As long as the HORRIFIC Anita Alvarez lost the Cook County State's Atty. race tonight I'm satisfied

[Chitown Kev]

Last edited Wed Mar 16, 2016, 01:26 AM - Edit history (1)

I was indifferent as to whether Hillary or Bernie won Illinois; having said that, congratulations to Hillary Clinton for winning the Land of Lincoln.

(FTR, I voted for Martin O'Malley)

Kim Foxx kicked Alvarez's ass even in the Cook County 'burbs...Foxx won by 18 points,

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/03/15/politics/anita-alvarez-election/index.html

UPDATE: To put this in perspective

In Chicago, with ~98% of the vote in

Hillary Clinton has 359,877 votes.

Kim Foxx has 394,749 votes..

[LuvLoogie]

1. I voted for Hillary and Kim Foxx and Tammy Duckworth. I'm glad you got to vote for Martin.

19th ward 27th precinct

[Number23]

2. I'm happy for Illinois!

And for you!

[Person 2713]

3. Alvarez is gone but not forgotten

Yeah that's one good thing
even in the suburbs they axed her? Good
Congrats to Kim Foxx

[JustAnotherGen]

4. Thank you for casting that vote

Some of us in the land of The Very End appreciate it when we see those votes pop up.

[Chitown Kev]

8. I figured you'd enjoy that, JAG

I did it for 2 reasons

a) there was no "none of the above" on my ballot

b) O'Malley excruciatingly detailed policy plans were the best fit for me ideologically. There were other reasons (LGBT issues is a BIG thing with me)

I have problems with both Sanders and Clinton and I wanted to express that with my vote

[lovemydog]

5. Outstanding!

Foxx: Cook County state's attorney win about 'turning the page'

Challenger Kim Foxx won the Democratic primary for Cook County state's attorney Tuesday night, riding a wave of discontent over incumbent Anita Alvarez's handling of the Laquan McDonald police shooting case.

Foxx, a former prosecutor and protege of Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, said the case highlighted Alvarez's failures on several fronts. She hammered the incumbent on the need to reform the office by diverting low-level drug offenders into treatment, work harder to right wrongful convictions, hold more bad cops accountable for their actions and stop prosecuting students for fistfights in school.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-cook-county-states-attorney-anita-alvarez-kim-foxx-met-0316-20160315-story.html

[Chitown Kev]

9. Toni Preckwinkle was a mentor for the President of the United States

[lovemydog]

10. I didn't know that.

Thanks for sharing CK. I looked her up on wiki and she seems really cool.

[Coolest Ranger]

6. I bet she wishes she did things differently now

I am so glad she Kim Fox won.

[SusanCalvin]

7. This makes me very happy. nt

[zappaman]

11. That is indeed a great win!

[ismnotwasm]

12. K&R

[geek tragedy]

13. that is justice nt

[Kind of Blue]

14. Thank You, Chicago Activists!

[wildeyed]

15. That was great!

I was so excited to see that! Changes the balance of power dramatically. There was another who went down, too, can't remember where.... But maybe they will stop blindly protecting bad cops now they realize that their jobs are at stake.