Natashia Holmes, IDOT Worker, Is Sandi Jackson Replacement On Chicago's City Council

Sandi Jackson's City Council Replacement Announced
FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2006 file photo, Sandi Jackson, smiles at her husband, then-U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., during a news conference in Chicago. Alderman Sandi Jackson on Friday, Jan. 11, 2013 announced she is resigning from the Chicago City Council. In a letter to Mayor Rahm Emanuel, she said that she could not adequately represent her district "while dealing with very painful family health matters." Rep. Jackson recently resigned from Congress while being treated for bipolar disorder and other medical issues. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2006 file photo, Sandi Jackson, smiles at her husband, then-U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., during a news conference in Chicago. Alderman Sandi Jackson on Friday, Jan. 11, 2013 announced she is resigning from the Chicago City Council. In a letter to Mayor Rahm Emanuel, she said that she could not adequately represent her district "while dealing with very painful family health matters." Rep. Jackson recently resigned from Congress while being treated for bipolar disorder and other medical issues. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

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Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Monday named his pick for former Alderman Sandi Jackson's successor on Chicago's City Council.

From an initial field of 53 applicants, Natashia Holmes, a former policy advisor for the Illinois Department of Transportation, has been selected to become Chicago's newest alderman, the Chicago Sun-Times first reported.

Most recently, Holmes worked as a project manager in public outreach and government relations for Metro Strategies Inc., according to her LinkedIn profile.

Emanuel also described Chicago's newest alderman as "a clear break from the past and a new beginning" for the ward, ABC Chicago reports. Her only previous political experience is running once for a school board.

According to previous reports, a four-member mayor-appointed commission of community leaders was slated to help Emanuel choose Jackson's successor in a process the mayor repeatedly emphasized would be an open and transparent one.

Sandi Jackson, who formerly represented the city's South Shore-area 7th Ward, abruptly resigned from her post last month despite previous denials that she would do so.

Last week, reports emerged that Jackson is now the subject of a federal investigation independent of the one her husband, former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., is currently mired in.

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