Eileen O'Neill Burke (L) is running for Cook County State's Attorney; John Ryan (R) is the Mayor of Alsip | LinkedIn / Village of Alsip
Eileen O'Neill Burke (L) is running for Cook County State's Attorney; John Ryan (R) is the Mayor of Alsip | LinkedIn / Village of Alsip
Village of Alsip Mayor John Ryan has endorsed Eileen O'Neill Burke in the March 19 Democratic Primary for Cook County State's Attorney.
The O'Neill Burke campaign announced the endorsement on Feb. 16.
O'Neill Burke is running against Clayton Harris, III of Washington Park.
Harris is backed by outgoing Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx of Flossmoor and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle of Hyde Park.
O'Neill Burke grew up on Chicago's Northwest Side. She graduated from St. Mary of the Woods Grade School, Marillac High School, the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana and Chicago-Kent College of Law.
She spent her first ten years as a lawyer working as a Cook County Assistant State's Attorney (1991-2001), then worked for seven years as a criminal defense attorney in Cook County (2001-2008) before winning election as a Cook County Circuit Court Judge (2008-16) and then the Illinois Appellate Court, where she served on the First District bench until stepping down to run for State's Attorney last year.
Ryan was first elected to Village Mayor in 2017, and was reelected in the 2021 election. Prior to serving as mayor, Ryan served two terms as village trustee, beginning in 2011.
Ryan attended DeLaSalle Institute, a private secondary education school on the south side of Chicago, from 1974 to 1978.
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