Judicial Elections

Two Cook County judges, indicted Ald. Ed Burke partnered in investment club
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Michael Toomin, one of the judges, who presides over the juvenile justice division, is running for retention in November.
Steve Garrison is a summer intern at Injustice Watch. He has covered crime and courts for newspapers in Wisconsin, New Mexico and Indiana. He currently works as a research assistant at Investigative Reporters and Editors while pursuing his master’s degree at the Missouri School of Journalism.
Michael Toomin, one of the judges, who presides over the juvenile justice division, is running for retention in November.
The Cook County Sheriff’s policy to reject some people who had been ordered released on electronic monitoring may have violated the Fourth Amendment, an appellate court ruled.