The Chicago Federation of Labor endorsement may have been pretty darn important: Assistant State’s Attorney Elizabeth Ciaccia-Lezza picked that up – and picked up an apparent victory over Judge John Andrew O’Meara in the race for the Riley vacancy in the 4th Subcircuit.
Only 759 votes separate these two candidates, with Ciaccia-Lezza leading 13,270 to 12,511. There are still six precincts outstanding at this writing, but 97.5% of the votes have been posted.
Martin D. Reggi and Danny Collins also sought this vacancy.
In the race for the Davy vacancy, Judge David R. Navarro leads first-time candidate Caroline Jamieson Golden, 21,607 to 17,093.
Given that Dan Collins did not campaign at all and still got 5,000 plus votes, you gotta wonder if he was asked to run to help somebody else.
ReplyDeleteNavarro did not get The Chicago Fed of Labor nod in his race.
ReplyDeleteAnon 3/21 @2:37 p.m. -- No, Navarro did not. But Ciaccia-Lezza did, which is what the post stated.
ReplyDeleteI get your point -- Golden had it, and if that was decisive for Ciaccia-Lezza, it was not for Golden -- so maybe there was some other factor in Ciaccia-Lezza's favor that propelled her to victory. I don't know. Maybe someone 'on the ground' out there has some inside knowledge s/he can pass along.
All about the gender. She was the only woman running against three men. Female candidates got a noticeable boost this year and it gave her enough to squeeze by.
ReplyDeleteCiaccia had every endorsement from village/township city mayors in the 4th (other than riverside)
ReplyDeleteOmeara had nothing close. She worked the shoe leather not the pocketbook. Thats why she won.