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The Arab American Democratic Club (AADC) Hosted its pre-election Candidates Forum & Brunch today at Nikos Banquets, 7600 S. Harlem Avenue. More than 100 candidates including in statewide, county and local races and many judges addressed the forum that ran from 10 am until 1:30 PM.
Keynote speakers included Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza, who gave a powerful and impressive speech on how she has helped improve Illinois ending the 8 month long backlog on payments to now only 3 days. Also keynoting was Arab American Institute President Jim Zogby who received the Miriam Zayed Community Service Award.
ShawnTe Raines-Welch and Nick Kantas, both running for the 4th Judicial District, were among the first group of speakers.
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Here's a link to watch the Facebook live stream of the event: fb.watch/d1bskyXXDl/
Speakers, Honored Guests and candidate's who were acknowledged and or spoke included:
Kari Steele for Cook County Assessor Lyons President Christopher Getty Pat Hynes, Lyons Township Assessor Mike Porfirio State Senate Candidate in the new 11th District ShawnTe Raines-Welch, candidate 4th SubCircuit Judge Nick Kantas, candidate 4th SubCircuit Judge Abdelnasser Rashid, candidate for State Representative Rena Marie Tyne, Judge Congressman Sean Casten 6th District Congresswoman Marie Newman 6th District State Rep. Fran Hurley 35th District State Rep. Bill Cunningham 28th District Dan Calandriello 17th Cook County Commissioner District Congresswoman Robin Kelly, 2nd District Jim Gleffe, Judge Vernard Alsberry 5th District CC Judge Elizabeth Ryan, Judge Markham Mayor Roger Agpawa Karin Norington-Reaves, Congress Tracie Porter, Judge John Ehrlich, Judge Cook County Commissioner Frank J. Aguilar Delia Ramirez, State Rep. 3rd District Jane Nolan Palos Township Tasneem Abuzir, Palos Township Alexis Giannoulias, Secretary of State candidate David Moore, Secretary of State candidate Fritz Kaegi, Cook County Assessor Bob Maloney, Palos Township Assessor Palos Hills Mayor Gerald Bennett Patricia Flynn, MWRD Mariyana Spyropoulos, MWRD Patrick Watson Dem State Centrasl COmmittee Carmen Quinones, Judge Yolanda Harris Sayre, Judge Frank Avila, MWRD George Cardenas, Board of Review Lamont Williams State Rep. 16th District Patricia Joan Murphy Worth Township Committeewoman Judge Ruth Gudino Mary McMahon, Judge Thomas More Donnelly, Judge Sharon Waller, MWRD Russ Hartigan, Judge Charisse Williams, Congress Daniel Pogorzelski, MWRD Judie Lyn Smith, Judge Andre Smith, Cook CountyCommissioner 2nd District Patrick Watson State Central Committee 6th DistrictAileen Bhandari, Judge 11 SubCircuit Michael Weaver, Judge Deidre Baumann, Judge Judge Rouhi Shalaby Judge Bill Haddad Hassan Nijem, President of the American Arab Chamber of Commerce, Jeffery Leving DadsRights.com