You may have noted, in this morning's Politico Illinois Playbook, that some 80 candidates had signed up to present their credentials at the Cook County Democratic Party's Pre-Slating meeting today and tomorrow.
There's lots of folks interested in being the next Secretary of State, of course, and there's always a gaggle of candidates hoping to be chosen for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District -- but more than half of the 80 worthies who were set for interviews today and tomorrow are seeking judicial office: 39 Circuit Court hopefuls and four Appellate Court candidates.
The four Appellate Court hopefuls were:
- Dominque Ross,
- John Ehrlich,
- Cassandra Lewis, and
- Debra Walker.
The 39 Circuit Court hopefuls were:
- Dan Balanoff,
- Araceli De La Cruz,
- Marcia O'Brien Conway,
- James Murphy,
- Rocell Cyrus,
- Ashonta Rice,
- Natalie Howse,
- Debjani Desai,
- Yolanda Sayre,
- James Gleffe,
- Jenetia Marshall,
- Rena Marie Van Tine,
- Kevin Ochalla,
- Elizabeth Ryan,
- Sanjay Tailor,
- Tracie Porter,
- Ruth Gudino,
- Melanie Patrick Neely,
- Russ Hartigan,
- Pamela Saidon,
- Tiffany Brooks,
- Bradley Trowbridge,
- Meridth Hammer,
- John Hourihane,
- Steven McKenzie,
- Audrey Cosgrove,
- Dawn Gonzalez,
- Thomas Nowinski,
- Jennifer Callahan,
- Peter McNamara,
- Lisa Taylor,
- Lori Roeper,
- Michael Weaver,
- Torrick Ward,
- Howard Brookins,
- Nicholas Kantas,
- Deidre Baumann,
- Diana Lopez, and
- Thomas More Donnelly.
The links in certain names above are to prior FWIW articles about their 2022 candidacies. Ald. Brookins made his campaign announcement yesterday on Injustice Watch.
FWIW readers will recognize several names on these lists from prior campaigns. But there are some noteworthy names on the Circuit Court list that were not candidates in recent years. Chief among these is Thomas Nowinski, who was the fifth alternate "slated" by the Party in 2018 and who was the first alternate in 2020. Alternates are effectively pre-slated by the Party for vacancies that may or may not open up after the Party's slating meeting. Sometimes a vacancy or two does open up; three actually did in 2018. But there were none in 2020.
Also on the 2020 alternate list, and on the list of hopefuls presenting credentials this week, were Yolanda Sayre and Ashonta Rice.
Tracie R. Porter, whose appointment to the bench was just announced was set to appear for pre-slating today. Three of the recent finalists in this year's associate judge selection process were scheduled to present to the Party Pre-Slating meeting; one was just sworn in as an associate judge.
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Ald. Howard Brookins would rather be a judge? Wow.
Hope the slate isn't counting on Brookins for petition signatures.
Wait a minute. No Ramos or Gallagher? What gives?
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