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Quigley backs Claypool for Cook County Board presidency
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| Contributor | COSDem |
| Last Edited | COSDem Dec 19, 2005 04:32pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Chicago Tribune |
| News Date | Monday, December 19, 2005 10:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Cook County Commissioner Mike Quigley announced today that he is dropping out of the race for County Board president and is throwing his support behind fellow Commissioner Forrest Claypool to unseat incumbent John Stroger.
Rather than run for the County Board presidency himself, Quigley said he would be chairman of Claypool's campaign.
Barring a last-minute filing by somebody else, today's announcement leaves a one-on-one matchup in the March Democratic primary between Claypool, former head of the Chicago Park District and twice chief of staff to Mayor Richard Daley, and three-term President Stroger.
Quigley announced his decision to remove his name from the board presidency campaign and instead seek a third term as a county commissioner at an afternoon news conference at the Hotel Allegro in downtown Chicago.
"Because I care so much about this government, I want to be clear I didn't want to be the one who stands in the way for change," Quigley said. "With us both in the race, it was going to be very hard for us to effect change." |
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