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    Cook County judges’ committee funding Democratic effort to oust Coghlan

    By Alecia Richards and Elena Sucharetza | October 12, 2018

    The committee that provides funding for Cook County circuit judges’ retention campaigns is turning much of its money over to the Cook County Democratic party, even though the party is mounting a campaign to defeat one retention judge, Matthew Coghlan.

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