Eileen O’Neill Burke Wins Democratic Primary for Cook County State’s Attorney

Eileen O’Neill Burke, a Democrat and retired appellate judge, defeated a more liberal candidate in last week’s primary election for the job of top prosecutor in Cook County, Ill., according to The Associated Press.The result came after more than a week of counting ballots, including mail-in votes, that were not able to be reported on Election Day.Justice O’Neill Burke is expected to succeed Kim Foxx, the state’s attorney for the county, who arrived in office in 2016 promising to change the criminal justice system with a progressive platform. She chose not to seek re-election this…