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Caroline Golden fundraiser set for November 25
Supporters of Caroline Jamieson Golden's 4th Subcircuit have scheduled a fundraiser for their candidate on Saturday, November 25, from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m., at the Brookfield Ale House, 8900 Fairview...
View ArticleLakeview Neighbors event for Jonathan Clark Green on Saturday, November 18
Supporters of Jonathan Clark Green's countywide judicial bid are planning a "Lakeview Neighbors Event" on Saturday, November 18, from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m., at 3150 N. Lake Shore Drive, in the Party Room,...
View ArticleWhat do you call a shill who polls a little too well?
After the first Monday in December 2018, such a person might be addressed as "Your Honor."It's a weak joke, perhaps.But I get comments with distressing regularity about this candidate, or that one,...
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It's Opening Day....
This morning, everything is new again. Nobody has lost. Nobody has been challenged. There are all sorts of new candidates to hear from. And I'll be looking at the postings on the ISBE website today,...
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Forti fundraiser set for December 5
Supporters of Judge Michael A. Forti's 8th Subcircuit election bid are hosting a fundraiser for their candidate on Tuesday, December 5, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., at Moe's Cantina, 155 W. Kinzie St....
View ArticleSeventy nine candidates file in time to qualify for ballot lottery
Not all will need it.The Illinois State Board of Elections has begun posting candidate filings that, according to the computer at least, took place after 8:00 a.m. this morning. Eighty sets of...
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Peter Michael Gonzalez sworn in as Circuit Court judge
Supreme Court Justice Charles Freeman swearsGonzalez in as family members look on.I hadn't quite gotten around to doing a post about the Supreme Court's appointment of Peter Michael Gonzalez to the...
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Gwyn E. Ward Brown files to run against Judge Saltouros in the 10th Subcircuit
Assistant Public Defender Gwyn E. Ward Brown filed this morning to run against Judge Stephanie Saltouros in the race for the O'Neill Burke vacancy in the 10th Subcircuit. Licensed as an attorney in...
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A fourth Republican candidate surfaces
Only one #CookCountyJudicial candidate filed papers yesterday after the 8:00 a.m. rush.That lone candidate was Republican Daniel Patrick Fitzgerald, who was nevertheless the first candidate to file for...
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Four file for Suriano vacancy in 10th Subcircuit
Judge Gerald Cleary has filed to hold this seat, a seat to which he was appointed in late 2016.But Cleary was passed over by Democratic slatemakers in the 10th Subcircuit in favor of Colleen Reardon...
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Lindsay Hugé fundraiser set for December 6
Supporters of 8th Subcircuit candidate Lindsay Hugé are planning a "Help Knock Out Injustice" fundraiser for their candidate on Wednesday, December 6, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., at Burke's Public House,...
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Rhonda Sallee fundraiser set for Friday evening
Supporters of 5th Subcircuit candidate Rhonda Sallee are planning an "Official Campaign Launch & Fundraiser" for their candidate this Friday, December 1, from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m., in the Old Eagle...
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Three file for Scully, Jr. vacancy in 15th Subcircuit
Three candidates filed yesterday for the Scully, Jr. vacancy in the south suburban 15th Subcircuit. Judge Diana L. Embil currently holds this seat pursuant to Supreme Court appointment. She was not of...
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It's judge vs. judge vs. ex-judge for the 8th Subcircuit Fabri vacancy
Well, judge vs. judge vs. ex-judge -- and Feldman. Stephen J. Feldman is the only one of the four lottery-eligible candidates filing for the 8th Subcircuit Fabri vacancy who has never served as a...
View ArticleFundraiser for Judge Robert Harris on December 12
Supporters of Judge Robert F. Harris's bid to hold the Washington, II vacancy in the 5th Subcircuit have organized a reception in honor of their candidate on Tuesday, December 12, from 6:00 to 8:00...
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December 3 fundraiser for Judge Gerald Cleary
Supporters of Judge Gerald Cleary's bid to hold the Suriano vacancy in the 10th Subcircuit have planned a fundraiser for their candidate for this coming Sunday, December 3, from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m., at...
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"Wolfpack and Ramblers for Wrenn" event set for December 5
For all of you outside agitators out there, or for any other newcomers to Chicago, the references in the headline of this post are to St. Ignatius College Prep and Loyola University, respectively.In...
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Four file for countywide Flanagan vacancy
Four #CookCountyJudicial candidates for the countywide Flanagan vacancy are lottery-eligible. Judge Preston Jones, Jr. holds this seat pursuant to appointment by the Illinois Supreme Court. Jones was...
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Contests shaping up in 6th Subcircuit -- or are they shaking up?
Corrections made after posting on November 29An outsider like me can't help but wonder whether the sudden withdrawal of Cong. Luis Gutiérrez from the 4th District Congressional race might have major...
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So what else is new?
Newcomers to FWIW -- and, from the stats Blogger provides, there are many, and not all of them Russians -- may wonder why I keep talking about #CookCountyJudicial candidates who filed Monday. I mean,...
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