Incumbent Bridget Degnen is not running for reelection and endorsed candidate Catherine “Cat” Sharp as her successor. Sharp dropped out of the race to fight federal charges stemming from a confrontation last year with federal immigration agents near the suburban Broadview ICE facility. Three Democrats remain in the race: Elizabeth Granato, Isaiah White and José “Che-Che” Turrubiartez Wilson. Granato, who took a leave of absence from her job leading the county’s Bureau of Asset Management, is the best bet among the remaining choices. “We need someone who understands procurement, budgets, federal funding streams and health care systems,” she says, pledging that her inside experience will enable her to navigate county government “on Day 1.” Let’s hope so.
Granato gets our endorsement.
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