Personal PAC makes choices in Cook County judicial elections

Personal PAC, which bills itself as "a bi-partisan political action committee (PAC) dedicated to electing pro-choice candidates to state and local office in Illinois," have issued a list of candidates it supports for the upcoming primary. You can find the entire list by clicking through to the Personal PAC home page, linked in the preceding sentence.

While Personal PAC did not make endorsements in all Cook County judicial races, it did endorse both candidates in the race for the countywide Arnold vacancy, two of the five candidates in the race for the 9th Subcircuit Preston vacancy, and two of the three candidates in the race for the Doody vacancy in the 15th Subcircuit.

These Cook County judicial candidates are included among Personal PAC's endorsements:

Freddrenna M. Lyle - Appellate Court, Gordon vacancy
John B. Simon - Appellate Court, Steele vacancy

Bridget Anne Mitchell - countywide Arnold vacancy
Alfred M. Swanson, Jr. - countywide Arnold vacancy
Kristal Rivers - countywide Connors vacancy
Linda Mastandrea - countywide McDonald vacancy
William B. Raines - countywide Neville vacancy
Diana Rosario - countywide Reyes vacancy
James Patrick Crawley - countywide Veal vacancy

Judy Rice - 7th Subcircuit, Taylor vacancy

Jerry A. Esrig - 9th Subcircuit, Goldberg vacancy
Anjana Hansen - 9th Subcircuit, Meyer vacancy
Abbey Fishman Romanek - 9th Subcircuit, Preston vacancy
Michael Alan Strom - 9th Subcircuit, Preston vacancy

James Edward Hanlon, Jr. - 12th Subcircuit, Jordan vacancy

Patrick Kevin Coughlin - 15th Subcircuit, Doody vacancy
Diana Embil - 15th Subcircuit, Doody vacancy