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Spotlight Politics: Countdown to the March 17 Primary

The race for Cook County state’s attorney plus more on the upcoming Illinois primary.

02/26/2020 | Rating NR

Chicago Tonight

Spotlight Politics: Countdown to the March 17 Primary

Clip: 2/26/2020 | 5m 48sVideo has Closed Captions

The race for Cook County state’s attorney plus more on the upcoming Illinois primary.

In less than three weeks, Illinois voters go to the polls. Will the state have a big role in weeding out the Democratic presidential field? And how will the contentious and heavily financed race for Cook County state’s attorney shake out? Our politics team of Carol Marin, Amanda Vinicky and Paris Schutz digs into this stories and more in this week’s roundtable.

02/26/2020 | Rating NR

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