispanic: 1.1
Asian: 0.1
19th - Alderman Matthew O'Shea
Primary neighborhoods include Morgan Park, Beverly and Mount Greenwood. This far southwest side ward is the birthplace of the infamous South Side Irish parade. Alderman O'Shea is another new alderman taking over from Ginger Rugai. He was the ward committeeman and former aide to Ald. Rugai.
White: 66.2
Black: 27.9
Hispanic: 4.3
Asian: 0.6
21st - Alderman Howard Brookins Jr.
Primary neighborhood includes Auburn-Gresham. Alderman Brookins has been alderman since 2003. He is an ally of Jesse Jackson, Jr., but was targeted in 2007 by the SEIU for his support of bringing a Wal-Mart into his ward. This remap pushes his ward to the north and west.
White: 0.3
Black: 97.9
Hispanic: 0.7
Asian: 0.1
Lastly, we'll look at the rest of the south side wards.
2nd - Alderman Bob Fioretti
Primary neighborhoods include the Loop and South Loop. This was another ward with a large change in racial makeup. Previously, this ward stretched to the west and south from the South Loop to pick up African-American precincts and was a majority African-American ward, but with the increased gentrification of the South Loop during the past decade, it is now just barely a plurality AA ward which was won by the white Bob Fioretti in 2007. In order to make this ward more compact and also reflect the changing racial demographics of the area in general, this has now become a majority white district.
White: 61.2
Black: 12.6
Hispanic: 6.3
Asian: 16.7
3rd - Alderman Pat Dowell
Primary neighborhoods include Bronzeville and Grand Boulevard. Another relative newcomer, Alderman Dowell beat the fiery longtime 3rd ward alderman, Dorothy Tillman in 2007. She was voted independent alderman of the year in 2010 by the IVI-IP0, a independent, non-machine precinct organization. My remap picks up more of the South Loop area slightly diluting the AA super majority.
White: 16.0
Black: 69.3
Hispanic: 2.9
Asian: 9.8
4th - Alderman Will Burns
Primary neighborhood includes Kenwood and parts of Hyde Park. Another new addtion to the city council. Alderman Burns was formerly the state representative for this area and with Toni Preckwinkle election to Cook County Board president, this was an open seat. This ward remap moves this boundaries a bit to the southeast extending into Jackson Park.
White: 16.0
Black: 69.3
Hispanic: 3.7
Asian: 6.7
5th - Alderman Leslie Hairston
Primary neighborhoods include Hyde Park and parts of South Shore. Alderman Hairston has been alderman of the 5th ward since 1999. The 5th ward aldermen have historically been thorns in the side of both mayor's Daley. Leon Despres was an outspoken critic of the late Mayor Daley and Alderman Bloom spared early on with the former Mayor Daley. My remap retains the southern portion of Hyde Park including the University of Chicago, but it generally reaches further south than previous maps.
White: 12.7
Black: 79.5
Hispanic: 2.4
Asian: 3.5
6th - Alderman Roderick Sawyer
Primary neighborhoods include parts of Greater Grand Crossing and Englewood. Alderman Sawyer is the son of the late Mayor Eugene Sawyer, but unlike other family connections in other wards, he was not appointed to this seat. He won against the incumbent Freddrenna Lyle this past April. In my remap, this ward would move to the east away from Sawyer's base, but would still retain the heavy AA super majority.
White: 0.5
Black: 97.2
Hispanic: 0.9
Asian: 0.2
20th - Alderman Willie Cochran
Primary neighborhoods include Washington Park and Back of the Yards. Alderman Cochran became alderman in 2007 after beating incumbent Arenda Troutman following her federal bribery arrest. This remap brings in more Hispanic voters from the Back of the Yards neighborhood but it is still a super majority African-American ward.
White: 2.8
Black: 60.3
Hispanic: 35.1
Asian: 0.8
11th - Alderman James Balcer
Primary neighborhoods include Chinatown, Bridgeport and Canaryville. Bridgeport is the original neighborhood of both Mayor Daleys and is also home to the Chicago White Sox. This remap added most of Chinatown thereby making it a plurality Asian ward. It is still a long running machine ward, so even with this plurality, it will be hard to remove Alderman Balcer.
White: 33.6
Black: 2.2
Hispanic: 22.0
Asian: 41.3
25th - Alderman Daniel Solis
Primary neighborhood includes Pilsen. Appointed in 1996, he has been a staunch ally of Mayor Daley and the 'machine'. He is the brother of Patti Solis Doyle, the former campaign manager for Hillary Clinton. This map nudges the ward a bit to the west to accommodate not having Chinatown split between 3 wards.
