LaShawn Ford

CTL-E-4895 · Person · politician · contemporary

VERIFIED evidence grade of this record

Candidate for Mayor of Chicago; State Representative, Illinois 8th District. Appeared at City Club of Chicago program 'WTTW Mayoral Candidate Forum Night 2' (Tuesday, February 19, 2019).

Notes

BCCVA Source Collection 001 (City Club of Chicago) seed record. Role at time of speech: Candidate for Mayor of Chicago; State Representative, Illinois 8th District. Civic lenses: 01 Government & Politics, 02 Civil Rights & Justice. Programs: WTTW Mayoral Candidate Forum Night 2 (Tuesday, February 19, 2019). Identity verification: "a record eleven African American candidates filed to run in the 2019 election (Conrien Hykes Clark, Dorothy Brown, Amara Enyia, La Shawn Ford, Ja'Mal Green, Neal Sales-Griffin, Lori Lightfoot, Sandra Mallory, Toni Preckwinkle, Roger L. Washington, Willie Wilson)" — Wikipedia, 'Mayoral elections in Chicago'. Research status: seed-verified. Last verified: 2026-10-06.

Relationships

City Club of Chicago: WTTW Mayoral Candidate Forum Night 2 — related to
Appeared at City Club of Chicago program "WTTW Mayoral Candidate Forum Night 2" (Tuesday, February 19, 2019). Role at time: Candidate for Mayor of Chicago; State Representative, Illinois 8th District.

Sources

Identity evidence: "a record eleven African American candidates filed to run in the 2019 election (Conrien Hykes Clark, Dorothy Brown, Amara Enyia, La Shawn Ford, Ja'Mal Green, Neal Sales-Griffin, Lori Lightfoot, Sandra Mallory, Toni Preckwinkle, Roger L. Washington, Willie Wilson)" — Wikipedia, 'Mayoral elections in Chicago'
City Club of Chicago program: WTTW Mayoral Candidate Forum Night 2 (Tuesday, February 19, 2019) — https://www.cityclub-chicago.org/event/2/2381/wttw-mayoral-candidate-forum-night-2 (primary source)

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