Jerry Joyce

Jeremiah Joyce Jr., known as Jerry Joyce, is an American attorney and politician. He ran for mayor of Chicago in 2019.
Early life and education
Joyce is the son of former Chicago alderman Jeremiah E. Joyce. He is the brother of former Illinois State Representative Kevin Joyce.
Joyce graduated from Marist High School in 1987. While at Marist, Joyce was a member of both the football and wrestling teams. He captained Yale's varsity wrestling team.
Joyce was once a small-business owner.
Joyce was seen to be positioning himself as a "law and order" candidate. Daley and Joyce were seen to be each competing for similar kinds of voters.
In late-January, a month before the election, the two publicly released polls that included Joyce showed him polling at roughly 1%. However, by mid-February, Joyce's campaign had conducted a poll which showed him garnering 10% of the vote, and a poll conducted by Change Research within a week of the election showed him polling at 8%.
Joyce ultimately placed seventh in the initial round of the election, with 7.2% of the vote. He was the top-performing candidate in four of the city's wards (Wards 13, 19, 23, and 41).
Prospective subsequent political endeavors
Joyce was speculated as a potential candidate to run for Cook County State's Attorney in , but declined to run.
Personal life
Joyce lives in the Beverly neighborhood of Chicago.<ref name"whois"/> Joyce married his wife, Jannine, in 1999.<ref name"marist1"/> Jannine Joyce is a pediatrician.<ref name"marist1"/> They have four children together named Jeremiah, Karina, Christian, and Keyli.<ref name"whois"/><ref name="marist1"/>
Joyce has remained involved at high school alma mater Marist, even having been their assistant football coach in the mid-1990s.<ref name="marist1"/>
Charitable work
Joyce established the Tom Walsh Memorial Scholarship, named in honor of the deceased former Chicago police officer and former Chief of Courts for Cook County.<ref name="marist1"/>
Joyce has been a supporter of the Muscular Dystrophy Association.<ref name="marist1"/>

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