Although newly minted Cook County state’s attorney Democratic nominee Kim Foxx was the focus of the night in Chicago, Hillary Clinton stole the national spotlight by defeating Bernie Sanders in Illinois in a late-contested race. What was predicted to be an upset for Sanders turned into a decisive victory for the former secretary of state.
Support for Sanders was also apparent at the Urban League event, though that was outweighed by the the belief that he wouldn’t be able to win in a general election.
