Chicago Ald. Pat Dowell announced she’s endorsing former rival Alexi Giannoulias for secretary of state.
SPRINGFIELD — Chicago Ald. Pat Dowell announced on Tuesday she’s endorsing Alexi Giannoulias for secretary of state, despite having been an ardent critic of his while running for the same office.
Dowell is a Democratic ward committeeman and a member of the Executive Committee of the Cook County Democratic Party, which decides which candidates to slate for office. Rush last week announced his endorsement of Giannoulias, as did several prominent Black politicos who had previously backed Dowell for the secretary of state’s post. Those backers include Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, former U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun, Chicago Alds. Howard Brookins, 21st, and Christopher Taliaferro, 29th, and former state Senate President Emil Jones Jr.
Giannoulias is white and his main rival for the nomination, Chicago City Clerk Anna Valencia, is Latino. The other Democrat vying for the party’s nomination is South Side Ald. David Moore, who is Black and whose 17th Ward includes Chicago’s Auburn Gresham community.
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