Joe Moore (politician)
| Joseph A. Moore | |
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| Member of the Chicago City Council from the 49th ward | |
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Assumed office April 2, 1991 |
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| Preceded by | David Orr |
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| Born |
July 22, 1958 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Domestic partner | Barbara Moore (m. 1986) |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | Rogers Park, Chicago, Illinois |
| Alma mater |
Evanston Township High School Knox College (Illinois) DePaul University |
| Website | ward49 |
Joseph A. "Joe" Moore (born July 22, 1958) is an American politician. Moore is currently the alderman representing the 49th Ward of the City of Chicago. Moore is a member of the Democratic Party. Moore was first elected to the City Council in April 1991 and has been re-elected six times. Moore led the movement towards participatory budgeting and to mandate large retailers to pay a living wage in Chicago.
Born in Chicago, Moore graduated from Evanston Township High School in 1976; and later Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois with a B.A in 1980 and earned a J.D. in 1984 from DePaul University law school. Upon graduation, he went to work for the City of Chicago Department of Law, and has been a City employee ever since. Moore's first political work was for independent presidential candidate John Anderson, and he was a Bill Clinton delegate to the 1996 Democratic National Convention. The 49th Ward, encompassing the eastern part of Rogers Park neighborhood, is at the far north of the city, bordered by Lake Michigan on the east, and by city of Evanston, Illinois to the north. Moore was President of Network 49, an alternative to the 49th Ward Regular Democratic Organization that supported David Orr for Alderman of the 49th Ward and Harold Washington for Mayor of Chicago.
On November 6, 1990, 49th ward Alderman David Orr was elected Clerk of Cook County, creating a vacancy in the Chicago City Council until the February, 1991 municipal elections. Chicago's Mayor appoints replacements to fill short-term vacancies in the City Council. Orr supported Moore as his replacement. Mayor Richard M. Daley appointed Robert Clarke, a law associate of Illinois State Representative Lee Preston, the 49th ward Democratic committeeman. Moore was among the challengers to Clarke in the February, 1991 municipal elections. Orr endorsed Danny K. Davis, Cook County Commissioner and former Chicago alderman, in his challenge to Daley for Mayor. No candidate received a majority of the votes in the multi-way race for alderman of the 49th ward, requiring a run-off between the top two, Moore and Clarke, in April, 1991. Orr was Moore's campaign chairman. On April 2, 1991, Moore was elected alderman. Of eight incumbent alderman, who were originally appointed by Daley to fill vacancies, Clarke was the only one to fail to win re-election that year. In 2000 Moore ran for Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County but lost in the primary election to eventual winner Dorothy Brown.
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