UNIONS SPEAK OUT ON ELECTION '08!

Several of Illinois' top unions have held their endorsement sessions and I am ready to report on the results of those sessions. I plan to include as many of these as they become available. I also encourage you to join the effort of these "FRIENDS" of labor (Candidates) that the Unions are endorsing!*

Chicago Federation of Labor! Dennis Gannon President. Jorge Ramirez Sec-Treas.

Chicago Federation of Labor
Endorsed Candidates – February 5, 2008 Primary Election


Tom Allen
Cook County State’s Attorney
Dorothy Brown
Clerk of the Circuit Court
Eugene "Gene" Moore
Cook County Recorder of Deeds
Joseph Berrios
Board of Review, 2nd District
Larry R. Rogers, Jr.
Board of Review, 3rd District
Dean T. Maragos
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
Kathleen Therese Meany
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
Cynthia Santos
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
Anne M. Burke
Illinois Supreme Court – McMorrow Vacancy
John O. Steele
1st Appellate – Campbell Vacancy
Alan J. Greiman
2nd Appellate – Burke Vacancy
Debra Walker
Circuit Court – Montellione Vacancy
Terry MacCarthy
Circuit Court – Glowicki Vacancy
Thomas Byrne
Circuit Court – Lott Vacancy
Maureen Ward Kirby
Circuit Court – Healy Vacancy
Michael B. Hyman
Circuit Court – Nowicki Vacancy
Paula Lingo
Circuit Court – Murphy Vacancy
Lauretta Higgens Wolfson
Circuit Court – Disko Vacancy
Marilyn Johnson
Circuit Court – Keenan Vacancy
Joan Powell
Circuit Court – Thomas Vacancy
LaGuina Clay-Clark
1st Sub-Circuit – Turkington Vacancy
Patrick J. Sherlock
3rd Sub-Circuit – Donnersberger Vacancy
Pat Rogers
4th Sub-Circuit – Shultz Vacancy
Stephen Stern
5th Sub-Circuit – Judgeship A
Laura Bertucci Smith
6th Sub-Circuit – Figueroa Vacancy
Anita Rivkin Carothers
7th Sub-Circuit – Young Vacancy
Jamie Shapiro
8th Sub-Circuit – Sheehan Vacancy
John G. Mulroe
10th Sub-Circuit – Morrissey Vacancy
Gerald Patrick Cleary
10th Sub-Circuit – Kowalski Vacancy
Kenneth Fletcher
10th Sub-Circuit – Pucincki Vacancy
Michael John Halloran
12th Sub-Circuit – Devlin Vacancy
Joe Gump
13th Sub-Circuit – Ryan Vacancy
Gary Stanton
13th Sub-Circuit – Tobin Vacancy
James N. OHara
14th Sub-Circuit – Henry Vacancy
Anna Demacopoulos
15th Sub-Circuit – Judgeship A
Bob Fioretti – 2nd Ward Committeeman
Pat Dowell – 3rd Ward Committeeman
Sandi Jackson – 7th Ward Committeeman
Toni L. Foulkes – 15th Ward Committeeman
JoAnn Thompson – 16th Ward Committeeman
Willie B. Cochran – 20th Ward Committeeman
Sharon Denise Dixon – 24th Ward Committeeman
John A. Fritchey – 32nd Ward Committeeman
John Corrigan – 42nd Ward Committeeman
Patrick J. Levar – 45th Ward Committeeman

*Most of the local unions have not endorsed a candidate for the Presidential Primary.