Minus One: Danny Davis Drops Bid for Cook County Board

November 9, 2009 | Filed Under Chicago, Cook County, Cook County Board, Democrats/Leftists, Elections, GOP, Government, Corruption, Illinois, Liberals, President, Society/Culture, State Government, Warner Todd Huston |

-By Warner Todd Huston

Too many African Americans running, that is the reason that Congressman Danny Davis (D, Chgo) has decided not to run for Cook County Board President and will instead run for re-election to his 7th District Congressional seat.

He said he did it for “unity” but the real reason that Davis dropped out is because he felt that too many African Americans running for the same seat would spread the votes thin enough that some evil white guy might win the seat.

Currently three other African Americans are running for board president. Incumbent Todd Stroger, Cook County Clerk Dorothy Brown, and Alderman Toni Preckwinckle are all vying for the African American community’s support.

Here are the candidates as announced and filed running for Cook County Board President.

Republicans
John Garrido - Policeman and lawyer ( garrido2010.com/)
Roger Keats - Securities Industry (www.keatsforcook.com/)

Democrats
Dorothy Brown - Clerk of Circuit Court of Cook County (Friends of Dorothy Brown)
Terrence O’Brien - President of Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (www.obrienforcookcounty.com/)
Toni Preckwinkle - Chicago Alderman (www.tonipreckwinkle.org/)
Todd Stroger - Cook County Board President (strogerforpresident.com/)

Green Party
Tom Tresser - Community organizer, arts activist (www.tom2010.us/)
Sean Burke - Research and development
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