BET announced the next phase of its nonpartisan #ReclaimYourVote campaign, which declares the inaugural National Black Voter Day to be recognized on September 18,...
Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx claimed a victory last night. The incumbent beat out her staunchest rival, adjunct DePaul University professor Bill Conway, whose campaign was primarily financed by his billionaire father, William Conway Jr. He spent millions of dollars on television ads criticizing Foxx's handling of the Jussie Smollet case and her ties to embattled Chicago Alderman, Edward Burke. Foxx won with 50.2% of the vote, Conway had 31.3%.
Steve Benjamin, the three-term mayor and one of the first African Americans in elected to the office, put his support behind former Mayor Mike Bloomberg. Major Benjamin wanted a chance for the African American community to hear directly from the Bloomberg campaign.
