Mahoney below 60% threshold in City returns
With 85.98% of precincts reporting, Judge John J. Mahoney has a "yes" vote of only 58.97%. He's got a 63.72% "yes" vote in the suburbs. I haven't put the numbers together yet... but he's on the bubble,...
View ArticleGroebner takes the lead in 13th Subcircuit, DiFranco holding lead in 12
Susanne Michelle Groebner holds a narrow lead now over Gary W. Seyring in the race for the 13th Subcircuit vacancy. With 211 of 225 precincts reporting, Groebner leads 52,456 to 51,870. This race may...
View ArticleMahoney's City numbers are at 59%
That's with 88.79% of City precincts reporting. And Judge John J. Mahoney would need 60% to be retained.But Mahoney is polling better in the suburbs. He has a 64% "yes" vote outside the City, with...
View ArticleJustice Kilbride loses retention bid
Capitol Fax has this statement from Illinois Supreme Court Justice Tom Kilbride:Illinois Supreme Court Justice Tom Kilbride Statement on Retention RaceIllinois Supreme Court Justice Tom Kilbride...
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Things to do today: 1. Count votes. 2. Ignore Trump.
I know this is heresy, but I must say it anyway: In the Big Picture, the outcome of the race for the White House is really unimportant. Even if Trump wins again.What's really important is the...
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It looks worse on the map than the numbers actually indicate
I realize how tough it must be this morning, but I hope that Justice Tom Kilbride will not see this defeat as a personal repudiation. The Third Judicial District of the State of Illinois has been a...
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All Cook County judges actually seeking retention -- and maybe even one who...
We have to put caveats on this. There are still votes being counted. In Illinois, mail-in votes postmarked by yesterday will be counted upon receipt if they are received by November 17. But it looks...
View ArticleGroebner holding lead in 13th Subcircuit race -- but votes are still being...
Yesterday at noon-time, Susanne Michele Groebner was reported to be clinging to a miniscule 99-vote lead over Gary William Seyring. All 225 precincts in the 13th Subcircuit had reported in.But, just as...
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Numbers keep going up, but that's not the only change
In a press release issued yesterday, the Chief Judge's Office announced that another five employees and two residents of the Juvenile Temporary Detention Center had tested positive for COVID-19.As of...
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Annual Diversity Scholarship Foundation Unity Gala goes virtual for 2020
The Diversity Scholarship Foundation has announced that its Annual Unity Gala will be a virtual event.The event is set for Tuesday, December 8. A "Virtual Networking Reception" will begin at 5:00 p.m....
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The job of President of the United States includes three distinct roles --...
An awful lot of lawyers were poli sci majors, so I'm guessing that many FWIW readers will look at that headline and think I can't count. They will recall their freshman introductory courses: The...
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About that suburban subcircuit cliffhanger....
Remember back a million years ago or so, on the evening of November 3? The two contested subcircuit judicial races---the only two in the whole county---seemed to have veered in different directions...
View ArticleWith most VBM ballots counted now, Judge Portman-Brown appears to have lost...
I deliberately employed some lawyerly weasel-words when I wrote, on the morning of November 4, that it looked like all Cook County judges seeking retentionappeared to have been retained.There were...
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Decalogue Society Annual Awards Night is onscreen Tuesday, November 17
The Decalogue Society's 2020 Virtual Awards Ceremony will be held this coming Tuesday, November 17, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.The event's keynote speaker will be Alison Pure-Slovin, Director of the Midwest...
View ArticleDiFranco's lead down to only 485 votes in 12th Subcircuit race
Per updated results posted yesterday afternoon by the Office of Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough, Republican Frank R. DiFranco is clinging to a 485 vote lead over appointed Judge Patricia M. Fallon,...
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Mahoney holding on by slimmest of margins in retention count; a look at where...
Nothing is certified yet, so nothing is official. But the County has not posted new numbers since Sunday afternoon.At the moment, then, Judge John J. Mahoney appears---despite a torrent of "no" votes...
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A brief survey of the various forms of taxation -- from the regressive to the...
The point that you must keep uppermost in mind as you go through this essay (and, really, in my opinion, as you go through life) is that it costs much more to be poor in America than it does to be...
View ArticleThe dust will be settling soon.... meanwhile let's talk about comments
The results of the November election should be certified today, three weeks after the polls closed. I'll hold off on final reports on a couple of races until these come out -- but it does appear that,...
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The Circuit Court of Cook County throttles back
Yesterday Cook County Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans entered General Administrative Order No. 2020-7, an order which, by its terms supersedes the latest (October 17) updates to G.A.O. 2020-02.The Circuit...
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It's official: Fallon wins in 12; Mahoney retained
The votes are all counted, finally, and, finally, we can say: The "Red Mirage" was real.No... wait... we can't say that. Mirages, by definition aren't real. Perhaps, instead, we could say the Red...
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