Political double agents -- that seems the right phrase to describe some volunteers working on the Cook County Board president's race. Their true alle...
NBC Chicago | Steve Rhodes | Posted 11.11.2009 | Chicago
Green Party candidate Tom Tresser, who made a name for himself as the leader of the anti-Olympics group No Games Chicago, has challenged the petitions...
Chicago Sun-Times | Abdon M. Pallasch | Posted 11.09.2009 | Chicago
Rep. Danny K. Davis conceded his game of chicken with Cook County Board President Todd Stroger Monday. ...
Chicago Public Radio | Posted 11.03.2009 | Chicago
U.S. Illinois Congressman Danny Davis is keeping his options open. Davis has submitted petitions to run for re-election and is a candidate for Cook Co...
AP | Posted 11.02.2009 | Chicago
Congressman Danny Davis says he doesn't think filing petitions in two races for the February primary election will hurt his image with voters....
Chicago Sun-Times | TIM NOVAK | Posted 11.02.2009 | Chicago
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...
Tom Tresser | Posted 10.19.2009 | Chicago
If citizens want to be protected from bad government and further rip-offs, we are going to have to rise to a new level of involvement. I have little hope that our elected representatives will truly represent us.
Huffington Post | Posted 10.16.2009 | Chicago
The man who helped thwart President Obama, Mayor Daley and the rest of Chicago's powerful Olympics proponents is setting his sights on a potentially t...
Chicago Sun-Times | Abdon M. Pallasch | Posted 10.13.2009 | Chicago
About 100 African-American ministers gave embattled Cook County Board President Todd Stroger their much-anticipated endorsement for re-election today,...
Paras Bhayani | Posted 10.13.2009 | Chicago
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.
Huffington Post | Posted 10.01.2009 | Chicago
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...
Chicago Public Radio | Hunter Clauss | Posted 11.21.2009 | Chicago
Cook County Board President Todd Stroger says he thinks an investigation into the county's finances won't have a huge impact on his re-election bid....
Chicago Tribune | Posted 11.11.2009 | Chicago
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...
Chicago Sun-Times | MARK J. KONKOL | Posted 09.19.2009 | Chicago
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....
Chicago Tribune | Posted 09.17.2009 | Chicago
One potential Democratic primary candidate in an already large field for the post of Cook County Board president announced today he won't make the lea...
Daily Herald | Robert McCoppin | Posted 08.27.2009 | Chicago
Politically connected Cook County contractors chosen over lower bidders continue to cash in as their projects expand - and continue to contribute to C...
Chicago Public Radio | Posted 08.23.2009 | Chicago
The head of an agency that handles wastewater in Cook County is running for county board president....
Chicago Sun-Times | Abdon M. Pallasch | Posted 08.09.2009 | Chicago
Cook County Assessor James Houlihan said Thursday he will not be a candidate for Cook County Board President....
Shawn Healy | Posted 08.08.2009 | Chicago
Todd Stroger intends to seek reelection, but it's hard to see him weathering an ultra-competitive primary with such shaky credentials.
Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 07.27.2009 | Chicago
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...
Huffington Post | Posted 07.25.2009 | Chicago
Another big local name is considering running for Cook County Board president. U.S. Rep. Danny Davis is forming an exploratory committee to weigh a r...
Crain's Chicago Business | Posted 07.19.2009 | Chicago
In a major political surprise, Cook County Commissioner Forrest Claypool has decided not to run for County Board president in next year's election....
Chicago Sun-Times | Laura Washington | Posted 04.16.2009 | Chicago
It's a heady time in African-American politics. Presidents, senators and congressmen are feeling the burn. The old political hands are nervous. The yo...
Chicago Sun-Times | Carol Marin | Posted 03.07.2009 | Chicago
Paul Vallas is ready to run again. "Cook County is broken, and I like fixing things that are broken." The speed-talking, reform-minded maverick who w...
Chicago Sun-Times | TIM NOVAK | Posted 11.16.2009 | Chicago