Undeterred by Cook County Democrats’ decision to support incumbent Justice Joy Cunningham in next year’s primary for a full term on the Illinois Supreme Court, some Latino leaders are moving to forward by striving to elect a member of their community to the highest office in the state.
County Democratic Party leaders voted overwhelmingly last month to support Cunningham, who is black, in the race against appellate judge Jesse Reyes, whom party leaders ignored four years ago in favor of a another outgoing president named, Judge P. Scott Neville Jr., who is also black.
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