White: 16.7
Black: 9.0
Hispanic: 68.7
Asian: 4.4
28th - Alderman Jason Ervin
Primary neighborhoods include North Lawndale and East Garfield Park. Unlike the names of the neighborhoods in his ward, this is a West Side ward. He is also another newcomer as he replaced the long standing alderman of this ward, Ed Smith, who retired. While no longer a super majority African-American ward, it is still a African-American dominated ward.
White: 22.3
Black: 59.5
Hispanic: 8.0
Asian: 8.5
24th - Alderman Michael Chandler
Primary neighborhoods include North Lawndale and South Austin. Another west side ward with another newcomer, sort of. Actually, Chandler was alderman of the ward from 1995 to 2007 when he was defeated. He won back his seat in 2011 with 60% of the vote.
White: 1.6
Black: 94.4
Hispanic: 2.8
Asian: 0.4
22nd - Alderman Ricardo Munoz
Primary neighborhood includes Little Village. Alderman Munoz was appointed in 1993 to fill out the term of his boss, Jesus Garcia, who had just won a race for State Senate. At the time he was the youngest ever city council member. An fierce independent of the 'machine', he has long clashed with the former Mayor Daley.
White: 3.0
Black: 1.3
Hispanic: 94.9
Asian: 0.5
12th - Alderman George Cardenas
Primary neighborhood includes Little Village. Alderman Cardenas was first elected in 2003 having ousted the incumbent Ray Frias with the backing of the powerful Hispanic Democratic Organization. This map leaves this ward nearly unchanged and a super majority Hispanic district.
White: 12.0
Black: 21.2
Hispanic: 62.6
Asian: 3.8
14th - Alderman Ed Burke
Primary neighborhoods include Archer Heights and Back of the Yards. He has been alderman of this ward since 1969. Yes, you read that right. For now 42 years he has now become the longest continually serving alderman from a single ward in Chicago history. Remember there's a long political history in Chicago so to reach that record, that's saying something. He is head of the Finance Committee which has a 2.2 million dollar budget and a 63 member staff. He was one of the main white leaders opposing Harold Washington in the 80's and was de facto floor leader for all of Mayor Richard M. Daley's term. Even though this is a super majority Hispanic district and has been for years, no one will run against him for fear of his power wielded against them.
White: 11.7
Black: 4.2
Hispanic: 81.6
Asian: 2.1
15th - Alderman Toni Foulkes
Primary neighborhoods include West Englewood and Marquette Park. Alderman Foulkes was first elected in 2007 with the backing of SEIU and other union backing. This ward is now centered more in West Englewood, but with the moving of other wards, this necessitated moving the boundaries in my map futher to the west into the Marquette Park neighborhood. Instead of a majority AA ward, it is now a super majority Hispanic ward.
White: 5.5
Black: 31.4
Hispanic: 62.1
Asian: 0.3
17th - Alderman Latasha Thomas
Primary neighborhood includes Englewood. Alderman Thomas was appointed in 2000 and has served ever since. Being a loyal machine Democrat with more seniority, she wins out over JoAnn Thompson in the present 16th and grabbing some of the 15th ward West Englewood precincts in retaining her super majority AA district in my remap.
White: 2.4
Black: 87.9
Hispanic: 8.5
Asian: 0.2
18th - Alderman Lona Lane
Primary neighborhoods include Ashburn and West Lawn. She was appointed as alderman in 2006 when the previous alderman, Thomas Murphy, was appointed as a circuit court judge. This has been a majority African-American district and remains so in my remap with minor alterations as it gave up some of it's eastern boundaries to the 17th and 21st wards while adding some more of the West Lawn neighborhood from the 13th ward.
White: 15.5
Black: 54.4
Hispanic: 28.3
Asian: 0.8
13th - Alderman Marty Quinn
Primary neighborhood includes West Elsdon just east of Midway Airport. Another newcomer, he was the only one left on the ballot when the previous alderman, Frank Olivio, decided not to seek re-election. This is Mike Madigan's, the Speaker of the Illinois House, home ward and it is no surprise that Mr. Quinn was a top campaign worker for Madigan. While he is a newcomer, he is no independent. This remap added some Hispanic precincts to the north while dropping some more African-American precincts around Ford City Mall to the 18th ward.
White: 22.7
Black: 2.0
Hispanic 73.9
Asian: 0.9
23rd - Alderman Michael Zalewski
Primary neighborhoods include Garfield Ridge and Clearing. Another loyal machine Democrat was first elected in 1995 after the previous alderman, James Laski, was caught in a corruption scandal. In my remap, he retains Midway airport and it's lucrative patronage jobs while losing some of the precincts just to the east of the airport making the ward more compact.
White: 59.8
Black: 4.2
Hispanic: 34.3
Asian: 1.0