caption constituency predecessor successor birth_place party office name birth_date term_start residence spouse article_title term_end birth_name alma_mater
. 17th ward , chicago terry peterson david moore chicago , illinois , u.s. democratic party city of chicago alderman latasha thomas 2 may 1965 2000 chicago , illinois timothy thomas jr. 1990 -lrb- 2 children -rrb- latasha thomas
 2015 latasha r. thomas kenwood academy university of illinois at urbana-champaign depaul university
latasha thomas

latasha r. thomas -lrb- born may 2 , 1965 -rrb- is the former alderman of the 17th ward of the city of chicago .
she was appointed to that position by mayor richard m. daley in 2000 , subsequently elected in 2001 and re-elected in 2003 and 2007 .
thomas has worked to get many of the 17th ward schools renovated .
in the fall of 2014 thomas announced that she would not seek re-election in 2015 as alderman , following the announcement that a former employee would run in her place .
