Margaret McBride joins race for Illinois Supreme Court

Another Appellate Court Justice has apparently joined the race for the Freeman vacancy on the Illinois Supreme Court: Papers were filed with the Illinois Board of Elections on April 18 reflecting the formation of a "Committee for Margaret McBride," the stated purpose of which is to elect Margaret McBride to the Illinois Supreme Court.

The Committee was formed without any funds on hand.

However, the ISBE website confirms that Clifford Law Offices, P.C., contributed $11,600 to the campaign on May 29.

Robert A. Clifford is listed as the Chairman of the McBride campaign.

McBride now joins Appellate Court colleagues Cynthia Y. Cobb, Shelly A. Harris, Nathaniel R. Howse, Jr., and Jesse G. Reyes in the race to unseat Justice P. Scott Neville, Jr., their former colleague, who was appointed to the Freeman vacancy last year.

There will presumably be other candidates. In fact, there appears to be one more already: A search today indicates that a committee has been formed to support the candidacy of Evanston attorney Daniel Epstein for the Illinois Supreme Court. According to ARDC Epstein was first licensed to practice law in Illinois in 2015.