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Shakman filed a class action suit against the Democratic Organization of Cook County, claiming that political patronage employment violated the First Amendment and the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. Shakman asserted that the defendants, including a number of government employees and ...
Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Iris Martinez’s bid for reelection is being helped by political contributions from dozens of her government employees, many of whom donated within months of ...
Member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners (1992–present), Member of the Illinois Senate (1989–1992), Member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1985–1989) 12th Ward George Cardenas: 2020 Member of the Cook County Board of Review (2022–present), Member of the Chicago City Council (2003–2022) 13th Ward Mike Madigan: 1972 [14]
Shakman, then an attorney, ran for a public position outside of the Cook County Democratic Party and lost. He was distressed at the level of support the incumbent Democrats received from public employees and was, along with other plaintiffs, shocked to learn that this was often mandatory support required by the politicians as a part of the ...
The result was a series of court-ordered reforms known as the Shakman decrees that banned political considerations in hiring and firing in Chicago, Cook County and Illinois government. More than ...
Article I of the by-laws of the Cook County Democratic Party states that the party exists to "attract, endorse, and support qualified Democratic candidates for office, to develop positions on issues of public importance, to advance the ideals and principles of the Democratic Party, and to seek to improve the lives of the people of Cook County through effective, efficient, and fair government."
Simultaneously ex officio Cook County Coroner [5] Timothy Bradley 1870–1872 [8] Charles Kern: 1872–1878 Democratic [8] John Hoffman: 1878–1880 Republican [8] [9] Orrin L. Mann: 1880–1882 Republican: Elected in 1880 [10] Seth Hanchett: 1882–1886 Republican [11] [12] Canute R. Matson: 1886–1890 Republican [8] James H. Gilbert: 1890 ...
Cook County, which includes Chicago, is the United States' second-most populous county (after Los Angeles County, California) with a population of 5.2 million residents. The Cook County Board of Review holds quasi-judicial powers to adjudicate taxpayer complaints or recommend exempt status of real property.