Joe Gump campaign website launched

A campaign website has been launched in support of Joe Gump's 13th Subcircuit Democratic Primary bid. That's a link to the campaign website in the preceding sentence; a link has also been added to the blog Sidebar.

Licensed as an attorney in Illinois since 1987, according to ARDC, Gump was a career public defender (based in Rolling Meadows for the better part of two decades) who recently moved into private practice. His website notes that Gump has served as an Executive Board member of AFSCME Council 31, Local 3315 (the "Cook County Public Defender Association") for 28 years.

Gump is married and has three daughters, the youngest of whom is a senior at Fremd High School. Long-time Palatine residents, the Gump family moved to Inverness four years ago. In addition to serving as an Assistant Public Defender, Gump and his wife have operated a business, College Nannies, Sitters & Tutors, in the 13th Subcircuit since 2016.

A 1978 graduate of Notre Dame High School (now Notre Dame College Prep), Gump was a candidate for a 13th Subcircuit vacancy in 2008. He also sought a countywide vacancy in 1996. He was elected a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 2012.