Ameya Pawar

Ameya Pawar (born April 22, 1980) is an American politician. He was the alderman for the 47th Ward of the City of Chicago. He was first elected in the 2011 municipal elections, and was elected to a second term on February 24, 2015. Pawar's 2015 re-election was secured with over 82% of the vote, the largest margin in the election cycle. 

Pawar is the first Indian American and Asian American in Chicago City Council history.

He was a candidate in the Democratic Party primary for Governor of Illinois in the 2018 election. He lost the primary to businessman JB Pritzker.

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