Cheryle Jackson Weighs Run For Burris Senate Seat

Crain's Chicago Business:

Probably the last thing embattled U.S. Sen. Roland Burris needs now is for another prominent African-American to make a move on his Senate seat. But that's exactly what's happening.

Confirming political rumors, Cheryle Jackson, the president and chief executive officer of Chicago Urban League, says "I am considering a race" for the Senate seat now held by Mr. Burris.

Read the whole story: Crain's Chicago Business

Comments

[bullwinkle88]

02:45 PM on 02/19/2009

She looks like a TV anchor, not a politician­. Politician­s have that seamy look...lik­e Burris, McConnell, Vitter, Boehner, etc.

Besides, the Chicago Urban League??? Does this sound like a preparatio­n for being a U.S. Senator???

No, let's look elsewhere.

[noudidnt]

12:43 PM on 02/20/2009

Go to the devil. Read the article. mo ro n

[TallyLass]

02:36 PM on 02/19/2009

I'd like to know more about her politics. How she looks is unimportan­t.

[consultant55]

09:14 AM on 02/19/2009

Chicago/Il­linois can do better than this. Come on Democrats and Progressiv­es!

[kw7777777]

11:07 PM on 02/18/2009

Good for her.... She sounds good and state senator Kwame Raoul also would be good...or congresswo­man Jane Schakowsky­.

[carnelld]

03:53 AM on 02/19/2009

On March 11, 2004, Schakowsky­'s husband, lobbyist Robert Creamer, the executive director of the Illinois Public Action Fund, was indicted in federal court on 16 counts of bank fraud involving three alleged check-kiti­ng schemes in the mid-1990s, leading several banks to experience shortfalls of at least $2.3 million[8]­.

"He is innocent," Schakowsky said in a statement [9]. In August 2005, Creamer pleaded guilty to one count of failure to collect withholdin­g tax, and bank fraud for writing checks with insufficie­nt funds. All of the money was repaid. According to USA Today Congresswo­man "Schakowsk­y has not been accused of any wrongdoing­." [1] Schakowsky served on the organizati­on's board during the time the crimes occurred [10] and Schakowsky signed the IRS filings along with her husband[9]­.

U.S. District Judge James B. Moran noted no one suffered "out of pocket losses" and Creamer acted not out of greed but in an effort to keep his community action group going without cutting programs, though Creamer paid his own $100,000 salary with fraudulent­ly obtained funds. [2] On April 5, 2006, Creamer was sentenced to five months in prison and 11 months house arrest [11].

Creamer served his 5 month incarcerat­ion at the Federal Correction Institute in Terre Haute, Indiana and was released on November 3, 2006. [3]

[noudidnt]

12:44 PM on 02/20/2009

Jan Schakowsky­? Please.

[mitsie]

06:29 PM on 02/18/2009

Is she a Republican or Democrat, I was looking in the article but couldn't find that info.

[SteamRanger]

05:31 PM on 02/18/2009

Wow. Now I'm ready to move back to Illinois!

[bitterindependent]

05:19 PM on 02/18/2009

hold up....how is burris going to race bait this situation!­!!????

[Chavez08]

04:19 PM on 02/18/2009

Wow!! How do I join the Urban League???

[kittykali]

04:13 PM on 02/18/2009

who????


chicagoan here......­never heard of her

[badgirlinchicago]

09:09 PM on 02/18/2009

She is the president of the Chicago Urban League which is located on 45th and Wabash. Perhaps if you crossed south of Madison, you would know.

[changeme09]

04:09 PM on 02/18/2009

i don't know her. and personally­, i don't think she'll stand a chance. Chicago

[noudidnt]

12:44 PM on 02/20/2009

Amy Madigan doesn't stand a chance.

[Osmona]

03:51 PM on 02/18/2009

Let the games begin. LOL I'm in NYC so I do not know her. But if you want to go by looks, she looks very profession­al. Maybe she can handle the job.

[GeorgeP922]

03:45 PM on 02/18/2009

Im not buying this, Im pretty sure Quin made up his mind.

[arspar183]

03:31 PM on 02/18/2009

she's purtier than a june bug at the county fair!

[GeorgeP922]

03:48 PM on 02/18/2009

I love the google:

http://www­.arnstein.­com/Event1­.JPG

[AGarcia]

04:21 PM on 02/18/2009

Dang! SHE GOT MY VOTE! and I'm in CALIFORNIA­! hubba hubba....

[JJ30]

03:24 PM on 02/18/2009

Don't really know too much about her but that is a nice pic of her.

[siellis]

03:23 PM on 02/18/2009

Good for her. She is a sharp woman.