Mayor Lightfoot taps Nicole Lee as 1st Asian American woman to serve on City Council and new 11th Ward alderman, sources say

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Mayor Lightfoot taps Nicole Lee, 1st Asian American woman to serve on City Council, as new 11th Ward alderman, sources say

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s pick for the next alderman of the 11th Ward is a United Airlines director with deep roots in the city’s Chinese American community, several sources told the Tribune.

She has a master’s degree in public policy from the University of Chicago and is a product of Chicago Public Schools, having attended Whitney Young Magnet High School, according to her LinkedIn profile. Ultimately, the 27-candidate pool for 11th Ward alderman consisted of a few candidates with connections to the Daley family, several from the Asian American community and some with a first responder background.

Another factor in play is the ongoing decennial redistricting process of the city’s 50 wards, which all but ensures the 11th Ward will be redrawn to include Chinatown and become the city’s first majority Asian ward, as both the council’s Black and Latino caucuses have for months been on the record supporting the idea.

 

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