Beyond mayor and alderperson: who has filed for Chicago clerk, treasurer and the police District Councils

The mayor's race and the 50 ward races get most of the attention, but the Feb. 23, 2027 ballot also elects Chicago's city clerk, its city treasurer and 66 members of the police District Councils. Filing for all of them closed Monday, and objections are open through Nov. 2.

Why it matters: the clerk keeps the City Council's official records and runs City vehicle stickers; the treasurer manages the City's cash and investments. District Council members are the elected neighborhood voice in police oversight in each of Chicago's 22 police districts.

What's on the ballot

• City clerk and city treasurer are elected citywide. Candidates need at least 12,500 valid signatures, the same as for mayor, according to the Board of Election Commissioners' 2027 pamphlet. A runoff is held April 6 if no one wins a majority.
• Police District Councils have three members in each of the 22 districts, elected for four years. The top three vote-getters in a district win, under the Board's pamphlet. Members get a $500 monthly stipend and spend 20 or more hours a month holding community meetings and advising the citywide police oversight commission, according to the Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability.

District Council signature requirements vary by district, from 70 in the 7th District to 250 in 10 of the 22 districts, according to the Board's pamphlet.

What our records add

Our lists come from the Board's receipts for nominating papers, which so far cover filings through Oct. 23. The Board has not posted its full list, so these are the filings we have, not the final field.

City clerk. One filing: Clerk Anna M. Valencia, the incumbent, filed on Oct. 20. By our count, her petition has 18,826 filled-in signature lines on 1,945 numbered pages. That count is not the Board's count of valid signatures, which the Board checks only if someone objects. One other person, Jacob Schulz, has registered a campaign committee for the clerk's race with the Illinois State Board of Elections; we have no filing from him in the receipts. Clerk's race page.

City treasurer. The Board's receipts for treasurer filings came in Tuesday, Oct. 27. We are counting those petitions now and will add each filing and its signature count to the treasurer's race page. That will likely change when the Board posts its list. Treasurer's race page.

District Councils. Three filings so far, in two districts:

• 16th District: William "Brian" Wardman, filed Oct. 22, with 359 lines by our count. The 16th District requires 250 valid signatures.
• 17th District: Christina Pilto and John Murphy, both filed Oct. 19. We have not finished counting their petitions.

Thirteen people have registered campaign committees for District Council races in the 2nd, 7th, 9th, 14th, 20th and 25th districts. None of them is in the receipts we have so far. With 66 seats, the gap between seats and filings is the number to watch when the Board's list comes out. District Council page.

What's next

• Nov. 2: objections due at the Board's office, 69 W. Washington St., Suite 800, the Board said.
• Dec. 17: the Board certifies the ballot.
• Dec. 24: last day to file as a write-in candidate, which matters most in races with few or no names on the ballot.

We will add each filing to the race pages as the Board publishes it. To see every race on your own ballot, use our 2027 voter guide.