Ald. Sandi Jackson. (CBS)
(CBS) – Sixty-five people have applied for the 7th Ward aldermanic seat recently vacated by Sandi Jackson.
The catch: only 53 of them have been verified to live in the South Side ward. Another 12 applicants live outside the boundaries and won’t be considered, Mayor Emanuel’s office announced Monday after the deadline to apply had passed.
Emanuel is appointing a commission with people from the South Shore community to submit a list of three finalists for him to consider.
He says he wants to have the new alderman sworn in by mid-February.
Jackson resigned her post earlier this month, citing personal and family issues. Her husband is ex-Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., whose once-promising political career was scuttled by medical and legal problems.
Here are the names of the 53 eligible hopefuls, released by City Hall:
Tennesha Frierson
Natashia Holmes
Kenisha Clorinda Davis
Roberta S. Howard
Carl L. Bibbs
Bernie Riley
Walonza Lee
Lionell Romeo Martin Sr.
Jesse L. Harley
Thesby Douglas
Lanita Ross
Margie Reid
Pauline Lee
John Hayes
Leori Moore
Joseph Moseley II
Greg Mitchell
Change Hamilton-Hayyim
Glen Harston
William Taylor
Lorse Sizer
Leticia B. Ransom
George Pruitt III
Mia Henry
Leanne Theresa Muller-Wharton
Marja Ann Stanford Leak
Vicky Michelle Wooten
Sidney Howard Brooks III
William Campbell King Jr.
Benjamin Boone
Jaqueline Harris
LaMeise Turner
Flora Digby
David Lee
Fareeda Watson
Scott Onque
Jesse Pettway
Brittney Stinson
Frances Pratt
Quentin Scott
Dennis McCullum
Jason Bertrand
Andria Blackburn
Carlos Maxwell
Michele Kroeger
Lashonda Flowers
Dorian Myrickes
Mark Wallace
Joyce Brown
Marcus Wolfe
Deveree Greenwood
Charles McMillan
Clara Hubbard
