The International Union of Operating Engineers Local 399 has published its endorsements in a number of state, federal, and local races in anticipation of the March primary. Local 399's complete endorsement list can be accessed fromn this page of the union website.
In contested Cook County judicial races, IUOE Local 399 offers these endorsements:
Countywide Vacancies
Cobbs Vacancy - Luz Maria ToledoSubcircuit Vacancies
Coughlin Vacancy - Michael Cabonargi
1st Subcircuit (Balanoff) - Radiance Ward
1st Subcircuit (Walker) - Ashley Greer Shambley
3rd Subcircuit (Sherlock) - Neutral
8th Subcircuit (Gamrath) - Garson Fischer
8th Subcircuit (Mikva) - Katherine C. Morrison
11th Subcircuit (Meyerson) - Jarrett Knox
17th Subcircuit (Brooks) - Meridth Hammer
19th Subcircuit (Kane) - John Harkins
20th Subcircuit (Miller) - Jon Stromsta
Can anyone please explain to me what operating engineers know about who will make a good judge?
ReplyDeleteThe IUOE has as much right to express its preferences as anyone else, and if this union, or any other, publicly endorses Cook County judicial candidates, I'll try and get those endorsements published here. Nobody says that this group, or any group, has a monopoly on knowing who'd be a good judge. But it is a data point: One thing to consider among (hopefully) many. It's part of building a winning coalition, too. Stay tuned; I'll have more to say on this soon.
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