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Anna M. Valencia is the current City Clerk of Chicago. On January 25, 2017, Anna M. Valencia was sworn into office as the Clerk of the City of Chicago.

Valencia began her career with the City of Chicago as an Assistant to Mayor Rahm Emanuel as a part of the Legislative Counsel and Government Affairs (LCGA) team in 2011.

Valencia has worked as an Illinois political professional in several positions including, serving as Campaign Manager for U.S. Senator Dick Durbin’s re-election campaign, Senior Advisor for Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s re-election campaign, Deputy Director of the Illinois Senate Democratic Victory Fund, a Communications Staffer for State Senate President John Cullerton, and Field Director for both Mike Quigley for Congress (IL-05) and Gary Peters for Congress (MI-09).

Prior to becoming City Clerk, Valencia served as the Director of Legislative Counsel and Government Affairs from April 2016 until January 2017. She was appointed as City Clerk in December 2013.

Municipal Program
In the fall of 2016, $1 million was set aside in the City Clerk's budget for Chicago's Municipal ID program which will allow all residents the ability to apply for a government-issued ID. Since taking office, Valencia has announced that the Municipal ID card will be a three-in-one card so that it can also be used as transit and library cards. In December of 2017, Clerk Valencia announced the pilot program and that the card would be called the 'CityKey' with the first 100,000 IDs being free.

Early Life
Valencia grew up in Granite City, Illinois and is of Mexican-American descent.

Personal Life
She currently resides in the West Town neighborhood of Chicago with her husband.