FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June, 5 2018

Cook County GOP Announces Nomination of Candidates for Cook County Sheriff and Assessor

Chicago, IL – On Wednesday, April 18th the Cook County Republican Central Committee convened a candidate slating committee for the purposes of nominating candidates for Countywide office. At the meeting, Committeemen voted unanimously to slate Michael V. Walsh and Joseph Paglia as candidates for Cook County Sheriff and Cook County Assessor, respectively.

Since that meeting, both candidates and each individual township and ward organization have worked tirelessly circulating petitions to meet the June 4th deadline for established political party candidates to file. We are pleased to announce that yesterday, June 4th, our candidates filed well over 7,000 signatures, and we look forward to seeing Michael V. Walsh, Candidate for Cook County Sheriff and Joseph Paglia, Candidate for Cook County Assessor on the ballot in November.

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