Cook County treasurer joins U.S. senate race.(News)

0 Comments | Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), November, 2003 | by Krol, Eric

Byline: Eric Krol Daily Herald Political Writer Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas shook up the crowded Democratic U.S. Senate primary Friday by jumping into the race as a late entry. The two-term treasurer from Chicago becomes the most prominent of three female candidates in a race where several equally high- profile men already are spending millions of dollars on staff and TV ads five months before the March primary election.

A Pappas aide said the two-term treasurer filed her federal elections paperwork Friday and will formally kick off her campaign by mid-month. If early media and candidate polls are any guide, Pappas already is near or at the top of the Democratic pack before even beginning her campaign. But to become the Democratic nominee in...