Toni Preckwinkle beats Democratic primary challenger Richard Boykin for Cook County Board president

Cook County Board President incumbent Toni Preckwinkle shakes hands with election officials at Beulah Shoesmith Elementary School on the South Side during the 2022 Illinois primary election, Tuesday afternoon, June 28, 2022. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)

Toni Preckwinkle defeated her Democratic primary challenger Richard Boykin for the county’s top post Tuesday night, bringing her one step closer to winning her fourth term as Cook County Board president in November.

“I extend my deepest gratitude to the voters who have supported me in the primary election and I look forward to another term in November,” Preckwinkle said in a statement claiming victory. “I’m grateful that Cook County voters have entrusted me to run the nation’s second-largest county in the country for the past twelve years, and look forward to all the good work that lies ahead.”