Why, you think she’ll lose? It’s Chicago for crying out loud.
Improbable, yes. Impossible, no.
Three Republicans have held the Cook County prosecutor’s office in the last fifty six years. The successful Republican candidates were in office for a total eighteen years. The last Republican nominee to be elected was Jack O’Malley who won a special election and a regular election for a total of six years. After he was defeated for reelection in 1998, he moved and won a seat on the appellate court.