Saturday, March 14, 2020

39th Ward Democratic Organization makes endorsements in many Cook County judicial races


According to the Cook County Democratic Party's website, the post of 39th Ward Committeeman is currently vacant, but State Sen. Ram Villivalam is running unopposed for the post in Tuesday's primary. And he's already assumed the reins.

FWIW has received an email from Sen. Villivalam advising of the 39th Ward Democrats' endorsements in several Cook County judicial races; a portion of that email is reproduced above. (The 39th Ward Democratic Organization's endorsements can also be found here.)

The reader will note that the 39th Ward follows the county slate in judicial races, with certain omissions.

No endorsement is offered in the Supreme Court race.

Nor are any endorsements offered for the Coghlan, Larsen, or O'Brien vacancies on the Circuit Court. Sen. Villivalam's email explains that neither he nor the 39th Ward Democratic Organization made any endorsements in these races because "Beth Ryan, Suzanne McNeely, and Heather Kent are running in this vacancies, respectively, and they are our neighbors in the 39th Ward." Those aren't endorsements that can be added to the Organizing the Data posts, not exactly, but the omission of the county party's slated candidates from the 39th Ward endorsement list may impact the results there.

In contested subcircuit races, the 39th Ward Democrats have endorsed Pamela "Pam" Stratigakis for the Axelrood vacancy in the 9th Subcircuit, Jon Stromsta for the McGing vacancy in the 10th Subcircuit, and Liam Kelly for the O'Brien vacancy in the 10th Subcircuit. These endorsements have been added to the Organizing the Data posts.

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