Republican 17th District Cook County Commissioner Sean M. Morrison of Palos Park appeared to be holding off a primary challenge from his predecessor Elizabeth "Liz" Doody Gorman of Orland Park late Tuesday.
Republicans in suburban Cook County will not have to worry about wasting a lot of time to vote because the most popular candidate on Republican Ballots is a candidate named "No Candidate," slated through the incompetence of Cook County Republican Chairman Sean Morrison, the beleaguered 17th District Cook County Commissioner who can't stop himself from stepping into controversy. Morrison has failed to build a Suburban Republican organization and has instead weakened it giving Democrats a stronger voice and wider base.
Cook County GOP chairman Sean Morrison is a vocal critic of the ruling Democrats and often points to violent crime in Chicago. But Morrison also has benefited for years starting soon after he became a county commissioner from “special attention” given to his home by police in south suburban Palos Park.
Incumbent Sean Morrison, one of only two Republicans on the Cook County Board, said he is often a lone voice on the Democratically controlled panel. But his challenger in the June 28 GOP primary, former county commissioner Elizabeth "Liz" Doody Gorman, says Morrison is too much of a lone wolf.