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Schakowsky endorses Rotering, Fairley talks Alabama, AG candidates attend forum

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* Press release…

Mayor Nancy Rotering announced today that she earned the endorsement of Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (Evanston - 9th District) in the race.

“I support Nancy Rotering because she shares our progressive values. She will bring a lifetime of advocacy and a record of producing results to the IL Attorney General’s office. Nancy was the mayor that defeated the NRA and successfully banned assault rifles from her city. She will continue that fight against the NRA and stand up on behalf of working families, immigrants, seniors, the LGBTQ community, and those without a voice,” said Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky. “Nancy is the best candidate to beat the Republican nominee, who has been unwilling to speak out against Donald Trump, Washington Republicans, and Bruce Rauner. Nancy isn’t afraid to fight back and make our voices heard.”

“It is an honor to have Congresswoman Schakowsky’s support. We’ve always counted on her to be our champion and she has delivered. As a leader on progressive causes, both locally and nationally, she has ensured that those she supports have what it takes to get elected and fight for what is right,” stated Mayor Nancy Rotering.

As a two-term Mayor, Rotering shook up City Hall with a major reform of city government that resulted in transparency, accessibility, and ethics accountability. She led the charge to pass one of the nation’s only local assault weapons bans and fought the NRA all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. The founder of a legal aid clinic, she has ensured access to justice in the areas of immigration, domestic violence, and housing for hundreds of Illinois residents.

Rotering has reported raising about $281K so far.

* From Democratic attorney general candidate Sharon Fairley’s Facebook page…

Last night’s momentous victory was very inspiring, but it was also a reminder of a sad fact: our party relies so heavily on Black women for their votes, but very seldom elects them to public office. There have only been three Black women ever elected as state attorney general in our country- including a grand total of zero here in Illinois. We have never had a Black woman elected to any state executive office. We must do more as a party to amplify the voices of the women we so often take for granted.

Fairley has raised about $337K so far.

* Last night, several attorney general candidates attended a candidates forum at NEIU. Maudlyne Ihejirika with the Sun-Times posted video excerpts of some of their closing statements…

* Sharon Fairley (”I became a lawyer to dedicate my life to public service”)

* Pat Quinn (He’s a “people person” who started CUB and had to pick up the pieces after Blagojevich)

* Kwame Raoul (Powerful speech about crime, which ends: “Violence begets violence, we have to invest in our community”)

* Jesse Ruiz (Pro bono legal work and baseball coach for inner city kids, two of whom were shot)

posted by Rich Miller
Wednesday, Dec 13, 17 @ 12:29 pm

Comments

It’s always nice to pick up an endorsement but Jan has a lot of detractors, so, ultimately the endorsement probably isn’t worth much more than a press release.

Comment by Trapped in the 'burbs Wednesday, Dec 13, 17 @ 12:53 pm
LOL - what Dem primary voters would be less likely to support Rotering because of a Jan endorsement.

There’s only upside to a Jan endorsement in a large multi-candidate field for a Dem primary.

Comment by SaulGoodman Wednesday, Dec 13, 17 @ 3:59 pm
Sharon Fairley could have supported Robin Kelly when she sought to become Illinois first black woman executive officeholder, but she didn’t.

She did however give $3,500 to rose renowned political outsiders and reformers Todd Stroger and Rod Blagojevich. Way to take on the old boys network, Sharon.

Comment by Thomas Paine Wednesday, Dec 13, 17 @ 4:25 pm
Rotering is a Madigan stalking horse. She will be allowed to get enough endorsements to make her seem viable in an effort to dilute others’ shares.

Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Dec 13, 17 @ 5:29 pm
@Anonymous 5:29
The Madigan talk has now reached Rudy’s “a noun, a verb, and 9/11″ status, except everyone knew and cared about 9/11. I mean, keep it up if you want to lose, but you sound ridiculous to average voters.

Comment by Anon Thursday, Dec 14, 17 @ 8:28 am