Timothy Cullerton
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Timothy M. Cullerton
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|office = Member of the Chicago City Council
from the 38th ward
|term_start = 2011
|term_end = 2015
|predecessor = Thomas R. Allen
|successor = Nicholas Sposato
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|party = Democratic
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Timothy M. Cullerton is a former Chicago City Council member who represented the 38th Ward on Chicago's Northwest Side. He was appointed by Mayor Richard M. Daley in 2011.
Background
Cullerton's grandfather, William Cullerton, father, Thomas W. Cullerton, and brother-in-law, Thomas Allen, also served as 38th Ward alderman.{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Better-Know--An-Alderman-Timothy-Cullerton-38th-Ward-166758626.html |title=Better Know an Alderman: Timothy Cullerton |publisher=NBC Chicago |accessdate=January 30, 2013}}{{cite web |title=Timothy Cullerton Retirement Ends Family's 38th Ward Dominance |url=https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/timothy-cullerton-retires-38th-ward-alderman-chicago/2075665/ |publisher=NBC Chicago |accessdate=February 12, 2020 |date=July 17, 2014}}{{cite web |last1=Cherone |first1=Heather |title=As Cullerton Era in Chicago Politics Ends, Alderman Hopes Legacy Lives On |url=https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20150428/portage-park/as-cullerton-era-chicago-politics-ends-alderman-hopes-legacy-lives-on/ |publisher=DNAinfo Chicago |accessdate=February 12, 2020 |date=April 28, 2015}} Cullerton is an electrician who served as chairman of the Chicago Electrical Commission.{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Chicago-City-Council-Profile-Tim-Cullerton-133699323.html |title=Chicago City Council Profile: Tim Cullerton |publisher=NBC Chicago |accessdate=January 30, 2013}}
Cullerton is a descendant of Edward "Foxy Ed" Cullerton, who was a member of the Chicago City Council first elected in 1871{{cite book |last1=Gradel |first1=Thomas J. |last2=Simpson |first2=Dick |title=Corrupt Illinois : patronage, cronyism, and criminality |date=February 15, 2015 |publisher=University of Illinois Press |isbn=978-0252097034}} (when it was still known as the Chicago Common Council), and who served until 1920 (at the time, having been the longest-serving alderman in the city's history, a title he would hold for many years). Edward Cullerton also simultaneously served as an Illinois State Senator, having been elected to that position in 1872.
Until Cullerton's retirement in 2015, for 144 years, a member of the Cullerton family had always sat on the Chicago City Council.
Cullerton's sister, Patti Jo "P.J." Cullerton, served as the 38th Ward Democratic Committeeman for over 20 years. Members of the Cullerton family have been a part of the 38th Ward Regular Democratic Organization as far back as the 1930s.
Cullerton is cousins with Illinois State Senate President John Cullerton, Illinois State Senator Tom Cullerton.
Aldermanic career
In January 2011, Cullerton was appointed by Mayor Richard M. Daley to fill the vacancy left by 38th Ward alderman Thomas R. Allen resigning to become a judge on the Cook County Illinois Circuit Court.{{cite web |title=Alderman Timothy Cullerton |url=https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/about/wards/38/alderman_timothycullerton.html |publisher=City of Chicago |accessdate=February 12, 2020 |language=en}} He was elected to a full term in a runoff election that April.{{cite web |title=2011 Municipal Runoffs - 4/5/11 |url=https://chicagoelections.gov/en/election-results.asp?election=24&race=18 |publisher=Board of Election Commissioners for the City of Chicago |accessdate=February 12, 2020}}
Cullerton served on six committees in City Council: Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards; Housing and Real Estate; Rules and Ethics; Transportation and Public Way; Budget and Government Operations; Aviation.{{citation needed|date=October 2018}}
Cullerton did not seek reelection in 2015. Cullerton had endorsed nonprofit executive Heather Sattler as his preferred successor, however, she lost to redistricted 36th Ward incumbent Nicholas Sposato.
Electoral history
| class=wikitable
!colspan=5|2011 Chicago 38th Ward aldermanic election |
| colspan=1 |Candidates
!colspan=2 |General Election{{cite web |title=2011 Municipal General - 2/22/11 |url=https://chicagoelections.gov/en/election-results.asp?election=25 |publisher=Board of Election Commissioners for the City of Chicago |accessdate=February 12, 2020}} |
|---|
| !Votes
!% !Votes !% |
| Timothy M. Cullerton
| align="right" | 5,833 | align="right" | 47.59 | align="right" | 4,761 | align="right" | 60.42 |
| Tom Caravette
| align="right" | 2,713 | align="right" | 22.14 | align="right" | 3,119 | align="right" | 39.58 |
| Bart Goldberg
| align="right" | 956 | align="right" | 7.80 | colspan=2 bgcolor=darkgray | |
| Carmen Hernandez
| align="right" | 728 | align="right" | 5.94 | colspan=2 bgcolor=darkgray | |
| Mahmoud Bambouyani
| align="right" | 707 | align="right" | 5.77 | colspan=2 bgcolor=darkgray | |
| Sheryl M. Morabito
| align="right" | 676 | align="right" | 5.52 | colspan=2 bgcolor=darkgray | |
| John R. Videckis
| align="right" | 404 | align="right" | 3.30 | colspan=2 bgcolor=darkgray | |
| Edmund "Ed" J. Quartullo
| align="right" | 239 | align="right" | 1.95 | colspan=2 bgcolor=darkgray | |
| Total
| align="right" | 12,256 | align="right" | 100 | align="right" | 7,880 | align="right" | 100 |
References
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External links
- [http://www.ward38.com/ 38th Ward website]
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