Patrick Daley Thompson (born July 8, 1969) is an American politician who most recently served as an alderman from

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's 11th ward and was previously a commissioner of the

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. A member of the prominent

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, he is a grandson of

Richard J. Daley Richard Joseph Daley (May 15, 1902 – December 20, 1976) was an American politician who served as the Mayor of Chicago from 1955 and the chairman of the Cook County Democratic Party Central Committee from 1953 until his death. He has been cal ...

and a nephew of

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, both of whom served as longtime mayors of Chicago.

Early life

The son of Patricia (née Daley), a schoolteacher, and Bill Thompson, a real estate developer, following his parents' divorce, Patrick and his siblings moved to Bridgeport with their mother to be closer to her family.

Water Reclamation District Board of Commissioners

In 2012, Daley successfully ran for a position on the

Board of Commissioners. His campaign received sizable fundraising, and endorsements from high-profile politicians, including

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, and

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, as well as the endorsement of the

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Aldermanic career

Thompson, who succeeded long-time alderman

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, was elected to office in a runoff election against John Kozlar in April 2015 and sworn in on May 18, 2015. The 11th ward encompasses several neighborhoods on Chicago's South Side, including

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, where Thompson was raised and currently resides. Thompson was reelected in 2019. In the runoff of the 2019 Chicago mayoral election, Daley Thompson endorsed

Conviction

On April 29, 2021, Thompson was indicted on federal charges related to the investigation into the collapse of Washington Federal Bank for Savings. He was charged with two counts of making false statements to the

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and five counts of filing false income-tax returns. On February 14, 2022, Thompson was convicted on all charges. According to Illinois law, Thompson's federal conviction makes him ineligible to continue serving as the 11th Ward alderman and bans him from running for public office in the future. On July 6, 2022, Thompson was sentenced to four months in prison for these charges. He began serving his sentence in August 2022 at a medium-security prison in

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References

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