Cook County Board of Commissioners
Commissioner Brandon Johnson sworn in Monday
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The newly elected commissioner and the rest of the Cook County Board is being sworn in Dec. 3 for four-year terms.
Opinion
Commissioner Boykin bids farewell
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Brandon Johnson will begin representing the 1st District on the Cook County Board of Commissioners Dec. 3.
Election 2018
Race to be next Cook County commissioner still in flux
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With votes from all but a few precincts counted, challenger Brandon Johnson is declaring victory over first-term incumbent Richard Boykin. But Boykin is not conceding defeat.
Brandon Johnson
Voting Tuesday? Here’s what you need to know about Cook County’s 1st District race
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The board candidates – incumbent Richard Boykin and challenger Brandon Johnson – and their supporters have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on the primary contest.
News
1st District candidates spar over jobs, gun violence at Austin debate
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Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin and challenger Brandon Johnson squared off at a raucous candidates forum Saturday. Both men appear on the Democrat primary ballot; early voting begins later this month for the March 20 election.
2018 Election
Cook County’s 1st District race pits CTU organizer against businesses-minded incumbent
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Voters will have a choice in the March 20 primary between first-term Commissioner Richard Boykin and CTU organizer Brandon Johnson. The two are expected to appear at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 3 at Chicago West Side NAACP’s candidates forum, to be held at Sankofa, 5828 W. Chicago. Ave.
election
CTU organizer running for Cook County Board in 2018 primary
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Austin resident Brandon Johnson filed his nomination petition Monday to run against first-term Cook County Commissioner Richard Bokyin for the 1st District seat. Boykin also filed his petition on the first day candidates for the March 20 primary were able to do so.
Commissioner Richard Boykin
Cook County commissioners approve measure seeking federal money to curb violence
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The proposal targeting Chicago’s West and South sides was changed to cover all of the city’s communities, which Commissioner Richard Boykin and others said was a mistake.
News
Gun violence summit gets mixed reactions
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Many who attended the June 13 meeting agreed with Commissioner Richard Boykin’s plan to enforce the curfew law and get weapons off the streets, but some objected to his idea to charge defendants as domestic terrorists.
News
New Cook County commissioner takes office
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Richard Boykin represents the 1st District, and Adam Salzman, an Oak Park village trustee, is his policy director.