Daniel Solis
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| Member of the Chicago City Council from the 25th ward | |
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| Preceded by | Ambrosio Medrano |
| Succeeded by | Byron Sigcho-Lopez |
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| Party | Democratic |
| Relatives | Patti Solis Doyle (sister) |
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Daniel Solis is an American politician from Illinois. He served as an alderman on the Chicago City Council from 1996 to 2019. He represented Chicago's 25th Ward which includes the Lower West Side.
His sister is Patti Solis Doyle, who was Hillary Clinton's former campaign manager. Solis was a member of Clinton's Illinois Steering Committee.[1]
Early life and career
Solis was born in 1949 in Monterrey, Mexico. When he was six, he emigrated to the United States with his mother. His father had already come to the country in seek of work.[2]
Solis began his career as a schoolteacher. He was the founder and executive director of Latino Youth High School as well as the executive director of the Pilsen Neighbors Community Council. Later, he was co-founder and executive director of the United Neighborhood Organization (UNO) where he led a successful campaign to help 12,000 immigrants become naturalized citizens and register to vote. He also led grassroots reform for the Chicago Public Schools by helping organize a campaign to enlist parents and community members to run in the first Local School Council elections.
Political career
Mayor Richard M. Daley appointed Solis to the Chicago Housing Authority Board of Commissioners and the Regional Transportation Authority in 1995.[2] In 1996, after alderman Antonio Medrano pleaded guilty to corruption charges, Solis was appointed to the seat by Mayor Daley.[3] He won a special election in February 1997 to serve out Medrano's term with 77% of the vote.[2]
One of Solis's first actions was to present Angelo J. LaPietra, the founder of the Old Neighborhood Italian American Club at 31st and Shields, a plaque and reward that recognized him as the leader of the community and 25th Ward.
As alderman, Solis focused on job creation and physical improvements in the 25th Ward (Lower West Side) such as expanded National Museum of Mexican Art in Pilsen, the Ping Tom Memorial Park in Chinatown, and a rehabilitation of the Archer Court Senior housing development. Solis also encouraged and negotiated with the International Produce Market and American Linen Company to stay and/or locate in the 25th Ward's Planned Manufacturing District (PMD) which has brought and continues to bring jobs and capital to the community.[citation needed]
Throughout his career as alderman, Solis had been an ally of Mayor Daley and in 2001 was appointed President Pro Tempore of the city council, allowing him to oversee council proceedings in the mayor's absence.[citation needed]
Solis served on seven committees: Aviation, Budget and Government Operations; Committees, Rules and Ethics; Finance; Education; Health; Human Relations; Public Safety.[4]
Scandal and FBI cooperation
In November 2018, Solis announced that he would not seek re-election to his seat.[5] Shortly after his retirement announcement, it was reported that Solis was secretly recording fellow alderman Ed Burke, who had been charged with corruption.[6][7] Court filings used to obtain search warrants at Solis’ home indicated that Solis had also recorded the Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, Michael Madigan.[8] An investigation uncovered that Solis had paid himself hundreds of thousands of dollars out of his political campaign fund.[8] Conversations which Solis recorded between himself and Madigan would ultimately lead to Madigan being convicted in February 2025 on numerous charges related to his efforts to give Solis and his daughter paid state positions and Madigan's use Solis to aid his private law firm.[9] Solis would also provide several days of testimony against Madigan during Madigan's trial as well.[10]
In April 2025, the acting U.S. Attorney in Chicago asked that bribery charges against Solis be dismissed, noting that his cooperation was vital in securing the convictions of both Madigan and Burke.[11] In May 2025 prosecutors would dismiss criminal bribery charges against Solis.[12]
References
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- ^ Clinton Campaign Announces Illinois Steering Committee Script error: No such module "webarchive".
- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Danny Solis: Alderman and Power Broker". WTTW. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Latino Leader Tapped to Run the 25th Ward". Chicago Tribune. March 2, 1996.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Office of the City Clerk, Solis, Daniel". Chicago City Clerk. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Longtime Pilsen Ald. Danny Solis won't seek re-election". Chicago Sun-Times. November 24, 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Seidel, Jon; Spielman, Fran; Brown, Mark; Novak, Tim (January 29, 2019). "Viagra, sex acts, use of a luxury farm: Feds detail investigation of Ald. Solis". The Chicago Sun-Times.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Solis secretly recorded fellow Ald. Burke to help feds in criminal investigation". Chicago Sun-Times. January 23, 2019.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ald. Daniel Solis, who wore wire for FBI, paid himself hundreds of thousands of dollars from campaign fund". Chicago Tribune. January 29, 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Madigan Trial: What Illinois' former House speaker was convicted, acquitted of". NBC Chicago. February 12, 2025. Retrieved February 12, 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ex-Chicago Ald. Danny Solis finishes testimony in former Speaker Mike Madigan trial". ABC 7 Chicago. December 3, 2024. Retrieved February 12, 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Charges should be dropped against former Chicago Ald. Danny Solis: Acting US attorney". ABC7 Chicago. April 4, 2025. Retrieved April 28, 2026.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Charges dropped against former Chicago Alderman Danny Solis after cooperation with feds". ABC7 Chicago. May 7, 2025. Retrieved April 28, 2026.
External links
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