Terrence Obrien

Illinois Primary Results Show Local Political Machine 'Breaking Down'

Chicago News Cooperative | Posted 05.25.2011

After serving some 20 years as an elected leader of the obscure-but-jobs-rich Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, Terence O'Brien decided last ye...

Dorothy Brown Sues O'Brien Over Campaign Ad

Chicago Current | Posted 05.25.2011

Cook County Board hopeful Dorothy Brown is fighting mad about a statement made in an opponent's campaign ad -- and she's taking the matter to court. ...

Terrence O'Brien, Board President Candidate, Lands Millions In City Contracts

Chicago Sun-Times | TIM NOVAK | Posted 05.25.2011

For 21 years, Terrence J. O'Brien has been on the board of Cook County's sewage-treatment operation, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Gr...

Who Should Claypool Voters Choose? Probably Preckwinkle

Paras Bhayani | Posted 05.25.2011

Paras Bhayani

The voters who would have backed Claypool, many of whom live on the North Side and in suburban Cook County, might well be the swing votes in this election.

O'Brien, Brown Campaigns Sharing Volunteers, Deny Collaboration

Chicago Sun-Times | TIM NOVAK | Posted 05.25.2011

Political double agents -- that seems the right phrase to describe some volunteers working on the Cook County Board president's race. Their true alle...

Danny Davis Hedging On Run For County Board President

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Congressman Danny Davis may be backing away from a run for Cook County Board president in order to keep his seat in Washington. Davis has said repeat...

Stroger Rebuffed As Democrats Don't Endorse For County Board President

Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.25.2011

In a major disappointment for Cook County Board President Todd Stroger, the county's Democratic leaders today have declined to endorse him for re-elec...

Stroger Blames Zell, Bad Data For Low Poll Numbers

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 05.25.2011

Cook County Board President Todd Stroger downplayed his dismal approval rating in a Tribune/WGN poll Thursday and alleged that the low numbers were pa...

Todd Stroger Called 'A Little Stupid And A Lot Lazy' By Own Ward Worker

Chicago Sun-Times | MARK J. KONKOL | Posted 05.25.2011

Ask anyone, even Cook County President Todd Stroger's closest pals, and they'll tell you Ol' Todd has bumbled his way through his first term....

Terrence O'Brien, Water District Chief, Running For County Board President

Chicago Public Radio | Posted 05.25.2011

The head of an agency that handles wastewater in Cook County is running for county board president....

Dorothy Brown Enters Race For Cook County Board President

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 05.25.2011

The race for the Cook County Board Presidency just got a little more crowded. Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown announced Friday that she...