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Cook Co. Board
Quick Hit
by Adam Doster
3:47pm
Mon Jan 25, 2010

Some Updated Fundraising Numbers

This morning, we updated our Democratic state candidate fundraising spreadsheet, adding in contributions (over $500 dollars) made since Friday. Pat Quinn is the biggest gainer, netting $100,000 from both former Senate President Emil Jones and Ald. Ed Burke. (Dan Hynes raised $167,404.) Toni Preckwinkle's SEIU Illinois endorsement paid immediate dividends; the union tossed in $150,000 to support her Cook County board candidacy. Organized labor is also doubling-down on Democratic treasurer candidate David Miller, who raised over $225,000 since Friday. Finally, self-funder Scott Lee Cohen chipped in another $230,000 of his own scratch (after already giving his campaign $1.3 million). Someone really wants to be lieutenant governor.

Quick Hit
by Josh Kalven
12:17pm
Mon Jan 25, 2010
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"The People's Choice"

Back in December, when he endorsed Dorothy Brown for Cook County board president, Rep. Danny Davis cited her lead in a Tribune poll as the driving factor behind his decision. He called her "the people's choice" and even said he would have endorsed another candidate if they had been in the lead. By that logic, Davis should be switching his support to Toni Preckwinkle any day now ...

Quick Hit
by Adam Doster
5:29pm
Thu Jan 21, 2010

Preckwinkle's Spine

Which Democratic candidate for Cook County board president is most likely to take on Mayor Daley? The Reader's Ben Joravsky says it's Toni Preckwinkle, because she's "got more spine than any of the other candidates in this race." "It's a lot easier to claim boldness and independence," he writes in reference to the rest of the field, "when you never actually have to demonstrate either."

PI Original
by Angela Caputo
11:33am
Thu Jan 21, 2010
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Brown's Credibility Gap

Election 2010

Democratic Cook County board president candidate Dorothy Brown is being dogged by a variety of controversies.

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
12:38pm
Tue Jan 19, 2010
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Jackson Jr. Endorses Preckwinkle

IL-Cook Co. Board

As we suspected, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. today endorsed Ald. Toni Preckwinkle in the Democratic primary for Cook County board president. From a press release: "Toni Preckwinkle is the only candidate with the political independence and the progressive vision to fix ...