Candidate Kevin Ake turned in his signatures to run as a Republican for the board’s 15th District in the June 28 primary.
A suburban Chicago man who was convicted of a hate crime two decades ago is running to unseat Cook County’s first openly gay board member, Democratic Commissioner Kevin Morrison.
Kevin Ake files his nominating petitions Monday to run in the June 28 Republican primary for Cook County Board 15th District commissioner. In a phone interview Tuesday, Ake downplayed his hate crime conviction, though he did not deny mentioning the YMCA leader’s sexual orientation in his many calls to her.
“What they did years ago shouldn’t matter,” Nowak said. “That’s all I’m trying to say. You know what I mean? People have done stupid stuff when you were younger, you know?”»
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