Joe Gump campaign website now live

A campaign website has been set up in support of Joe Gump's campaign for the Democratic Party nomination for the Groebner vacancy in the 13th Subcircuit. That's a link to the campaign website in the preceding sentence; a link has been added to the candidate list on this site's Sidebar.

Gump has been admitted to practice in Illinois since 1987, according to ARDC. He currently is self-employed.

But, as his campaign website attests, Gump spent the vast majority of his legal career in the Cook County Public Defender's Office, the last 17 years of which were spent as a felony trial attorney at the Rolling Meadows courthouse. His campaign website also notes that he served as an executive board member of AFSCME Council 31, Local 3315 (the Cook County Public Defender Association) for 28 years.

Gump's website contains the following statement by the candidate:

As a public defender, I have enjoyed working with most States Attorneys and Judges to find appropriate dispositions in criminal cases that take into account the nature and circumstances of the offense, injury to the complainant or to society, and the background of the accused, including prior criminal behavior, mental health history, and drug or alcohol dependence. While I recognize the need for incarceration in some cases, I also believe in the concept of rehabilitative potential, and support the notion of progressive and corrective discipline where necessary. I am a strong believer in specialty courts such as the mental health court, drug court and veterans court, and I support bond reform measures that affirm the presumption of innocence by allowing the accused to remain free on bond or on electronic home monitoring pending the disposition of their cases.

Gump was a previously a candidate for judge in the 13th Subcircuit in 2008 and 2020.

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Photo credit (per candidate website): Manfred Pfeifer Photographer