Greetings Craig,



Good News! 26 candidates filed today, Monday, June 24, 2024. 21 candidates had previously filed on Monday, June 17, 2024. 47 candidates in total timely filed their petitions for Member of the Chicago Board of Education. Please see the following list of all 47 candidates.

If requesting a candidate’s nomination petitions, please submit this form to the Board of Elections to make a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for copies of petitions for the November 5, 2024 General Election. Your request will be fulfilled once those documents are available, and you will be emailed temporary links to download copies of your requested documents.

For more info on the Chicago Electoral Board, click here.



COAL will work with the Black Voter Project to send out its recently completed elected school board candidate questionnaire, and in turn, disseminate candidate responses to the community. 

We must all strive to be informed voters.

Respectfully,

COAL Board of Directors

"The time to work seriously and collectively, to improve the state of our Community, is upon us..."

Let Us be intentional in all aspects of the Work that must be Done

Elected Representative School Board Candidates by District

1st District

Jennifer Custer

Charles (Chuck) Hernandez

Michelle N. Pierre

2nd District

Ebony L. DeBerry

Kate Doyle

Daniel Steven Kleinman

Margaret “Maggie” Cullerton Hooper

Bruce Leon

3rd District

Carlos A. Rivas, Jr.

Jason C. Dones

Kirk J. Ortiz

4th District

Kimberly Brown

Karen Zaccor

Ellen Rosenfeld

Thomas Day

Andrew A. Davis

Carmen Gioiosa

5th District

Anthony Hargrove

Aaron "Jitu" Brown

Jousef M. Shkoukani

Kernetha Jones

Michilla “Kyla” Blaise

6th District

Jessica Biggs

Anusha Thotakura

Brenda I. Delgado

Danielle J. Wallce

Andre Smith

7th District

Yesenia Lopez

Felipe “Phil” Luna Jr.

Jesus Ayala Jr.

Eva A. Villalobos

Raquel Don

8th District

Angel Gutierrez

Felix Ponce

Darius Dee Nix

9th District

Brittany Bailey Preston

Therese Boyle

Lanetta M. Thomas

Miquel Lewis

La’Mont Raymond Williams

10th District

Adam Parrott-Sheffer

Che “Rhymefest” Smith

Karin Norington-Reaves

Robert Jones

Nathaniel “Nate” Ward

Rosita Chatonda

James M. Walton Jr.

ERSB Candidate List

School District Maps

1st District ■ 2nd District ■ 3rd District ■ 4th District ■ 5th District ■ 6th District ■ 7th District ■ 8th District ■ 9th District ■ 10th District 

School Board District Report of Precincts This reports lists which Wards/Precincts fall into each of the 10 School Board Districts. *Please note that wards and a number of precincts are split across districts.

KEY ELECTION-RELATED DATES



• June 24, 2024 - Last day for independent, new party, and Chicago Elected School Board candidates to file original nomination papers.
• July 1, 2024 - Last day for filing objections to the nomination papers of all candidates who filed during the June 17-24, 2024 filing period.
• August 5, 2024 - Last day to file petitions with the Chicago Board of Elections for the submission of questions of public policy.
• August 7, 2024 - First day to apply for a Vote By Mail ballot for the November 5, 2024 General Election.
• August 12, 2024 - Last day to file objections to petitions for the submission of questions of public policy.
• August 19, 2024 - Last day for local governing boards to adopt a resolution or ordinance to allow a binding or advisory question to be placed on the ballot for the November 5, 2024 General Election (limit: three questions).