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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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Kristen Schorsch | WBEZ Chicago

Lonely at the GOP? Only one Republican on County Board fighting to stay — and Democrats see that as one too many

Cook County Commissioner Sean Morrison in 2019. (Ashlee Rezin / Sun-Times file)

Sean Morrison finds himself in a precarious position. He’s the lone incumbent Republican on the Cook County Board of Commissioners fighting to keep his seat in the November general election.

This board might be under the radar for many taxpayers unless they wind up in the County Jail, before a judge in the vast Circuit Court system or use its large public health system. But commissioners oversee one of the biggest counties in the nation with a roughly $8 billion budget.

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