| With Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton's victory in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, not to mention Margaret Croke's victory in the Illinois Comptroller race, Tuesday night was a very good night for the broad shoulders of Gov. JB Pritzker (and his bankrolling ability). In the 9th Congressional District, Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss thankfully
held off a strong showing from the far-left bomb thrower Kat Abughazaleh. Illinois state Rep. La Shawn Ford emerged from a huge pack of candidates to become victorious in the 7th Congressional District while Donna Miller vanquished Jesse Jackson, Jr. in the 2nd. The younger Jackson, who was fighting to get back his old seat, said Tuesday night that he now plans to rest and will finally get the chance to grieve his father. On Bluesky, one sarcastic wit posted of a losing candidate: “Congrats to Raja Krishnamoorthi on his new position as guest contributor to the Chicago Tribune editorial board.” Actually, that's not a bad idea. Krishnamoorthi has many good ideas. In the race for Cook County assessor, incumbent Fritz Kaegi lost to challenger Pat Hynes; indicative to our minds of just how upset the residents of Cook County are at the handling and size of their property taxes. That said, Cook County's actual boss, Toni Preckwinkle, survived the challenge from Ald. Brendan Reilly. We were glad to see some of our endorsed candidates win and, of course, there were races where Democratic primary voters made other choices. Now back to business. Today, the editorial board writes about the heavy handed tactics of Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch in Springfield, especially when it comes to freezing out fellow party members who don
't tow the lines he established. That's a problem, we say. We're also looking again today at prediction markets, otherwise known as defacto casino operations where the current state of play alarms us. In our Opinion section, we have a piece from Chuck DeVore that makes the case for U.S. involvement in the war of Iran, part of our commitment to running articles on both sides of this contentious issue. Elizabeth Blasius writes about the fight to save... a dry-cleaners. That because Pride Cleaners was housed in a great South Side example of midcentury modern architecture. And Yunus Emre Tozal has some things to say about the privacy implications of Meta's smart glasses. Enough. Onward and upwards. — Chris Jones, editorial page editor Submit an op-ed | Submit a letter to the editor | Meet the Tribune Editorial Board | Subscribe to this newsletter | 
