Eileen O'Neill Burke (L) is running for Cook County State's Attorney; Tom Tunney (R) is a former Chicago Alderman | X
Eileen O'Neill Burke (L) is running for Cook County State's Attorney; Tom Tunney (R) is a former Chicago Alderman | X
Former Alderman Tom Tunney, has endorsed Eileen O'Neill Burke in the March 19 Democratic Primary for Cook County State's Attorney.
The O'Neill Burke campaign announced the endorsement on Feb. 20.
O'Neill Burke is running against Clayton Harris, III of Washington Park.
Harris is backed by outgoing Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx of Flossmoor and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle of Hyde Park.
O'Neill Burke grew up on Chicago's Northwest Side. She graduated from St. Mary of the Woods Grade School, Marillac High School, the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana and Chicago-Kent College of Law.
She spent her first ten years as a lawyer working as a Cook County Assistant State's Attorney (1991-2001), then worked for seven years as a criminal defense attorney in Cook County (2001-2008) before winning election as a Cook County Circuit Court Judge (2008-16) and then the Illinois Appellate Court, where she served on the First District bench until stepping down to run for State's Attorney last year.
Tunney is a native of Chicago, having grown up on the southwest side. He attended Brother Rice for high school and received his bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois.
Tunney served as the alderman for Chicago's 44th ward from 2003 until 2022. He was also named vice mayor from 2019 until 2023.
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