IT IS PRIMARY RACE PITTING
26-YEAR-OLD UP START AGAINST
AN
INCUMBENT WITH A
PROMINENT NAME
AND THOUGH THEY ARE BOTH
BATTLING FOR A STATE
LEGISLATIVE SEAT
, IT'S CAUSING
NATIONAL FIGURE LIKE HOWARD
DEAN AND COOK COUNTY
MOST
POWERFUL DEMOCRAT TO WEIGH IN
.
WHY IS THIS RACE GET
THANKSGIVING KIND OF ATTENTION
.
PARISH EXPLAINS.
>>
26-YEAR-OLD
WILL GREET
SUPPORTERS AT CAMPAIGN
EVENT IN
LOGAN SQUARE.
>> I WAS IN THE MIDDLE.
>>Reporter: HE'S RUNNING
AS AN
INDEPENDENT DEMOCRAT IN THE 39
STATE LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT.
WHICH ENCOMPASS THAT IS
NEIGHBORHOOD AT WELL AS OTHERS
ON THE CITY NORTH WEST SIDE.
>> I THINK
FOLKS IN CLOSE CLOSE
COMMUNITY AND AROUND CLOSE
CLOSE STATE ARE JUST FED UP
WITH THE BROKEN POLITICAL
SYSTEM. IN ILLINOIS.
>>Reporter: HE'S TRYING TO
UNSEAT 12 YEAR INCUMBENT TONY
BARRIOS
. SOMETHING HE
CAME
WITHIN 125 VOTES OF
DOING WHEN
HE RAN TWO YEARS AGO.
>> AND NOW I
ASK FOR YOUR
CONTINUED SUPPORT.
>>Reporter: BARRIOS SEEN HERE
IN RECENT CAMPAIGN
COMMERCIAL
WAS NOT AVAILABLE TO BE
INTERVIEWED BY
CHICAGO TONIGHT.
SHE COUNTS HERSELF AS
PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRAT
WHO VOTED
FOR THE SAME SEX MARRIAGE
LEGISLATION BUT AGAINST THE
FINAL PENSION
REFORM DEAL.
HE
SAYS HIS NO. 1 CAUSE
IS TO
REPLACE ILLINOIS
CURRENT 5
PERCENT INCOME TAX WITH A
PROGRESSIVE ONE THAT
TAXES THE
WEALTHY AT HIGHER RATES.
>> I THINK
WE NEED
A FAIR
INCOME TAX IN OUR
STATE. TO
MAKE SURE VERY WEALTHY AND
BIGGEST CORPORATIONS
ARE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE TO PAYING THE FAIR
SHARE AND EASES THE
BURDEN ON
WORKING FAMILY. ON THE ECONOMY
WE HAVE BIG DIFFERENCE.
>>Reporter: THE RACE HATS
TAKEN A NASTY TURN RECENTLY
WITH CAMPAIGN FLIERS
ACCUSE
WITH CAMPAIGN FLIERS ACCUSING
HIM OF SUPPORTING LACK
RESTRICTION ON SEXUAL PREDATOR.
>> THEY HAVE ACCUSED
ME OF
WANTING TO PROTECT
SEXUAL
OFFENDER'S WHICH IS
PATENTLY
FALSE. I HAVE BEEN VERY CLEAR
OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT I
CERTAINLY HAVE NO INTENTION IN
DOING THAT AND PUBLIC SAFETY IS
A CRUCIAL ISSUE FOR
ME.
>>Reporter: HE'S LAND ADD
NUMBER OF BIG ENDORSEMENT
INCLUDING THE CHICAGO
TEACHER
UNION AND DEMOCRACY
FOR
AMERICA. GRASS ROOTS
ORGANIZATION FOUNDED BY HOWARD
DEAN. ALDERMAN
SCOTT
A-COMMITTEEMAN IN THE DISTRICT
IS ALSO LENDING
HIS SUPPORT.
>> I THINK
HAVING
PEOPLE LIKE
WILL WHO ARE COMING UP
THROUGH
THE SYSTEM THE SAME WAY I DID
AND
SOME OF THE OTHER NEWLY
ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO WANT
TO
CHANGE GOVERNMENT, WHO WANT TO
DO THINGS BETTER IN THE CITY OF
CHICAGO I THINK HE'S THE
PERFECT CANDIDATE
TO DO THAT.
>>Reporter: BARRIOS CAN COUNT
A FEW ENDORSEMENT OF
HER OWN
COOK COUNTY PRESIDENT
AND THE
BIGGEST FISH HER FATHER. COOK
COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY
CHAIRMAN JOE BARRIOS
.
>> I THINK SHE'S DONE A
FABULOUS JOB IN SPRINGFIELD
.
