Michael J. Zalewski

Michael J. Zalewski is an American politician who served in the Illinois House of Representatives from December 2008 to January 2023. He represented District 23, located in the Chicago metropolitan area.^[1] He lost his bid to represent District 21 to Abdelnasser Rashid in the 2022 Democratic primary election.^[2]

Michael Zalewski
Member of the Illinois House of Representatives from the 23rd district
In office January 9, 2013 – January 11, 2023
Preceded by	Daniel J. Burke (redistricted)
Succeeded by	Edgar Gonzalez Jr. (redistricted)
Member of the Illinois House of Representatives from the 21st district
In office December 2008 – January 9, 2013
Preceded by	Robert S. Molaro
Succeeded by	Silvana Tabares (redistricted)
Personal details
Born	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Carrie
Relatives	Michael R. Zalewski (father)
Education	University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (BA) John Marshall Law School (JD)

His father is Michael R. Zalewski, a former Chicago city alderman.^[3]

Electoral history

Illinois 21st Representative District General Election, 2008^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael J. Zalewski	27,329	68.90
	Republican	Charles "Charlie" Johnson	8,872	22.37
	Green	Rita Maniotis	3,464	8.73
Total votes			39,665	100.0

Illinois 21st Representative District Democratic Primary, 2010^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael J. Zalewski (incumbent)	8,978	72.32
	Democratic	Terrence J. Collins	3,437	27.68
Total votes			12,415	100.0

Illinois 21st Representative District General Election, 2010^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Michael J. Zalewski (incumbent)	21,850	100.0	+31.10%
Total votes			21,850	100.0

Illinois 23rd Representative District General Election, 2012^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael J. Zalewski	19,513	100.0
Total votes			19,513	100.0

Illinois 23rd Representative District General Election, 2014^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael J. Zalewski (incumbent)	13,244	100.0
Total votes			13,244	100.0

Illinois 23rd Representative District General Election, 2016^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael J. Zalewski (incumbent)	25,097	100.0
Total votes			25,097	100.0

Illinois 23rd Representative District General Election, 2018^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael J. Zalewski (incumbent)	19,161	100.0
Total votes			19,161	100.0

Illinois 23rd Representative District General Election, 2020^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael J. Zalewski (incumbent)	26,817	100.0
Total votes			26,817	100.0

Illinois 21st Representative District Democratic Primary, 2022^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Abdelnasser Rashid	4,214	52.33
	Democratic	Michael J. Zalewski	3,838	47.67
Total votes			8,052	100.0