Eileen O'Neill Burke: How she won and what it might mean for the office of Cook County's top prosecutor going forward

After days of uncertainty, Eileen O’Neill Burke emerged as the choice of voters to be the Democratic nominee for Cook County state’s attorney, with the former prosecutor turned defense lawyer, circuit court judge and appellate judge squeaking out a win by less than 1,600 votes. O’Neill Burke bested Clayton Harris III, a former prosecutor himself who wound through City Hall and state ...

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