Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle was vying for a fifth term, and Chicago Ald. Brendan Reilly has conceded the primary election.
The two candidates exchanged barbs on the campaign trail and in a series of ads, with the election less than two weeks awayYou’re watching the NBC 5 Chicago News streaming channel, which plays local Chicago news 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
You can find the “NBC 5 Chicago News” streaming channel on your phone or computer, and on Peacock, Samsung, Roku, Xumo or on our app, so you can watch our local news on your schedule. Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle was vying for a fifth term, and the Associated Press projects she will win the Democratic nomination. Preckwinkle will defeat Chicago Ald. Brendan Reilly in the race, and Reilly has conceded to his opponent.Preckwinkle and Reilly traded barbs throughout the election, but she's now a strong candidate to secure the general election victory in November. Preckwinkle and Reilly both criticized their opponent for not doing enough to oppose the administration of President Donald Trump. Preckwinkle says Reilly was nowhere to be found when she was opposing ICE’s “Operation: Midway Surge” in court last year. “He has long-standing ties to Donald Trump. He had nothing to say last year when the governor, mayor and I were fighting the intimidation in court,” she said. In ads against Reilly, Preckwinkle’s campaign said that he helped the real estate mogul put his name on his Trump International Hotel & Tower, which is located in Reilly’s Chicago ward. Preckwinkle also said Reilly voted to overturn Chicago’s “Welcoming City Ordinance,” which has been blasted by Trump and his Republican allies.“I stood on stage with Toni Preckwinkle and Governor Pritzker,” he said. “I stood literally six feet from Toni during the No Kings Rally in Grant Park last fall.” Reilly also criticized Preckwinkle for supporting the renewal of a contract with a data company that provides information to ICE and other federal agencies, even as numerous commissioners abstained from voting. “As someone who says she wants to bring no comfort to ICE on Cook County property, she’s already giving them access to information to help them pick people up,” he said. Reilly has also blasted Preckwinkle for supporting increases in sales taxes and proposing a “soda tax” in the city.
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