Posted on 08/18/2020 6:41:53 AM PDT by PBRCat
It’s been more than a quarter of a century since a Republican has been elected to Cook County’s top prosecutor’s seat, but former Circuit Court Judge Pat O’Brien said Thursday that he intends to be the next one.
After cruising through the GOP primary Tuesday, O’Brien outlined his plans to beat incumbent Democrat Kim Foxx in a live-streamed news conference, thanking his family, friends and “everyone who voted against Kim Foxx.”
“We really have to clean up the mess that she’s made,” O’Brien said, not even a minute into his remarks. “I think we have to restore justice to the community. We have to make it safer for people in all of the kinds of activities that they do, and we have to remember that the state’s attorney’s duty is to protect the victims of crime.”
The last Republican to lead the office was Jack O’Malley, who ousted Democrat Cecil Partee in 1990 and won re-election two years later. Once considered a rising star in the GOP, O’Malley lost the office to Democrat Richard “Dick” Devine in 1996. Before O’Malley, Republican Bernard Carey ran the office from 1972 to 1980.
(Excerpt) Read more at chicago.suntimes.com ...
It is almost impossible for a Dem incumbent State’s Attorney to be defeated in Crook County.
It does happen occasionally - a handful of times in the past 60 years.
Crimesha is corrupt, incompetent and hated - but she still has the Machine behind her.
It will take money and an extremely energetic campaign to beat her.
Although a few obvious murders of whites by BLM types might help.
When I saw the headline I thought O'Brien was running against Jimmie Foxx...
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/foxxji01.shtml
ff
I haven’t heard her speak, but her picture + her actions in the Smollett case scream “clownishly stupid”.
Every Republican in Chicago needs to vote a straight Republican ticket.
“Every Republican in Chicago needs to vote a straight Republican ticket.”
You’re damn right I am.
Of course he has a decent chance. It’s a Chicago judicial election and his name is “O’Brien”. That puts him at 60-40 odds to win unless there is a “Murphy” or “Mc”-something in the race against him.
Lol, well that makes two of us. I guess you’re the Cook County Republican Party chairman, and I’m the vice chairman.
Chicago voters not voting for a guy named “O’Brien”
It is a countywide race (city and suburbs).
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.