American politician and former superintendent of schools Paul Gust Vallas. He held positions as CEO of the School District of Philadelphia and the Chicago Public Schools, superintendent of the Bridgeport Public Schools and the Recovery School District of Louisiana, and budget director for the city of Chicago.
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In the 2019 Chicago mayoral race, Vallas finished ninth out of fourteen candidates in the first round and supported Lori Lightfoot in the runoff.
In the 2023 mayoral race, Vallas will run against Lightfoot as a Democrat. He won the first round of voting and will move on to the runoff. In the mayoral race of 2023, Vallas is the Democratic opponent of Lightfoot. He won the first round of voting and will move on to the runoff.
Paul Vallas Political Party
Vallas ran for mayor of Chicago in the upcoming election. He also participated in the Democratic primary for the 2002 Illinois governor’s race and was the party’s choice for lieutenant governor in the 2014 governor’s race in Illinois. Also, he ran for mayor of Chicago in 2023.
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Paul Vallas Age
He is 69 years old. He was born on June 10, 1953.
Paul Vallas Height
Paul Vallas stands at a height of 5 feet 8 inches tall.
Paul Vallas Family
Paul Vallas, a candidate for mayor of Chicago, is happily married to Sharon, with whom he has two adult sons. In 2018, at the young age of 24, he lost his youngest son Mark to an opioid addiction.
Paul Vallas Education
Carl Sandburg High School served as his final stop for his secondary schooling before he continued his studies at Western Illinois University and Moraine Valley Community College, where he attained degrees in political science and history as well as a teaching certification.
Paul Vallas Children
First responders include Gus Vallas and Paul Vallas Jr., both of Paul Vallas’s children. Paul Jr. works as a firefighter, while Gus Vallas is a police officer.
His family also had a second son named Mark, but tragedy claimed him.
Paul Vallas Twitter
Paul Vallas twitter is (@PaulVallas)
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