LOOK AT THE VOTING
RECORD ON
MARRIAGE AND ON THE TAX ISSUE
AND ON THE UNION
ISSUE DOWN
IN
SPRINGFIELD SHE HAS BEEN A
LEADER AND WORKING VERY HARD TO
MAKE SURE SHE REPRESENTS HER
COMMUNITY.
>>Reporter: BARRIOS
ENDORSEMENT
CARRIES SIGNIFICANT
INFLUENCE BUT THE RACE HAS
SETOFF A
WAR WITHIN THE
PARTY.
THE COOK COUNTY DEMOCRATIC
PARTY HAS FORMALLY ENDORSED
REPRESENTATIVE
BAR WHY IS FOR
REELECTION. BUT SOM
E
COMMITTEEMEN
SLASH
AL DEAR MEN
STEPPED OUT IN SUPPORT OF WILL.
THEY SAY THAT'S CAUSED
JOE BAR
WHY IS TO RETALIATE
AGAINST
THEM.
SCOTT SAYS
HE AND OTHERS
LIKE ALDERMAN
JOHN AND
JOE HAVE
BEEN CUT OFF FROM A DATABASE
OF
VOTER INFORMATION THAT THEY
NORMALLY HAVE ACCESS TO.
>> BASICALLY
TELLING DEMOCRATIC
PARTY ELECTED OFFICIALS YOU
KNOW YOU ARE
CUT OFF BECAUSE
YOU DON'T DO WHAT WE TELL YOU
TO.
>>Reporter: BARRIOS DENIES
THAT IT'S RETALIATION AND
SAYS
THE SYSTEM IS IN THE MIDST OF
AN OVERHAUL.
>> NO ONE HAS ACCESS. I DON'T
HAVE
ACCESS SO
IF I DON'T HAVE
ACCESS, HOW CAN I GIVE
THEM
ACCESS?
>>Reporter: ALDERMAN MORENO
SAYS FALLING IN LINE
WITH PARTY
BOSS ON EVERY
ISSUE IS
ANTIQUATED WAY OF DOING
BUSINESS FICHLT THEY WANT TO BE
INDEPENDENT GO AHEAD AND FORM
YOUR OWN PARTY. WHY
DO YOU
HAVE TO SAY YOU ARE PART OF THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY HERE IN COOK
COUNTY THEN DECIDE TO GO A
DIFFERENT WAY. IF YOU ARE
GOING TO PARTICIPATE AND CAST
YOUR VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATE
THAT WE ARE ENDORSING
THEN YOU
SUPPORT THOSE INDIVIDUALS
.
>>Reporter: PARTY SUPPORT OR
NOT BARRIOS ADMITS THE
RACE
WILL BE DIFFICULT BUT HIS
INFLUENCE WILL BE FELT ON
ELECTION DAY.
>>
WE HAVE GOT PEOPLE ON THE
STREET. I HAVE CALLED ON MANY
OF MY
FRIENDS AND ASSOCIATES
PLEASE COME OUT AND HELP IN
THIS ELECTION. WE TOOK IT FOR
GRANTED TWO YEARS AGO. WE ARE
IF THE TAKING IT FOR GRANTED
THIS TIME.
>>Reporter: WILL SAYS HE WILL
COUNTER ON ELECTION DAY WITH
HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS ON HIS
OWN. FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT,
THIS
IS PARIS
.
>> JOE BARRIOS SENT A LETTER TO
ALL COMMITTEEMEN SAYING ACCESS
TO THE VOTER DATABASE NOW
GOES
THROUGH STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
CHAIRMAN
MIKE MAD BEGAN. BUT
SOME COMMITTEEMEN
SAY MAD GAN
HAS SHUT
THEM OUT MR.
IT IS PRIMARY RACE PITTING
26-YEAR-OLD UP START AGAINST
AN
INCUMBENT WITH A
PROMINENT NAME
AND THOUGH THEY ARE BOTH
BATTLING FOR A STATE
LEGISLATIVE SEAT
, IT'S CAUSING
NATIONAL FIGURE LIKE HOWARD
DEAN AND COOK COUNTY
MOST
POWERFUL DEMOCRAT TO WEIGH IN
.
WHY IS THIS RACE GET
THANKSGIVING KIND OF ATTENTION
.
PARISH EXPLAINS.
>>
26-YEAR-OLD
WILL GREET
SUPPORTERS AT CAMPAIGN
EVENT IN
LOGAN SQUARE.
>> I WAS IN THE MIDDLE.
>>Reporter: HE'S RUNNING
AS AN
INDEPENDENT DEMOCRAT IN THE 39
STATE LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT.
WHICH ENCOMPASS THAT IS
NEIGHBORHOOD AT WELL AS OTHERS
ON THE CITY NORTH WEST SIDE.
>> I THINK
FOLKS IN CLOSE CLOSE
COMMUNITY AND AROUND CLOSE
CLOSE STATE ARE JUST FED UP
WITH THE BROKEN POLITICAL
SYSTEM. IN ILLINOIS.
