Chicago FOP John Dineen Lodge No. 7 offers a few endorsements in contested Cook County judicial races

The Fraternal Order of Police, Chicago John Dineen Lodge No. 7 has published endorsements in several local races, including several contested Cook County judicial primaries. I found the complete list this morning on this Second City Cop post; for the complete list it might be easier to access the FOP's March newsletter, availalbe at this link. (The March newsletter wasn't on the FOP site last evening when I looked, but SCC evidently stays up later than I do.)

Anyway, without further eloquence (it's close enough to St. Patrick's Day that I see no harm in quoting dialog from The Quiet Man), herewith the FOP's choices in contested Cook County judicial races:

Countywide Vacancies

Coughlin Vacancy - Michael Cabonargi

Subcircuit Vacancies

1st Subcircuit (Balanoff) - Natalie L. Howse

8th Subcircuit (Gamrath) - Elizabeth Christina Dibler
8th Subcircuit (Mikva) - Katherine C. Morrison

19th Subcircuit (Kane) - Dave Condron

The FOP made no endorsement in the 3rd Subcircuit race, so the authors of the Girl, I Guess Progressive Voter Guide are spared from having to 'pull' their endorsement in that race. But... wouldn't you know it? Both the FOP and the Girl, I Guess Progressive Voter Guide endorsed Elizabeth Christina Dibler in the 8th Subcircuit.

Now, I have said elsewhere that I think this unexpected overlap is a good thing: If the FOP and the ACAB-folks (and the Girl, I Guess authors would qualify here) both like the same judicial candidate, that says something -- and I would submit something positive -- about that candidate's reputation for fairness and impartiality. But we'll see if the respective endorsers agree with that approach.

I'll update already-posted Organizing the Data posts with this information at some point today.

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