Judge Michael Toomin, who presided over high-profile cases from Jussie Smollett to Jeff Fort, in a close fight for his seat – Chicago Tribune*

Toomin has been involved in some of Cook County’s highest-profile cases, from Jussie Smollett to Jeff Fort. But this year, after a decade presiding over the juvenile courts, the county Democratic Party declined to endorse him, and he faced a groundswell of progressive activists alleging he had not done right by the county’s youths.

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