Daniel Solis served as an alderman on the Chicago City Council from 1996 to 2019.
13 Facts About Daniel Solis
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Daniel Solis represented Chicago's 25th Ward which includes the Lower West Side.
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Daniel Solis's sister is Patti Solis Doyle, who was Hillary Clinton's former campaign manager.
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Daniel Solis's father had already come to the country in seek of work.
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Daniel Solis was the founder and executive director of Latino Youth High School as well as the executive director of the Pilsen Neighbors Community Council.
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Daniel Solis led grassroots reform for the Chicago Public Schools by helping organize a campaign to enlist parents and community members to run in the first Local School Council elections.
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In 1996, after alderman Antonio Medrano pleaded guilty to corruption charges, Solis was appointed to the seat by Mayor Daley.
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Daniel Solis served on seven committees: Aviation, Budget and Government Operations; Committees, Rules and Ethics; Finance; Education; Health; Human Relations; Public Safety.
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In November 2018, Daniel Solis announced that he would not seek re-election to his seat.
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Shortly after his retirement announcement, it was reported that Daniel Solis was secretly recording fellow alderman Ed Burke, who had been charged with corruption.
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Court filings used to obtain search warrants at Daniel Solis' home indicated that Daniel Solis had recorded the Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, Michael Madigan.
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An investigation uncovered that Daniel Solis had paid himself hundreds of thousands of dollars out of his political campaign fund.
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Daniel Solis would provide several days of testimony against Madigan during Madigan's trial as well.