Scott Waguespack

Candidate for Chicago Alderperson, Ward 32. 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, 32nd Ward; attorney

32nd Ward alderperson since 2007. Chaired the City Council's Finance Committee until 2023 and chaired the Progressive Reform Caucus from 2015 to 2019. Served in the U.S. Peace Corps in Kenya and worked with the U.S. State Department, the American Bar Association and governments in the Balkans. Graduated from Colorado State University and Chicago-Kent College of Law.

Holds this office now.

In their own words

Finances
Public safety
Transparency
Public education

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 206 donors to their 2016 campaign for other. 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 32 · Chicago municipal election, 2027

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