Incumbent Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown, a Democrat, will face with Chicago Ald. Ricardo Munoz (22nd) in the March primary.
Incumbent Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown, a Democrat, will face with Chicago Ald. Ricardo Munoz (22nd) in the March primary.
Seventeen jobs that were cut from the Cook County Circuit Court Clerk’s office last week were suddenly restored Thursday after office head Dorothy Brown told commissioners she discovered $700,000 she didn’t know she had in her budget.
Rick Munoz, who has been the 22nd Ward alderman since 1993 – representing the Little Village neighborhood, sat down with Progress Illinois last week to discuss his bid for Cook County Circuit Court Clerk against incumbent Dorothy Brown. Munoz says that he’s running for clerk because Brown's leadership has led to an antiquated and inefficient bureaucracy.
The Cook County Democratic Party’s slate-making meetings often have been an opportunity to highlight unity, but Thursday’s gathering of committeemen showed dissatisfaction with the re-election bids of State’s Atty. Anita Alvarez and Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown.
Longtime alderman Ricardo Munoz is weighing a Democratic primary challenge to Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown following her poor showing in a failed run for County Board president.
