David Moore announces candidacy for Illinois Secretary of State
Delmarie Cobb, PR
MACOMB Chicago South Side Alderman David Moore has announced his run for Illinois Secretary of State to replace retiring long time incumbent Jesse White.
“He has run the office with great integrity and character while professionally conducting the business of the Secretary of State. I have decided to accept the call to build on such a rich legacy, said Moore at his alma mater, Western Illinois University in Macomb.
Despite overcast skies, Moore s crowd of supporters was a rainbow of diversity, spanning a range of ethnicities. “This campus is where I learned to love Illinois. I met so many people from different parts of the state, different ethnicities, different religions and different political parties. I still have many of the friendships and relationships that I developed while at Western,” said Moore, as supporters chanted his slogan, Moore for Illinois!
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Chicago South Side Alderman David Moore is announcing his run for Illinois Secretary of State to replace long time incumbent Jesse White, who is retiring at the end of his term in January 2023. Moore is the fifth candidate to enter the race for one of the most coveted offices in Illinois.
Moore says he intends to serve in the footsteps of White who he considers a great public servant, Illinois ambassador and role model to the state’s youth.
“He has run the office with great integrity and character while professionally conducting the business of the Secretary of State. I have decided to accept the call to build on such a rich legacy,” says Moore.
Flowers longest-serving African American in General Assembly history
Grace Barbic and Sarah Mansur Capitol News Illinois
Feb. 19, 2021
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Rep. Mary Flowers, accompanied on the floor of the Bank of Springfield Center by her granddaughter at the beginning of the 102nd General Assembly in January, is the longest-serving Black lawmaker in the history of the Illinois General Assembly.
SPRINGFIELD During the past three and half decades, Rep. Mary Flowers who in January became the longest-serving African American lawmaker in the Illinois General Assembly’s history has fought to pass health care reform and advocate for groups marginalized by systemic racism.
It’s a fighting spirit the 69-year-old lawmaker inherited from her mother, who worked in a factory and other odd jobs to provide for her seven children, and one that she honed while following in the footsteps of Black legislative leaders in Illinois who preceded her.