Newly-appointed Ald. Timmy Knudsen (43rd) was confirmed, sworn in and started voting Wednesday, quickly becoming, at age 32, Chicago’s youngest alderperson, the seventh member of the City Council’s LGBTQ caucus and the first openly gay alderperson to represent the 43rd ward.
After some sage advice from Council greybeards and hugs from his proud family, the rules were suspended to allow an admittedly “humbled” Knudsen to address his new colleagues.
