Editing Calumet City, Illinois (section)

==Government==
Calumet City has a Mayor-Council type government.

The city has 7 Wards.

Calumet City is in [[Illinois's 2nd congressional district]].

The mayor of Calumet City is currently [[Thaddeus Jones (politician)|Thaddeus Jones]]. He has served as Mayor since being elected to the office in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Office of the Mayor|url=https://calumetcity.org/office-of-the-mayor/|access-date=2020-12-20|website=The City of Calumet City}}</ref>

===Mayors of Calumet City===
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! style="background:#F5DEB3"| <small>Mayors of Calumet City, Illinois</small>
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| 1893 – ?
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| K. M. Wosczynski
| ? – April 1915
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| Paul M. Kamradt
| April 1915 – March 1925
| Defeated incumbent mayor K. M. Wosczynski in March 1915 primary election in West Hammond (name change to Calumet City in 1923)<ref>{{Cite news|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title=Hammond's Mayor Loses |newspaper=[[Freeport Daily Bulletin]]|date=March 10, 1915 |url= https://newspapers.com/article/freeport-daily-bulletin/137314759/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><br> Defeated Martin Finneran in April 1915 general election.<ref>{{Cite news|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title=West Hammond takze mialo wczoraj wybory   |newspaper=[[Dziennik Chicagoski]]|language= Polish|date=April 21, 1915 |url=https://newspapers.com/article/dziennik-chicagoski/137315097/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><br> Grandfather of mayor Robert Stefaniak<ref name=Flux/> 
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| John W. Jaranowski
| March 1925 – April 1935
| Defeated Paul M. Kamradt in the general election on March 11, 1925<ref>{{Cite news|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title=Jaranowski Wins Election   |newspaper=[[The Chicago Tribune ]]|date=March 11, 1925 |url=https://newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune/137314376/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref name=Spirited>{{Cite news|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= Spirited Races Bring Out Heavy Vote In Villages  |newspaper=[[The Chicago Tribune ]]|date= April 16, 1941|url=https://newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune/137313234/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
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| William F. Zick
| April 1935 – April 1941 
| Defeated John Jaranowski in April 1935 general election<ref>{{Cite news|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= Mayors of Four towns in Cook County Beaten  |newspaper=[[The Chicago Tribune]]|date=April 17, 1935 |url= |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><br> Lost to Jaranowski in April 1941 general election<ref name=Spirited/>
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| John W. Jaranowski<br> (2nd term)
| April 1941 – April 1945
| Previously served as mayor from 1925 to 1935<ref name=Spirited/> Lost in reelection bid in April 1945<ref name=Name>{{Cite news|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title=  Illinois Cities Name Officials, Vote On Issues |newspaper=[[The Decatur Daily Review ]]|date=April 18, 1945 |url=https://newspapers.com/article/the-decatur-daily-review/137313536/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
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| Frank L. Kaminski
| April 1945 – April 1953 
| Defeated John W. Jaranowski in April 1945<ref name=Name/>
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| Stanley E. Bejger
| April 1953 – April 1961
| Son-in-law of former mayor John Jaranowski<ref>{{Cite news|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= Calumet City Voters Elect Reform mayor  |newspaper=[[The Chicago Tribune]]|date=April 22, 1953 |url=https://newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune/137311897/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><br> Choose to not run for reelection in 1961<ref>{{Cite news|first= Paul|last= West|authorlink=   |title= Vote April 18 in Calumet and Lansing  |newspaper=[[The Chicago Tribune]]|date=April 9, 1961 |url=https://newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune/137312418/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
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| [[File:Joseph W. Nowak, mayor of Calumet City.jpg|75px]] 
| Joseph W. Nowak
| April 1961 – January 28, 1972
| First elected in April 1961.<ref name=Flux/><ref>{{cite news |last1= Bing|first1= J. Edward |title= Calumet City Mayor To Pick Zone Board|url=https://newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune/137296329/ |newspaper=[[The Chicago Tribune]] |date= September 1, 1961|pages=[https://newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune/137296329/ B1], [https://newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune/137296502/ B4] |accessdate= |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><br> Resigned on January 28, 1972 <ref>{{cite news |last1= Hallahan|first1= Kathleen |title=Breclaw Sets Sights On Permanent Mayoral Seat |url=https://newspapers.com/article/the-daily-calumet/137295564/ |newspaper=[[The Daily Calumet]] |date= February 2, 1972|pages=[https://newspapers.com/article/the-daily-calumet/137295564/ 1], [https://newspapers.com/article/the-daily-calumet/137295705/ 3] |accessdate= |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> after being sentenced to three years in prison for embezzlement<ref name=Gaines/>
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| Herbert Breclaw
|  January 31, 1972 – June 1972
| Named interim mayor on January 31, 1972
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| [[File:Robert C. Stefaniak, mayor of Calumet City, illinois.jpg|75px]]
| Robert Stefaniak
| June 1972 – 1993
| First elected in a special election held on June 6, 1972, to complete the remaining 10 months of former mayor Joseph W. Nowak's term.<ref name=Gaines>{{Cite news|first= William|last=Gaines |title=Stefaniak New Mayor in Cal City |newspaper=[[The Chicago Tribune]]|date=June 7, 1992 |url=https://newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune/137293080/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref name=Flux>{{Cite news|first=William |last=Gaines |title= Stefaniak Sensitive to Flux, Stability |newspaper=[[The Chicago Tribune]]|date= June 15, 1972|url= https://newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune/137293569/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><br>Won in the general election in April 1973<ref>{{Cite news|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= Incumbent mayor Stefanial Defeats 2 in Cal City race |newspaper=[[The Daily Calumet]]|date=April 19, 1973 |url=https://newspapers.com/article/the-daily-calumet/137294873/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><br> Choose to not run for reelection in 1993.<ref>{{Cite news|first1=Jerry |last1=Shnay |first2=Janita |last2=Poe |title= Oak Lawn Bucks Anti-Incumbert Drive |newspaper=[[The Chicago Tribune]]|date=April 21, 1993 |url=https://newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune/137292681/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
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| Jerome "Jerry" Genova
| 1993 – October 2001
| Resigned in October 2001 after being indicted<ref name=Garrison>{{Cite web|first= |last= |title=Garrison v. Calumet City, Illinois  |website=casetext.com|date= July 20, 2006 |url=https://casetext.com/case/garrison-v-calumet-city |accessdate=}}</ref>
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| Dominick Gigliotti 
| October 2001 – April 2003
| Appointed to fill out the remainder of the term of Jerry Genova until a special election was held in April 2003<ref name=Garrison/>
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| Greg Skubisz
| April 2003 – September 2003
| Elected by 24 votes over Michelle Markiewicz Qualkinbush in a special election held in April 2003. Sworn into office. Overturned on appeal on September 2, 2003, by Circuit Court Judge Michael Murphy who threw out 38 absentee ballots that he determined to have been illegally cast for Skubisz and eliminated about 50 other contested ballots resulting in Markiewicz Qualkinbush winning the election by 27 votes.<ref>{{Cite news|first= |last= |title= Calumet City gets new mayor |newspaper=[[The Chicago Tribune ]]|date= September 3, 2003|url= https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2003-09-03-0309030184-story.html}}</ref>
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| [[Michelle Markiewicz Qualkinbush]]
| 2003–2021
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| [[Thaddeus Jones (politician)|Thaddeus Jones]]
| 2021–Present
| First African American mayor
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