Entered Office 1995, defeating incumbent Dexter Watson
Previous Life Convicted bank robber at 17; Cook County employee; leader of Young Democrats of Cook County
Patrons His father, Democratic precinct captain Walter Burnett Sr.; late 42nd Ward committeeman and Cook County Democratic Party chairman George Dunne; secretary of state Jesse White
Telling Move Green-lighted destruction of Cabrini-Green, the near-north-side housing project where he grew up
Defied Daley Perhaps as penance, supported Toni Preckwinkle’s more ambitious affordable-housing set-aside plan over the mayor’s
Prospects Says he’s hoping to keep future opposition to the mayor behind closed doors
312-432-1995