Committeepeople (Cook County, Illinois)
Ward Committeepeople and Township Committeepeople are political party officials who serve many standard committeemen duties on behalf of their political party in Cook County, Illinois.
Structure and election
The city of Chicago, the largest municipality in Cook County, elects committeepeople from each of its 50 wards. Each of the 30 suburban civil townships in Cook County also elect committeepeople from each township. Each established party in Cook County, currently Democrats, Republicans and Libertarians, elects its own committeeperson.Elections for Chicago ward committeepeople coincide with the primaries for presidential candidates, while elections for township committeepeople coincide with primaries for gubernatorial candidates.
Roles
The positions are unpaid, with responsibilities that include voter registration, community forums, election materials, and election operations. In Chicago, the committeepeople are responsible for producing smooth political processes during the elections in their wards, which includes attempting to produce high voter turnout.Committeepeople are voting members in the political organization of their party in the County. This role gives them authority on behalf of the party to select replacements for some vacated political posts such as United States Representative and state legislators. Replacements for some other vacancies are selected through other processes: vacated United States Senate posts are appointed by the Illinois Governor and vacated Chicago City Council posts are appointed by the Mayor of Chicago.
Operationally in Chicago, the committeeperson plays an important role in ward politics. The post of alderman and committeeperson are often closely linked: sometimes the former controls the latter and sometimes the same person holds both posts. In many cases, the committeeman also has influence over the doling out of jobs, favors, and services around the ward. Sometimes a committeeperson accumulates sufficient influence to place their loyalists into political positions outside of the ward. However, in recent years, the position has lost its power and luster due to the decline in patronage hiring in local Illinois government.
[Cook County Democratic Party]
As of August 2025.[Cook County Republican Party]
As of December 2024.| Constituency | Name | Start | Other Office Held |
| 1st Ward | Vacant | ||
| 2nd Ward | CJ Gallo | 2024 | - |
| 3rd Ward | Alan Rasho | 2024 | - |
| 4th Ward | Paul McKinley | 2024 | - |
| 5th Ward | Tyler Shasteen | 2024 | - |
| 6th Ward | Charles Earl Williams | 2024 | |
| 7th Ward | Dave Lottich | 2024 | - |
| 8th Ward | Lynn Franco | - | |
| 9th Ward | Wayland Johnson | - | |
| 10th Ward | Yolanda Deanda | 2024 | - |
| 11th Ward | Vacant | ||
| 12th Ward | Vacant | - | |
| 13th Ward | Horacio Aguilera | 2024 | |
| 14th Ward | Vacant | ||
| 15th Ward | Rosa Pritchett | - | |
| 16th Ward | Leonard Griffin | 2024 | - |
| 17th Ward | Vacant | ||
| 18th Ward | Devin Jones | 2020 | |
| 19th Ward | Declan Smith | 2024 | - |
| 20th Ward | Maurissa Langon | 2024 | - |
| 21st Ward | Ronald Fields | 2024 | |
| 22nd Ward | Lupe Castillo | 2024 | |
| 23rd Ward | Carlos Alvarez | 2024 | |
| 24th Ward | Steven Valtierra | 2024 | - |
| 25th Ward | Vacant | ||
| 26th Ward | Vacant | ||
| 27th Ward | Steve Boulton | 2024 | Former Chair of the Chicago Republican Party |
| 28th Ward | Tamiko Holt | 2024 | |
| 29th Ward | Walter Adamczyk | ||
| 30th Ward | Edward Karecki | ||
| 31st Ward | Ramona Bonilla-Anaiel | ||
| 32nd Ward | Cairy Littlejohn | 2024 | |
| 33rd Ward | Jason Proctor | 2024 | - |
| 34th Ward | Christopher Myers | 2024 | |
| 35th Ward | Gladys Tanchez | 2024 | - |
| 36th Ward | Vacant | ||
| 37th Ward | Velda Brunner | 2024 | - |
| 38th Ward | Chuck Hernandez | Chair of the Chicago Republican Party | |
| 39th Ward | Barry Bebart | ||
| 40th Ward | Gigi Gavron | 2024 | - |
| 41st Ward | Ammie Kessem | ||
| 42nd Ward | Kurt Fujio | 2024 | - |
| 43rd Ward | Brian Kasal | ||
| 44th Ward | Laura Kotelman | ||
| 45th Ward | Estela Richards | 2024 | |
| 46th Ward | Evan Kasal | 2024 | |
| 47th Ward | Gary Mandell | 2024 | |
| 48th Ward | Beth Ruegg | 2024 | |
| 49th Ward | James Hazard | ||
| 50th Ward | Daniel Kelley | 2024 | |
| Barrington Township | Peter Kopsaftis | 2020 | - |
| Berwyn Township | Vacant | ||
| Bloom Township | Lisa Kristina | ||
| Bremen Township | Max Solomon | - | |
| Calumet Township | Vacant | ||
| Cicero Township | Sandra Tomschin | - | |
| Elk Grove Township | Ed Lapinski | - | |
| Evanston | Sean Matlis | - | |
| Hanover Township | Michael Baumer | Streamwood Village Trustee | |
| Lemont Township | Michael Shackel | Lemont Township Trustee | |
| Leyden Township | Brad Stephens | Member of the Illinois House of Representatives Village President of Rosemont | |
| Lyons Township | Terry Carr | - | |
| Maine Township | Jim Stinson | ||
| New Trier Township | Julie Cho | - | |
| Niles Township | Mark Albers | 2024 | - |
| Northfield Township | T. J. Brown | - | |
| Norwood Park Township | George Ballis | - | |
| Oak Park Township | John Bergholz | - | |
| Orland Township | - | ||
| Palatine Township | Aaron Del Mar | Palatine Township Highway Commissioner | |
| Palos Township | Sean Morrison | Chair of the Cook County Republican Party Member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners | |
| Proviso Township | Mike Corrigan | - | |
| Rich Township | Eric Wallace | - | |
| River Forest Township | Tom Cronin | - | |
| Riverside Township | Jay Reyes | - | |
| Schaumburg Township | Joeseph Folisi | - | |
| Stickney Township | Natasa Dzolic | Member of Stickney, Illinois Parks & Recreation Advisory Commission | |
| Thornton Township | Tim DeYoung | ||
| Wheeling Township | Kathy Penner | Wheeling Township Supervisor | |
| Worth Township | Shaun Murphy | - |