No contest: Cook County judicial primary elections draw dwindling field of candidates

No contest: Cook County judicial primary elections draw dwindling field of candidates

On paper, Cook County circuit judges have great jobs. They make $258,000 a year, hold extraordinary power, and almost never get fired or even disciplined.  But fewer and fewer attorneys are seeking the post.  For the second straight judicial primary election, less than half of the seats up for grabs March 17 drew more than […] The post No contest: Cook County judicial primary elections draw dwindling field of candidates appeared first on Chicago…