Brandon Johnson mentor to replace him on Cook County Board

Thank you for supporting our journalism. This article is available exclusively for our subscribers, who help fund our work at the Chicago Tribune.Tara Stamps, administrative director of new teacher development at the Chicago Teachers Union, speaks during a 2021 union news conference. She was chosen Tuesday evening to replace Brandon Johnson on the Cook County Board.

The selection committee, made up of local Democrats, interviewed candidates in the Foxboro Room of The Carleton of Oak Park Hotel Tuesday night, quizzing them about balancing the interests of a district that is roughly half suburban and half Chicago, whether they could afford to raise sufficient money to mount a campaign, and their two top pressing concerns to address once in office.

Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough, who represents Proviso Township, had just over 23% of the vote. Others on the committee with less than 10% of the weighted vote were City Council members Chris Taliaferro, 29th; Emma Mitts, 37th; and Jason Ervin, 28th. Ald. Scott Waguespack, 32nd, and Tim Egan, 2nd, each had small percentages but did not speak up much during the proceedings. Ald. Daniel La Spata, 1st, and Angie Gonzalez-Rodriguez, 26th, did not attend, and gave their votes to Harmon.

“I absolutely am going to run. ... I am uniquely qualified to continue the progressive measures that our mayor, Brandon Johnson, made viable and visible in this seat,” Stamps said. Though the sum of money to run would be “astronomical,” Stamps noted she can rely on a progressive fundraising apparatus that helped Johnson win.

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