Democrats went into Tuesday’s election fearing they might lose their slim majority on the Illinois Supreme Court, but they ended up extending their control after a hard fought — and expensive — campaign.
Democratic candidates won both vacant seats, giving the party a 5-2 majority on the high court.
"All judges can do is promise to be fair and impartial… We’ve seen that democracy can be fragile and it requires all of us to take our oaths of office seriously," she said. "I’m proud of the campaign we ran and I’m excited to serve."Burke released a statement Wednesday morning congratulating O’Brien. "It was a close and hard-fought election," Burke said in a statement. "It is my hope that Illinois’ judiciary acts with independence and impartiality.
The newly drawn 2nd District covers Kane, Lake and McHenry counties plus DeKalb and Kendall counties and the 3rd District covers DuPage and Will counties, plus Bureau, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee and LaSalle counties — all areas where Republicans were favored to win a decade ago. "The women of Illinois and the 56 million women across the Midwest can now count on Illinois being here for them to make their health care decisions for themselves," Terry Cosgrove, president of the pro-choice Personal PAC said in a statement Wednesday.O’Brien said she felt the abortion issue was front and center on a lot of voters’ minds and drove them to support Democrats in many races, but particularly for the justices.
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