Leonardo Quintero

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Leonardo Quintero

Nonpartisan

Chicago Police District Council District 12

Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

2

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Elections and appointments

Last elected

February 28, 2023

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Birthplace

Chicago, Ill.

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Leonardo Quintero is a member of the Chicago Police District Council in Illinois, representing District 12. He assumed office on May 2, 2023. His current term ends on May 4, 2027.

Quintero ran for election to the Chicago Police District Council to represent District 12 in Illinois. He won in the general election on February 28, 2023.

Quintero completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Leonardo Quintero was born in Chicago, Illinois.

Elections

2023

See also: City elections in Chicago, Illinois (2023)

General election

General election for Chicago Police District Council District 12 (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Chicago Police District Council District 12 on February 28, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Leonardo Quintero (Nonpartisan)	22.7	12,327
✔		Chloe Vitale (Nonpartisan)	19.4	10,556
✔	Submit photo	Michelle Page (Nonpartisan)	18.0	9,789
		William Guerrero (Nonpartisan)	15.7	8,535
	Submit photo	John Donatelli (Nonpartisan)	13.0	7,052
	Submit photo	Juan Lopez (Nonpartisan)	11.3	6,139

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 54,398
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2023

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Leonardo Quintero completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Quintero's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Leonardo has been doing youth work across the city and suburbs of Chicago for over a decade. He began his work doing peer mentorship at age 17 and has been privileged to wear several hats since then. Leonardo has worked as a juvenile-court advocate, Street Outreach Counselor, in-school counselor, and as a City Program Coordinator for a national nonprofit that focuses on youth development. He has also done volunteer work as a crisis and intervention specialist, gang mediation specialist, restorative justice trainer, and has spearheaded several violence prevention initiatives. Leonardo also currently sits on the Local School Council for a school in Network 7.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• Background in Restorative Justice
• History of building programming regarding violence prevention and intervention
• Believes all public servants need to be accountable and transperant to those they serve

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Leonardo is passionate about the implementation of more restorative justice training throughout the court system. He was part of the Restorative Justice HUB in the early 2010s which helped train some of the juvenile justice probation officers, and also in diverting money to detention alternative programming. Leonardo believes that continuing to invest in our communities will help residents, lower crime and help build a safer Chicago.

What qualities does this office possess that makes it a unique and important part of the state government and legal system?

The uniqueness of this office is that it is the first people-elected oversight committee in the United States, which will, in theory, set off a chain reaction across the country to provide community members an opportunity to choose who polices them and how they are policed.

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

Leonardo has as long list of mentors from professors to community activist, however, the people he looks up to the most is the youth who help guide and modernize policies.

Do you believe that it's beneficial for holders of this office to have previous experience in government or politics?

No, despite this position being elected, I find that it is more of a liaison position between the Police District and the people it serves.

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