Byron Sigcho-Lopez is running for alderman in Chicago’s twenty-fifth ward, which includes the rapidly gentrifiying Pilsen neighborhood and parts of Chinatown, Little Italy, McKinley Park, and the West Loop.

Things have been interesting in the ward lately. Its current alderman, Danny Solis, has been the subject of an array of recent scandals including secretly recording fellow lawmakers as part of an FBI investigation and using his position to barter for sexual enhancement drugs.

While Solis himself has all but disappeared in recent weeks, his shadow looms over the upcoming election. Each of the five candidates running to fill his seat have ramped up efforts to distance themselves from his legacy of Chicago machine-style politics.