Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Politico's Illinois Playbook carries Supreme Court bid announcement from Justice Reyes

This morning's Illinois Playbook reports that Illinois Appellate Court Justice Jesse G. Reyes has declared for the Freeman vacancy on the Illinois Supreme Court.

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An excerpt from this morning's post:
In his election announcement sent to POLITICO, Reyes, the first Latino elected to the Appellate Court in Illinois, said, “As a descendant of immigrants and a product of a blue-collar family, I know of the struggles many people in the state of Illinois have to endure on a daily basis.”
The Illinois Playbook post includes the suggestion that six other jurists, including Justice P. Scott Neville, Jr., who was appointed to the Freeman vacancy last year, and Justice Sheldon A. Harris, whose election announcement ran yesterday here on FWIW, are exploring possible campaigns for this position.

Personal opinion, clearly labeled as such: I think there may be as many as 10 or 12 candidates who will seriously consider bids for the Freeman vacancy. I do not necessarily expect that all 10 or 12 will make it to the ballot in the March 2020 primary -- but Supreme Court vacancies are rare (justices are elected to 10-year terms and face only a retention election thereafter, not a contested election, in order to remain in office) and this scarcity almost necessitates a 'now-or-never' analysis.

12 comments:

Nyberg, Carl said...

This election occurs over Cook County? Or State of Illinois?

Anonymous said...

What is Sandy Ramos going to do now that Jessie announced ? Try for Chief Judge again ?

Anonymous said...

A little birdy whispered that Ramos and the Latino judges cut a deal with Evans for Ramos to go to law division, where she is blatantly unqualified, in exchange for not running against Evans. Time will tell...

Anonymous said...

Wait for a certain Irish female with 3 names to hop in too.

Anonymous said...

MR NYBERG THE ELECTION IS ONLY IN COOK COUNTY. ILLINOIS IS DIVIDED IN 5 SUPREME COURT DISTRICTS. COOK COUNTY IS ONE OF THEM AND ELECTS 3 SUPREME COURT JUSTICES. THE REST OF THE STATE IS DIVIDED INTO 4 DISTRICTS WHICH EACH ELECT ONE JUSTICE.

Anonymous said...

FACT OF THE DAY - THE REASON THESE ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE BEING MADE THIS WEEK IS BECAUSE THE JUDICIAL CODE STATES THAT CANDIDATES CAN NOT ANNOUNCE THEY ARE RUNNING EARLIER THAN ONE YEAR BEFORE THE ELECTION. SINCE THE PRIMARY IS MARCH 17, 2020, YOU ARE GETTING ANNOUNCEMENTS NOW

Anonymous said...

JACK I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ANNOUNCED IT BUT THE NEW CHAIRMAN OF JUDICIAL SLATING (SINCE ED BURKE HAS BEEN DEPOSED) IS SENATOR DON HARMON, THE OAK PARK COMMITTEEMAN

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2019/03/04/first-poll-lori-trounces-toni-chuys-campaign-manager-heads-loris-team-bernie-in-the-chi-403049

Anonymous said...

South Side Irish Gal says that she is going to run against one of the "black guys"; likely Smith or Brooks. So many lining up to challenge "Derico" that it might actually help him out. The Irish are almost as disorganized as the blacks. Look at that mess of a mayoral fight between Jerry Joyce and Bill Daley. The Sheahan family better restore order or their daughter-in-law might have trouble with her retention. If they can knock out "Coghlan," then they can knock out a Sheahan -- especially one who never had to really campaign in 2014.

Sincerely,

South Side Irish Gal

Anonymous said...

Cobbs announced yesterday in Olympia Fields

Anonymous said...

Are you ok, Jack?

Anonymous said...

Northwest side State Senator(JM) to get judicial appointment in the 10th. Done deal. How many judges has Sen JC gotten appointed now? He must have her direct dial number.

Anonymous said...

Lori Lightfoot and Donald Trump are my candidate role models. Nobody thought that they could win until they won. There will easily be 15-20 people who jump into the race for Supreme Court because NOBODY knows who any of these people are and the party ain't worth squat. Burke is going to federal prison and Preckwinkle has no juice. Harmon and Zuccarrelli are jokes.

Neville
Harris
Reyes
Ramos
Stanton-McBride
O'Neill-Burke
Howse
Cobbs


When you have 8, you might as well have 28. The Irish will split the Southwest side and southwest suburbs. The Blacks will split the southside and south suburbs. Harris will do well in the lakefront and northern burbs (and in the southside because "Harris" is one of the more common "black" last names out there, right after Jackson and Washington). This is going to be a real free-for-all. Also keep in mind that several of us plan to file just to get your names out there for 2022 for the Burke vacancy. Yep, Annie is stepping down in 2021 and will be appointing, you guessed it, an Irish gal to replace her.

Come on everybody, join the party! I plan to.