A day after she busted the caps in the Cook County State’s Attorney’s race for the Democratic nomination, retired Justice Eileen O’Neill Burke raked in just over $836,000 from 13 donors, all largel…
Democratic candidates for Cook County state’s attorney Clayton Harris and Eileen O’Neill Burke prepare to debate at WLS-Ch. 7 studios on Feb. 8, 2024. for the Democratic nomination, retired Judge Eileen O’Neill Burke raked in just over $836,000 from 13 donors, all largely leaders in the city’s business world.
With the caps off, Burke brought in four donations of $100,000 each from Donald Wilson Jr., founder of trading firm DRW Holdings; Richard Melman, founder and chairman of the local restaurant group Lettuce Entertain You; Craig Duchossois of the investment firm Duchossois Group; and Citadel Chief Operating Officer Gerald Beeson. Some are repeat donors who had given her smaller amounts earlier in the campaign, and some are also donors to Republican candidates at the local and federal level.
Though she told party members she has voted in every Democratic primary since the age of 18, and had previously been slated by the county’s Democratic party for judicial seats and sought their endorsement for this race, accusations about O’Neill Burke’s ties to Republicans have dogged her
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