Another day, another announcement....
Pam Saindon, a Principal Attorney with the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, has announced plans to seek a Cook County judgeship in the 2022 Democratic Primary. That's a link to her new campaign site in the preceding sentence; this link will also be added to the candidate Sidebar when I get that set up.
Licensed to practice in Illinois since 1995, according to ARDC, Saindon began her legal career as a law clerk for Appellate Court Justice William Cousins, Jr. and, later, for Supreme Court Justice Charles Freeman.
Saindon thereafter worked for the Chicago Housing Authority, according to her campaign website, moving to the MWRD in 2012, first in the Employment, Environmental and Real Estate Divisions and, currently, in the User Charge and Enforcement Division. Saindon has also taught legal writing at UIC John Marshall Law School for the past nine years. Indeed, her students appear prominently in her campaign announcement video:
Before becoming a lawyer, Saindon's campaign website says that she was "a teacher in Japan, a kindergarten teacher, and a mental health specialist serving the Englewood community."
While Saindon has previously applied for the position of Cook County Associate Judge, this is her first bid for election to the bench.
Saindon is also a graduate of Mother McAuley High School, the alma mater of so many judicial candidates in recent years.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------A tip of the hat to the anonymous reader (I'm sure some of you must have names) who provided the information in my comment queue.
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Saindon must be running countywide because she lives in the Third Subcircuit (or what is currently 3), which has no vacancies and has never been hospitable to black candidates -- too much of Mt. Greenwood and the 13th and 14th wards to make a viable go at it for any sane black person.
Diana Lopez is a wildcard, who lives in 6th (or what's currently in 6) and could run anywhere. The fact that she hired Sean Tenner as her campaign manager is not dispositive of where she will run because he has managed countywides and subcircuit races, including Judge Chris Stacy's surprise 2020 win.
With all of these women running, perhaps Sanjay Tailor might survive. All he needs is continued non-communication among the females and multiple women jumping into his contest.
But now for the real questions:
1. Where are the Sauganash 4 hiding? It's been awfully quiet in the Northwest side since March 17, 2020 didn't turn out to be the St. Patrick's Day Massacre (or, at least, not the one that they envisioned).
2. Why have Judges Carolyn Gallagher and Sandra Ramos deactivated their campaign funds? Everyone knows that they are both going to run against Bob Gordon (as are Judges Mikva, Walker, Boyd and Sheahan) for the Hall vacancy. What are they hiding? Or are they just trying to stop prying eyes from knowing who they have hired to run their field teams for 2022? Will Maureen O'Leary return for another round? Will the stalking horse male candidate in Domestic Relations finally make his long awaited move for the appellate court?
3. And when, this year, will Justice Burke be retiring to create that vacancy for Judge Jesse Reyes? We know its coming. Does this mean that all of 2020's runner-ups will be suiting up again? Would that include Nate Howse too? Is this the year that EOB enters the ring like the 8,000 pound gorilla? Or is the last name "Burke" as toxic as it is radioactive, when vying for a vacancy on the Supreme Court?
-- BONUS QUESTION --
When will former Judge Jackie Marie Portman-Brown officially announce her candidacy for the Jackie Marie Portman-Brown vacancy in the Fifth Subcircuit?????
I must admit, this is the contest I am salivating to watch. Jackie might be unorthodox, but the pastors and common folk of the Fifth Subcircuit LOVE THEM SOME JACKIE! Run, Jackie, Run!
Come on, people. The pandemic is over. Jury trials are resuming at the Daley Center, meaning judges will be retiring en masse to avoid returning to work and the Game of Robes is about to commence in earnest. Go get yours and go get it RIGHT NOW!
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
This will be the year with lots of blasts from the past, I predict.
Sincerely,
Negrodamus (RIP Paul Mooney)
Wonderful news! We need more and more women to run for office. I hope we have 500 of them run this cycle. It will be wonderful. The more the merrier.
Leprechauns come out and plaaaaaayyyyyyyy.
Thomas Nowinski is being slick. He just reactivated his page, but it has a post from 2020. But he's running.
Cristin McDonald Duffy has been spotted getting chummy with announced candidates . . . so she must be sizing up who to challenge in 2022 similar to what she did with Maloney-Laytin in 2020.
The new FWIW blog ads are a hoot. I have been propositioned by multiple divorce lawyers and private investigators. What's next? Viagra?
@Anon 5/20 4:36 p.m. -- Um... I believe those ads are different for everyone... based, as I understand it, on the individual's browsing history.... Hmmmm....
Dunno Jack, the algorithm is sending me solicitations to hire Leyhane and Associates Campaign Consulting. Not too random, I suspect. LOL.
Run Countywide, Black woman. The 3rd Subcircuit is almost like the Jim Crow South, but with a White & Green shamrocks.
Others back in the game for 2022:
1. Shay Allen (running again in 5 -- Portman Vacancy)
2. Lauren Glennon (running again in 3 -- Malone Vacancy)
3. Keely Hillison (running in 4)
4. Jerry Barrido (running in 4 or possibly countywide)
5. Amanda Pilsbury (running Countywide . . . unless her urge to finally defeat Hillison proves to irresistible)
More to come.
I think you meant to say "too irresistible." And at this point, I doubt either one of them wants to have the other as an opponent ever again.
All I know is that I changed my name to Moesha Jackson and plan to jump into a race with 2 Irish women -- lord knows that strategy worked for Tiesha Smith in 2020. I can't wait!
Shay Allen getting a shout out from Shia Kapos in Politico. Eat your heart out, Danny B.
Moose and Squirrel say Politico mean nothing. In 2020, a candidate boldly announced run for judge only to be knocked off ballot. Voters no care about Politico when choosing judge. When choosing judge, voters rely on the mystical powers of the root of the eeney, meeney, miney and moe tree.
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