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Mayor Rahm Emanuel received completed applications from 42 people who want to replace Sandi Jackson as 7th Ward alderman, the administration announced today.
The mayor's office did not release the names of those who applied online by today's 5 p.m. deadline. Emanuel will "soon"name a four-person panel with community representatives to vet the applicants and present him with a list of finalists, mayoral spokesman Tom Alexander said in a news release.
Emanuel hopes to pick Sandi Jackson's replacement by mid-February.
Ald. Jackson was 20 months into her second term when she resigned earlier this month as controversy continued to swirl around her husband, former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. He resigned shortly after his November re-election, citing his bipolar depression and acknowledging federal ethics probes into his use of campaign funds.
Sandi Jackson recently told supporters she wants her chief of staff to succeed her, prompting Emanuel to tell reporters Jackson was welcome to submit names via the online application.
This will be Emanuel's first chance to appoint an alderman, and he has said he hopes this type of process becomes the standard going forward.
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