Troy Hernandez

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Troy Hernandez

Green Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 3, 2020

Education

Ph.D

University of Illinois, Chicago, 2013

Personal

Birthplace

Oak Lawn, Ill.

Profession

Data Scientist, Executive Architect at IBM

Contact

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Troy Hernandez (Green Party) ran for election to the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago in Illinois. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.

Hernandez completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.

Hernandez was a 2015 candidate for Ward 25 of the Chicago City Council.

Biography

Hernandez was born in Oak Lawn, Illinois. He earned a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2013. Hernandez' professional experience includes working as a data scientist and executive architect at IBM.

Elections

2020

See also: Municipal elections in Cook County, Illinois (2020)

General election

General election for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kimberly du Buclet (D)	28.9	1,288,586
✔		Cam Davis (D)	25.6	1,141,803
✔	Submit photo	Eira Corral Sepulveda (D)	23.0	1,028,057
		Troy Hernandez (G)	7.6	339,633
		Rachel Wales (G)	7.6	337,272
	Submit photo	Tammie Vinson (G)	7.3	324,905

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,460,256
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago on March 17, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kimberly du Buclet	18.0	346,370
✔		Cam Davis	15.0	288,471
✔	Submit photo	Eira Corral Sepulveda	12.6	242,055
	Submit photo	Patricia Theresa Flynn	11.6	222,191
	Submit photo	Heather Boyle	11.3	216,447
	Submit photo	Frank Avila	11.2	215,741
	Submit photo	Michael Grace	8.2	157,088
		Mike Cashman	5.2	99,319
	Submit photo	Shundar Lin	3.4	65,757
	Submit photo	Deyon Dean	3.2	61,102
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	7,627

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,922,168
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Todd Stroger (D)
• Kim Dulaney (D)
• Eddie Ngozi Nwosu (D)
• Kisha McCaskill (D)

Green primary election

The Green primary election was canceled. Troy Hernandez, Tammie Vinson, and Rachel Wales advanced from the Green primary for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago.

2019

See also: City elections in Chicago, Illinois (2019)

General runoff election

General runoff election for Chicago City Council Ward 25

Byron Sigcho-Lopez defeated Alex Acevedo in the general runoff election for Chicago City Council Ward 25 on April 2, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Byron Sigcho-Lopez (Nonpartisan)	54.2	5,224
		Alex Acevedo (Nonpartisan)	45.8	4,414

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 9,638
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General election

General election for Chicago City Council Ward 25

Byron Sigcho-Lopez and Alex Acevedo advanced to a runoff. They defeated Hilario Dominguez, Aida Flores, and Troy Hernandez in the general election for Chicago City Council Ward 25 on February 26, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Byron Sigcho-Lopez (Nonpartisan)	29.2	2,885
✔		Alex Acevedo (Nonpartisan)	22.1	2,182
	Submit photo	Hilario Dominguez (Nonpartisan)	20.8	2,056
		Aida Flores (Nonpartisan)	19.4	1,912
		Troy Hernandez (Nonpartisan)	8.5	835

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 9,870
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2015

See also: Chicago, Illinois municipal elections, 2015

The city of Chicago, Illinois, held elections for city council on February 24, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was November 24, 2014. In the general election for Ward 25, incumbent Daniel Solis defeated Ed Hershey, Jorge Mujica, Roberto "Beto" Montano and Byron Sigcho. Troy Hernandez withdrew from the race in December 2014.

Chicago City Council, Ward 25, 2015
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Daniel Solis Incumbent	51.1%	3,811
Byron Sigcho	18.5%	1,383
Jorge Mujica	12.2%	907
Roberto "Beto" Montano	10%	748
Ed Hershey	8.2%	614
Total Votes		7,463
Source: Chicago Board of Election Commissioners, "Official general election results," accessed July 9, 2015

Campaign themes

2020

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Troy Hernandez completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Hernandez'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.

I'm a 38-year old data scientist, activist, and Green Party MWRD candidate. I've lived in Chicagoland all of my life. I earned my PhD in statistics from UIC in 2013. I live in Pilsen and work for IBM. I'm a volunteer director of the Pilsen Environmental Rights and Reform Organization (P.E.R.R.O.) I served two 2-year terms as a community representative (2 years as secretary) on the Pilsen Community Academy Local School Council (2014-2018). I'm an organizer for the Chicago R User Group.

While I've always been interested in politics, my interest grew when the economy collapsed and we elected a mixed-race Chicagoan, like myself, as President. Since then I've studied politics and economics as a hobby and compliment to my research in statistics, game theory, and computer science. In 2014, I unsuccessfully tried to get on the ballot for the 2015 aldermanic race in the 25th ward in Chicago. In 2018-19, I got on the ballot for 25th ward alderman. I am proud of the campaign that I ran.

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?

• I have a PhD in statistics and have been employed in Chicago's tech sector for the last 6 years. I am an expert on statistics, data, machine learning, optimization, and tech. I will bring my technical skills to bear on key issues within the MWRD. There is no current commissioner or candidate with my skills, experience, or knowledge.
• Moreover, I've volunteered my time in my community fighting for clean water. I've done this, not when it was politically convenient or advantageous, but when it was difficult and a political liability for folks to rally behind this inconvenient cause. https://interactive.wttw.com/my-neighborhood/pilsen/pilsen-environmentalists-organize-protect-neighbors-lead-water
• The most pressing issue facing the MWRD is legal corruption. Our uniformly Democratic Board of Commissioners have their campaigns financed by large engineering firms. When you have big engineering companies making big campaign contributions to MWRD candidates, you get big expensive engineering solutions at the MWRD, like the Deep Tunnel.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Climate change is an existential threat to the human race. The most effective way to address climate change is through coordinated government action. Coordinated government action on behalf of its human (as opposed to corporate) citizens requires a change in incentives for politicians. That means public financing of our elections, putting an end to the gerrymandering of our political boundaries, implementing ranked choice voting, etc. There is no issue that you care about, schools or roads or parks or pensions, that is going to get fixed and stay fixed until we fix our political system. Fixing our political system requires changing the incentives for politicians.

What was the last song that got stuck in your head?

Mack the Knife

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2019

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Chicago 2019 Candidate Survey

Troy Hernandez did not complete Ballotpedia's Chicago candidates survey for 2019.

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