Yarbrough is first African American and female clerk of Cook County. She was was first elected clerk in 2018 and was reelected in 2022.
Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough passes the microphone after speaking during a pre-slating event for the Democratic Party, June 16, 2023, in Chicago.
Yarbrough, 73, has a “serious medical condition and is currently undergoing medical treatment,” her deputy clerk of communications, Sally Daly, said. “Her family is requesting privacy, and we ask for prayers for the Clerk and her family at this difficult time.” Yarbrough was elected as the first African American and female clerk in 2018 and was reelected in 2022 when she easily defeated Republican Tony Peraica.
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