A Lake County judge won the Democratic nomination in the race to succeed retiring Justice (and former Chicago Bear) Bob Thomas on the Illinois Supreme Court Tuesday night, and a former sheriff held a narrow lead in the Republican primary.
) Bob Thomas on the Illinois Supreme Court Tuesday night, and a former sheriff held a narrow lead in the Republican primary.
Rochford spent election night with supporters at a restaurant in Lake Bluff. "We’re feeling really optimistic," she said in an interview. "We ran exactly the campaign we hoped to run, positive, we had a good message."The other Republicans on the ballot were Illinois Appellate Court Judge Susan Hutchinson, with 20.5%, and Kane County Circuit Court Judge John Noverini, with 21.7% The other Democrat on the ballot was Kane County Judge René Cruz who got 27%.
The newly redrawn 2nd District race has taken on increased meaning as the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.Rochford has indicated her support for abortion rights, and wrote Monday on her Facebook page that she’s "endorsed by the Illinois leaders who wrote some of the strongest laws in our nation on women’s rights."
But Curran has said he makes up for that with experience teaching constitutional law and as a prosecutor. Shanes has been a Lake County Circuit Court judge for 16 years, serving now as the chief deputy judge. He started as a Lake County assistant state’s attorney in 1995.
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