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lunasun

(21,646 posts) Sun Feb 25, 2018, 01:46 PM Feb 2018

Illinois dem primary* AG race * Any opinions?.. . So many candidates . I think I missed one debate

that may have helped me make a decision. Perhaps there will be more

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Illinois dem primary* AG race * Any opinions?.. . So many candidates . I think I missed one debate (Original Post) lunasun Feb 2018 OP

Renato Mariotti. True progressive, well spoken. Next Eric Schniderman sharedvalues Feb 2018 #1

Sounds good to me. elleng Feb 2018 #2

well well looks like the GOP side is having a repuke time lunasun Feb 2018 #3

I'm conflicted, because I like Pat Quinn Snarkoleptic Feb 2018 #4

I rarely have this much trouble deciding on a candidate. TeapotInATempest Mar 2018 #5

No! I keep listening to all . I just listened to a long interview with Sharon Fairley Sunday and lunasun Mar 2018 #6

sharedvalues

(6,916 posts)

1. Renato Mariotti. True progressive, well spoken. Next Eric Schniderman

Reply to lunasun (Original post)

Sun Feb 25, 2018, 01:55 PM

Feb 2018

Mariotti will act like NY’s Schneiderman and MA’s Healey. He will advance the progressive causes his state wants.
I really like him. He’s refusing corporate cash, too. He’ll be on the side of regular people.

elleng

(136,095 posts)

2. Sounds good to me.

Reply to sharedvalues (Reply #1)

Sun Feb 25, 2018, 04:34 PM

Feb 2018

He earned a B.S. in political science from the University of Chicago in 1998 and a J.D. degree from Yale Law School in 2001.

After law school he clerked for the U.S. Court of Appeals and practiced antitrust and securities litigation at Heller, Ehrman, White & Mcauliffe LLP from 2002 to 2007.[5][6] From 2007 to 2016 he worked for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois, where he prosecuted white-collar crimes including commodities and securities fraud, health care fraud, mortgage fraud, and tax evasion. He was the lead prosecutor in United States v. Coscia, a groundbreaking commodities fraud case.[7] In 2016 he joined Thompson Coburn LLP, where he handles government-related financial cases.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renato_Mariotti

lunasun

(21,646 posts)

3. well well looks like the GOP side is having a repuke time

Reply to lunasun (Original post)

Sun Feb 25, 2018, 06:32 PM

Feb 2018

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210289890

Snarkoleptic

(6,027 posts)

4. I'm conflicted, because I like Pat Quinn

Reply to lunasun (Original post)

Tue Feb 27, 2018, 04:00 PM

Feb 2018

but I feel that Renato Mariotti best reflects my values.

TeapotInATempest

(804 posts)

5. I rarely have this much trouble deciding on a candidate.

Reply to lunasun (Original post)

Tue Mar 13, 2018, 02:53 PM

Mar 2018

This thread is a couple weeks old - have you decided yet? I'm still learning about each candidate and we only have one more week!

lunasun

(21,646 posts)

6. No! I keep listening to all . I just listened to a long interview with Sharon Fairley Sunday and

Reply to TeapotInATempest (Reply #5)

Tue Mar 13, 2018, 04:34 PM

Mar 2018

today I heard Aaron Goldstein make his case in a one minute spot. These 2 are both on my short list along with others but yes we have so many good candidates to chose from which i think is great for our state.

May the best person win and with eight Democrats crowding the ballot, it could take as little as 20 percent of the vote to win.

i will choose to vote in November for whoever goes up against the repugs

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