William Delgado

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district=2nd
term=2006 -
preceded=Miguel del Valle
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place of birth=Newark, New Jersey
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William "Willie" Delgado is a Democratic member of the Illinois Senate, representing the 2nd district since 2006. He was first elected in 2006, replacing Miguel del Valle, who was elected Chicago City Clerk. Previously, Delgado served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1999-2006 and was replaced by Luis Arroyo.

Early life

Delgado was born in Newark, New Jersey but was raised in Chicago. He graduated from Tilden High School and Northeastern University, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice, with a minor in Sociology.

Public Service

Delgado began his career coordinating youth programs for the West Town YMCA, the Mayor’s Office of Summer Employment and Training and the Association House of Chicago. With each of these organizations, Delgado’s main responsibility was youth outreach. He later served as a Youth and Family Counselor, then as Probation and Parole Officer in Miami, Florida. When he returned to Chicago, he continued his community service at the Department of Children and Family Services.

Delgado was active in state wide politics as well. He served as Hispanic Liaison for former Attorney General Roland Burris and Latino Liaison during the 1994 campaign of gubernatorial candidate Dawn Clark Netsch. While with Attorney General Burris, Delgado organized and implemented the “Gun Turn in Day” program, which led to the removal of more than 142 illegal firearms from the streets of Chicago. The five years prior to his election as representative, Delgado worked as Director of Community Services for State Senator Miguel del Valle.

State Representative

Delgado was first elected in 1998. Delgado’s top legislative priorities are education reform, economic development, and crime prevention. He is working to develop school safety initiatives to keep drugs and guns out of local classrooms. Delgado also supports reducing class sizes, improving classroom discipline, and increasing state support for school construction grant funding. Delgado also highlights his work as “champion of health and physical fitness issues.” He has sponsored legislation to see that physical fitness is emphasized in schools state-wide. Representative Delgado serves on seven committees: Appropriations for Elementary and Secondary Education; Fee for Service Initiatives; Human Services; Judiciary II- Criminal Law; KidCare; Managing Sex Offender Issues; and Registration and Regulation.

State Senator

William Delgado was appointed Illinois State Senator, by the former State Senator Miguel del Valle. Del Valle was apponited as City Clerk for the City of Chicago by Mayor Richard M. Daley.

External links

* [http://www.ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?MemberID=1321 Illinois General Assembly - Senator William Delgado (D) 2nd District] official IL Senate website
** [http://ilga.gov/senate/SenatorBills.asp?MemberID=1321 Bills] , [http://ilga.gov/senate/SenCommittees.asp?MemberID=1321 Committees]
* [http://votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=18359 Project Vote Smart - Senator William 'Willie' Delgado (IL)] profile
*"Follow the Money" - William 'Willie' Delgado
** [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=200614&c=417224 2006] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=200414&c=395855 2004] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=200214&c=18575 2002] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=200014&c=355259 2000] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=199814&c=354861 1998] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=199614&c=354466 1996] campaign contributions
* [http://www.senatedem.ilga.gov/page_display.asp?pid=40 Illinois State Senate Democrats - Senator William Delgado] profile