Rep. Davis (IL-07) To Run For Cook County Board President

Rep. Danny Davis (IL-07) is officially running for president of the Cook County Board. This leaves IL-07 as a wide-open race, at least in the Democratic primary.

Potential black candidates include state Representatives Karen Yarbrough and LaShawn Ford; state Sen. Rickey Hendon and Deputy Recorder of Deeds Darlena Williams-Burnett.

Potential white candidates being mentioned are 2nd Ward Ald. Bob Fioretti and state Sen. Don Harmon. Harmon, for one, says he’s not running, arguing, “We should not be trying to erode the representation of the African-American community.”

It's hard to imagine a scenario where the Dems lose this seat, which has one of the highest Partisan Voting Indexes in the country at +35. The Sun-Times does, however, note that race and changing demographics could make the primary interesting.