# Raheem Uqdah, candidate for 3rd Ward alderperson in Chicago's 2027 election

Raheem Uqdah is a candidate for [3rd Ward alderperson](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/elections/2027/ward/3) in the February 23, 2027 municipal election.

- Status: **Filed** (ballot position 2)
- Signatures (our count): 1,580, on 221 signature sheets. Signatures (our count) is the number of filled-in signature lines we counted on every sheet of the petition copy the Board provided, leaving out lines that were crossed out. It isn't the Board's count of valid signatures: some may be duplicates or from voters outside the ward, and the Board checks that only if someone objects.
- Source: [the Board of Election Commissioners' record](https://chicagoelections.gov/getting-ballot/candidates)
- Campaign committee: [Friends of Raheem Uqdah](https://www.elections.il.gov/CampaignDisclosure/CommitteeDetail.aspx?ID=41316)
- Campaign money: No ISBE report for 2026 Q3

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