1. Roderick Terrance Sawyer was born on April 12,1963 and is an American politician and the former alderman of the 6th ward located in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
22 Facts About Roderick Sawyer
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Roderick Sawyer was a member of the Progressive Reform Caucus, and was the chairman of the African American Caucus.
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Roderick Sawyer was born in Chicago in 1963, and is one of three children of Eugene and Eleanor Roderick Sawyer.
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Roderick Sawyer grew up in the 6th ward on the South Side of the city.
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Roderick Sawyer's father served as mayor of Chicago, being appointed to the office after the sudden death of Harold Washington and serving from December 1987 until April 1989.
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Roderick Sawyer's was the second African-American to hold the office.
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Roderick Sawyer attended high school at St Ignatius College Prep, graduating in 1981.
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Roderick Sawyer went on to earn a Bachelor of Science in Finance from DePaul University, and a Juris Doctor from the Chicago Kent College of Law.
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Roderick Sawyer has worked as a lawyer, realtor, and stock broker.
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Roderick Sawyer was first elected in 2011 after narrowly defeating incumbent Freddrenna Lyle, and served three terms, being re-elected in 2015 and 2019.
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Roderick Sawyer was a member of the Progressive Reform Caucus, and was the chairman of the African American Caucus.
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Roderick Sawyer's first ran for elective office was his campaign against city council incumbent Freddrenna Lyle in Chicago's aldermanic ward 6 in 2011.
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Roderick Sawyer unseated Lyle, who was one of four council incumbents unseated in the April 2011 runoff elections.
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Roderick Sawyer faced two opponents in his 2015 campaign for re-electio: Richard Wooten and Brian Garner.
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Roderick Sawyer received 10,659 votes in the February 2015 general election.
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In 2020 Roderick Sawyer supported a proposed ordinance to establish a commission on giving reparations to black Chicago residents.
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In June 2020, Roderick Sawyer proposed an ordinance which would end the Chicago Public Schools' contract to station Chicago Police Department officers at schools.
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Roderick Sawyer supported the creation of local police district councils.
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Roderick Sawyer is a member of the Democratic Party, and previously served as the 6th ward's a Democratic committeeperson.
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Roderick Sawyer was elected to that position in March 2012, in his second candidacy for the position.
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Roderick Sawyer was re-elected to additional four-year stints in the position in 2016 and 2020.
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In June 2022, Roderick Sawyer announced his candidacy for mayor in the 2023 election, challenging incumbent Mayor Lori Lightfoot.