Clement Balanoff, Jr. is an American politician and the national political director for the Amalgamated Transit Union.
[4] A year later when Ed Vrdolyak defected to the Republican Party, Balanoff became the Democratic Committeeman for the 10th ward.
[5] In 1991, he ran for Alderman in a field of ten opponents losing to John Buchanan, who previously served in the role in the 1960s and 1970s.
He explored a rematch in 1998, but chose to run for a seat on the Cook County Board of Review instead before dropping out prior to the primary.
[8] At the 2016 Democratic National Convention Balanoff read the vote totals for Senator Sanders' Illinois campaign.