Cook County Judicial Voters Reject Old Habits, Disfavor Poorly Rated Candidates
ICPR Board Treasurer & Senior Advisor David Melton was quoted in this article.
Via – Injustice Watch
“Several long-standing traditions seemed upended by Cook County voters in the judicial primaries last week:
Negative publicity or ratings mattered. Running as a sitting judge did not. Past service as a prosecutor was less powerful than years past.
And while gender and ethnicity still mattered—with women attorneys holding an edge—the power of Irish names seemed diminished, while Latino attorneys ran strongly.
Those were among the patterns identified in an Injustice Watch analysis of the voting results.”
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