Stephanie D. Coleman (born April 13, 1988) is a

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politician. Coleman is the current alderman of Chicago's 16th ward, taking office as a member of the Chicago City Council in May 2019. She defeated incumbent alderman

Toni Foulkes Toni Foulkes is the former alderman of Chicago's 16th ward, and was formerly the alderman for the 15th ward. She is African American. Aldermanic career In 2007, Foulkes was elected Chicago alderman for the 15th Ward, winning an open-race to suc ...

in the

2019 Chicago aldermanic elections The 2019 Chicago aldermanic election took place in two rounds on February 26 and April 2, 2019, to elect 50 aldermen to the Chicago City Council. Each alderman represents one of Chicago's 50 wards. The elections are non-partisan and use a two-ro ...

. She is also the Democratic Party Committeeman in the 16th ward.

Early life and career

Coleman was born on April 13, 1988. She is the daughter of Shirley Coleman, who as an alderman for the Englewood area from 1991 to 2007. Due to this background she has sometimes used the nickname "Daughter of Englewood." She attended Emannuel Christian School and Chicago Military Academy High School, and later received her B.A. in business management from

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and her M.S. in non-profit management from

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. Since 2016, she has been City Vice-Chair in the Cook County Young Democrats. Prior to being elected to office, she also served as an aide to Cook County Commissioner

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. She first ran for office in the

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against Toni Foulkes, and lost by a narrow margin in the run-off election. She challenged Foulkes again in 2019, and this time won with 67% of the vote in the run-off.

Chicago City Council (2019–present)

Coleman took office on May 20, 2019. She is a member of the Black Caucus and the

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in City Council.

References

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