Terrence O’Brien may have raised more money in 2009 than Alderman Toni Preckwinkle, but she has a sizeable advantage in cash on hand, according the latest semi-annual campaign finance disclosure reports submitted to the state.
Preckwinkle raised $281,044 in 2009, and ended the year with $444,519 and change in the bank. The reports cover the time period of July 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009. Read more...
With the semi-annual campaign finance disclosure reports trickling in, we’ve already had a chance to see how the Republicans running for Cook County Board president are doing.
Though former state Sen. Roger Keats has the endorsements of the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times and Daily Herald, he’s far behind Chicago police officer John Garrido in fundraising. Read more...
Since the Democratic U.S. Senate debate yesterday, the Alexi Giannoulias and David Hoffman campaigns have been trading barbs online.
As he did during the debate, Giannoulias fired first, announcing a "reality check" advertisement that critiques Hoffman's first television ad. Read more...
In the year and a half since the Cook County Health and Hospitals System was wrenched away from the Cook County Board of Commissioners, the independent board has taken drastic steps to increase revenue and improve efficiency and services to patients. Read more...
