Background
Delgado was born in Newark, New Jersey but was raised in Chicago.
Delgado was born in Newark, New Jersey but was raised in Chicago.
He graduated from Tilden High School and Northeastern Illinois University, where he earned his bachelor"s degree in Criminal Justice, with a minor in Sociology.
He was first elected in 2006, replacing Miguel del Valle, who was elected Chicago City Clerk. Previously, Delgado served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1999–2006 and was replaced by Luis Arroyo. On January 5, 2015, Delgado announced that he would not be seeking re-election to the Illinois Senate.
They have two children.
Delgado began his career coordinating youth programs for the West Town Young Men’s Christian Association, the Mayor’ General’ s Office of Summer Employment and Training and the Association House of Chicago. With each of these organizations, Delgado’s main responsibility was youth outreach.
He later served as a Youth and Family Counselor, then as Probation and Parole Officer in Miami, Florida. When he returned to Chicago, he continued his community service at the Department of Children and Family Services.
Delgado was active in statewide politics as well.
He served as Hispanic Liaison for former Attorney General Roland Burris and Latino Liaison during the 1994 campaign of gubernatorial candidate Dawn Clark Netsch. While with Attorney General Burris, Delgado organized and implemented the “Gun Turn in Day” program, which led to the removal of more than 142 illegal firearms from the streets of Chicago. The five years prior to his election as representative, Delgado worked as Director of Community Services for Miguel del Valle.
He was endorsed due to his longtime standing as a community activist with an academic background in criminal justice and social work.
Delgado was first elected in 1998. Delgado’s top legislative priorities are education reform, economic development, and crime prevention.
He is working to develop school safety initiatives to keep drugs and guns out of local classrooms. Delgado also supports reducing class sizes, improving classroom discipline, and increasing state support for school construction grant funding.
Representative Delgado serves on seven committees: Appropriations for Elementary and Secondary Education.
Fee for Service Initiatives. Human Services; Judiciary IICriminal Law. KidCare; Managing Sex Offender Issues.
And Registration and Regulation.
William Delgado was appointed Illinois, by the former Miguel del Valle. Delegate Valle was appointed as City Clerk of Chicago by Mayor Richard M. Daley.