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Ambria Taylor
Ambria Taylor ran for election to the Chicago City Council to represent Ward 11 in Illinois. Taylor lost in the general election on February 28, 2023.
Taylor completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Ambria Taylor earned a bachelor's degree from Shimer College in 2017 and a graduate degree from the University of Chicago in 2019. Taylor's career experience includes working as a teacher.[1]
Elections
2023
See also: City elections in Chicago, Illinois (2023)
General runoff election
General runoff election for Chicago City Council Ward 11
Incumbent Nicole Lee defeated Anthony Ciaravino in the general runoff election for Chicago City Council Ward 11 on April 4, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Nicole Lee (Nonpartisan) | 62.6 | 8,045 |
| Anthony Ciaravino (Nonpartisan) | 37.4 | 4,799 | ||
| Total votes: 12,844 | |||
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General election
General election for Chicago City Council Ward 11
The following candidates ran in the general election for Chicago City Council Ward 11 on February 28, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Nicole Lee (Nonpartisan) | 30.9 | 3,561 |
| ✔ | Anthony Ciaravino (Nonpartisan) | 29.4 | 3,384 | |
| Don Don (Nonpartisan) | 19.6 | 2,254 | ||
 | Ambria Taylor (Nonpartisan) | 13.5 | 1,552 | |
| Elvira Jimenez (Nonpartisan) | 2.8 | 326 | ||
 | Froylan Jimenez (Nonpartisan) | 2.4 | 275 | |
| Steve Demitro (Nonpartisan) | 1.4 | 159 | ||
| Total votes: 11,511 | |||
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Endorsements
Taylor received the following endorsements. To view a full list of Taylor's endorsements as published by their campaign, click here.
Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Ambria Taylor completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Taylor's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Most recently I was a middle school social studies teacher here where I’ve lived for a decade now. I’m a proud CTU Local 1 member and substitute teaching during the campaign. Gaining a union impacted me deeply and I became the union delegate in my building (basically our word for shop steward).
- Ambria is the only progressive running in the 11th Ward. She’s politically independent, hard-working, and practical - like the people she will represent. Ambria will create committees with resident representatives to make sure there is a formal way for community-based decision making and transparency. There will be an organized system for responding to calls and complaints from residents, rather than the hit-or-miss way it’s handled now. Multilingual access to services is a priority. On City Council, Ambria will not be a rubber stamp for the mayor, no matter who that person is. She will fight for good city staffing so that our schools, parks, libraries, and infrastructure function like they should.
- Ambria has plans to reduce violent crime, address local pollution, and implement infrastructure improvements to make streets safer for cyclists. Over the years the city government has continued to cut its own functions and services even while constantly spending more money. Working class people rely on the CTA, Park District programming for youth, and public schools. Ambria sides with the needs of everyday people, not with big corporations and developers. She will never make deals behind your back, and she will fight to make our city government function better from the top to the bottom.
- I will never make deals behind your back, and I’m ready to fight for you on Chicago City Council. Let’s move the 11th ward forward, together. The story of the 11th ward is not over yet. The majority of people who live here believe in justice, equality, and safety for everyone. It’s time that we become the loudest voices in the room. We must stand up for ourselves and for our neighbors so that we can celebrate our multi-racial, working-class community.
I also care deeply about education, particularly bilingual supports and material physical improvements in buildings and staffing, housing as a human right, labor rights, public transportation, and reducing gun violence. These issues affect my family, friends, neighbors, and myself. I have been housing insecure. I have asthma. I have used LINK to buy groceries and I have feared for my job because of a late bus. My students have also brought issues like these into my classroom. As a social studies educator, the impact of governance on my students is personal and has lit a fire under me – we can solve these very real issues together.
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See also
2023 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on January 16, 2023
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