Anita Alvarez revels in upset - Democratic nominee in Cook County state’s attorney race says she wants to change the office’s ‘good ol’ boy mentality’

Posted on: February 7th, 2008
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“The daughter of a Mexican immigrant waiter and seamstress mother, Anita Alvarez seemingly came out of nowhere in the blood sport of Cook County politics to win the Democratic primary for state’s attorney.

No one was more surprised by her sudden political rise than the candidate herself. But she said Wednesday that who she is and where she came from make her ideally suited to challenge what she calls a “good ol’ boy mentality” in the prosecutor’s office.”*

*From: http://www.chicagotribune.com
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