What is Susana Mendoza?
{{Infobox Officeholder |name = Susana Mendoza |image =Susana Mendoza Blue Suit.jpg |office = 10th [[Illinois Comptroller|Comptroller of Illinois]] |governor = [[Bruce Rauner]]<br>[[J. B. Pritzker]] |term_start = December 5, 2016 |term_end = |predecessor = [[Leslie Munger]] |successor = |office1 = [[City Clerk of Chicago]] |1blankname1 = Mayor |1namedata1 = [[Rahm Emanuel]] |term_start1 = May 16, 2011 |term_end1 = December 5, 2016 |predecessor1 = [[Miguel del Valle]] |successor1 = [[Anna M. Valencia]] |state_house3 = Illinois |district3 = 1st |term_start3 = January 10, 2001 |term_end3 = May 16, 2011 |predecessor3 = [[Sonia Silva]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lib.niu.edu/1998/ii980323.html|title=Legislative Litmus Test|website=www.lib.niu.edu}}</ref> |successor3 = [[Dena M. Carli|Dena Carli]] |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|5|13}} |birth_place = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], [[United States|U.S.]] |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |education = [[Truman State University]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])}} }} '''Susana Mendoza''' (born May 13, 1972) is an American politician and the current [[Illinois Comptroller|Comptroller of Illinois]]. She formerly served as [[City Clerk of Chicago|Chicago City Clerk]] and as a [[Illinois House of Representatives|Illinois State Representative]], representing the 1st District of Illinois – which included the Chicago communities of Brighton Park, Little Village, Gage Park and Back of the Yards. She was first elected in 2001 and served into her sixth term, when she won the election for [[Chicago City Clerk]] in February 2011. On November 2, 2018 a video leaked from Mendoza’s campaign showing her plans to run for [[Mayor of Chicago]] in [[Chicago mayoral election, 2019|2019]] even though she successfully ran for re-election as Comptroller in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/mendoza-video-leaks-declaring-running-mayor-c