39th Ward Democratic Organization makes recommendations for next week's slating meeting

From an email yesterday signed by State Sen. Ram Villivalam, the 39th Ward Democratic Party Committeeman:

After our thorough Questionnaire and Interview process, the 39th Ward Democratic Organization will recommend the following candidates for slating at the Cook County Democratic Party next week. The 39th Ward Democratic Organization is recommending Federal, Statewide, Countywide, and Judicial candidates at this time. District-specific positions (State Representative, State Senator, Cook County Commissioner, and so forth) will also go through a formal endorsement process at a later date and time.

A note at the end of the email addresses the recent "loyalty pledge" controversy: "The 39th Ward Democratic Organization will not factor whether or not a countywide candidate has signed the endorsed candidate pledge into its decision making process at slating."

In the list that follows, the abbreviation CDS means "Committeeman Discretion at Slating."

Herewith, then, the 39th Ward Democratic Organization's list of preferred candidates:

Federal:
Senator Tammy Duckworth (IL)
Congressman Mike Quigley (IL-5)

Statewide: Governor- JB Pritzker
Lt. Governor- Juliana Stratton
Attorney General- Kwame Raoul
Secretary of State- Alexi Giannoulias
Treasurer- Michael Frerichs
Comptroller Susana Mendoza

Countywide:
Cook County President- Toni Preckwinkle
Cook County Clerk- Karen Yarbrough
Cook County Treasurer- Maria Pappas
Cook County Sheriff- CDS
Cook County Assessor- CDS
Cook County Board of Review (District 2)- Michael Cabonargi

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District:
1. Mariyana Spyropoulos
2. Patricia Theresa Flynn
3. Yumeka Brown
4. Daniel Pogorzelski

Appellate Judge: CDS

Circuit Court Judges:
Rena Marie Van Tine
Araceli De La Cruz
Beth Ryan
Jennifer Callahan
Ruth Gudino
Pam Saindon
Yolanda Sayre
Diana López
Thomas Nowinski
Michael Weaver
Steven Q. McKenzie
Jim Gleffe
John Hourihane
Debjani Desai
Howard Brookins, Jr.
Thomas Donnelly
Ashonta Rice
Lisa Taylor

9th Subcircuit Judge: Sanjay Tailor

There are 18 names on that Circuit Court list. I know of eight countywide vacancies at this point. I may be off by one or two (and would be neither suprised nor embarrassed if I am) but I'm not off by 10.