Walter "Red" Burnett

Candidate for Chicago Alderperson, Ward 27. The election is February 23, 2027.

Running for this seat

Filed with the election office: Chicago Board of Election Commissioners, October 30, 2026

Background

Chicago alderperson, 27th Ward

Appointed 27th Ward alderperson by Mayor Brandon Johnson in 2025, succeeding his father, Ald. Walter Burnett Jr.; the 2027 race is his first election. Previously spent five years at Goldman Sachs in New York as a real estate acquisition associate and a leveraged-finance investment banking analyst. Holds a finance degree from Fordham University's Gabelli School of Business.

Holds this office now.

In their own words

Community health & safety
Values-based development
Youth & future generations
Government that works

From the candidate's own campaign materials.

Left–right placement

Moderately left, from the giving patterns of their campaign donors (DIME campaign-finance score, Stanford). Based on the 115 donors to their 2018 campaign for city council. DIME doesn't name donors: it places each one by everyone they give to, then places the candidate by their donors Source

Sources

← Chicago Alderperson, Ward 27 · Chicago municipal election, 2027

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