Patrick Gilsenan
32nd Ward alderman, on the Chicago ballot February 23, 2027.
Campaign site (patrickfor32.com)
Running on
Hosted his campaign kickoff in July 2026 for the seat now held by Ald. Scott Waguespack, under the theme "Building Bridges, Delivering Change." His platform leads with more housing through zoning changes and transit-oriented development, and also lists mental health crisis response and violence prevention, ethics reforms such as participatory budgeting and public campaign financing, and better CTA service and protected bike lanes.
Background
Attorney and housing policy advocate whose career spans financial regulation, compliance investigations, and immigration law; volunteer with the Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness since 2018. First-generation college graduate with undergraduate and law degrees from Loyola University Chicago.
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