Haida should cruise to second six-year term as St. Clair County circuit judge
St. Clair County Circuit Judge Robert Haida appears to have earned another six-year term.
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St. Clair County Circuit Judge Robert Haida appears to have earned another six-year term.
Two races for circuit court vacancies in St. Clair County have Democrat candidates leading Republican candidates in campaign financing by large margins due primarily to contributions from local and Chicago plaintiff lawyers.
Even though overall voter turnout was low in Tuesday's primary in St. Clair County (15%) and in East St. Louis (22%), Republicans were clearly more motivated to cast ballots.
St. Clair County Associate Judges Kevin Hoerner and Patrick Foley, Democrats, and Circuit Judge Bill Stiehl, Republican, were recommended in an Illinois State Bar Association advisory poll released Monday.
BELLEVILLE – Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul has sided with legal researcher Brad Van Hoose in numerous requests for government records, but now he blocks Van Hoose’s access to records about Chief Judge Andrew Gleeson.