>>Reporter: HE'S TRYING TO
UNSEAT 12 YEAR INCUMBENT TONY
BARRIOS
. SOMETHING HE
CAME
WITHIN 125 VOTES OF
DOING WHEN
HE RAN TWO YEARS AGO.
>> AND NOW I
ASK FOR YOUR
CONTINUED SUPPORT.
>>Reporter: BARRIOS SEEN HERE
IN RECENT CAMPAIGN
COMMERCIAL
WAS NOT AVAILABLE TO BE
INTERVIEWED BY
CHICAGO TONIGHT.
SHE COUNTS HERSELF AS
PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRAT
WHO VOTED
FOR THE SAME SEX MARRIAGE
LEGISLATION BUT AGAINST THE
FINAL PENSION
REFORM DEAL.
HE
SAYS HIS NO. 1 CAUSE
IS TO
REPLACE ILLINOIS
CURRENT 5
PERCENT INCOME TAX WITH A
PROGRESSIVE ONE THAT
TAXES THE
WEALTHY AT HIGHER RATES.
>> I THINK
WE NEED
A FAIR
INCOME TAX IN OUR
STATE. TO
MAKE SURE VERY WEALTHY AND
BIGGEST CORPORATIONS
ARE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE TO PAYING THE FAIR
SHARE AND EASES THE
BURDEN ON
WORKING FAMILY. ON THE ECONOMY
WE HAVE BIG DIFFERENCE.
>>Reporter: THE RACE HATS
TAKEN A NASTY TURN RECENTLY
WITH CAMPAIGN FLIERS
ACCUSE
WITH CAMPAIGN FLIERS ACCUSING
HIM OF SUPPORTING LACK
RESTRICTION ON SEXUAL PREDATOR.
>> THEY HAVE ACCUSED
ME OF
WANTING TO PROTECT
SEXUAL
OFFENDER'S WHICH IS
PATENTLY
FALSE. I HAVE BEEN VERY CLEAR
OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT I
CERTAINLY HAVE NO INTENTION IN
DOING THAT AND PUBLIC SAFETY IS
A CRUCIAL ISSUE FOR
ME.
>>Reporter: HE'S LAND ADD
NUMBER OF BIG ENDORSEMENT
INCLUDING THE CHICAGO
TEACHER
UNION AND DEMOCRACY
FOR
AMERICA. GRASS ROOTS
ORGANIZATION FOUNDED BY HOWARD
DEAN. ALDERMAN
SCOTT
A-COMMITTEEMAN IN THE DISTRICT
IS ALSO LENDING
HIS SUPPORT.
>> I THINK
HAVING
PEOPLE LIKE
WILL WHO ARE COMING UP
THROUGH
THE SYSTEM THE SAME WAY I DID
AND
SOME OF THE OTHER NEWLY
ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO WANT
TO
CHANGE GOVERNMENT, WHO WANT TO
DO THINGS BETTER IN THE CITY OF
CHICAGO I THINK HE'S THE
PERFECT CANDIDATE
TO DO THAT.
>>Reporter: BARRIOS CAN COUNT
A FEW ENDORSEMENT OF
HER OWN
COOK COUNTY PRESIDENT
AND THE
BIGGEST FISH HER FATHER. COOK
COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY
CHAIRMAN JOE BARRIOS
.
>> I THINK SHE'S DONE A
FABULOUS JOB IN SPRINGFIELD
.
LOOK AT THE VOTING
RECORD ON
MARRIAGE AND ON THE TAX ISSUE
AND ON THE UNION
ISSUE DOWN
IN
SPRINGFIELD SHE HAS BEEN A
LEADER AND WORKING VERY HARD TO
MAKE SURE SHE REPRESENTS HER
COMMUNITY.
>>Reporter: BARRIOS
ENDORSEMENT
CARRIES SIGNIFICANT
INFLUENCE BUT THE RACE HAS
SETOFF A
WAR WITHIN THE
PARTY.
THE COOK COUNTY DEMOCRATIC
PARTY HAS FORMALLY ENDORSED
REPRESENTATIVE
BAR WHY IS FOR
REELECTION. BUT SOM
E
COMMITTEEMEN
SLASH
AL DEAR MEN
STEPPED OUT IN SUPPORT OF WILL.
THEY SAY THAT'S CAUSED
JOE BAR
WHY IS TO RETALIATE
AGAINST
THEM.
SCOTT SAYS
HE AND OTHERS
LIKE ALDERMAN
JOHN AND
JOE HAVE
BEEN CUT OFF FROM A DATABASE
OF
VOTER INFORMATION THAT THEY
NORMALLY HAVE ACCESS TO.
>> BASICALLY
TELLING DEMOCRATIC
PARTY ELECTED OFFICIALS YOU
KNOW YOU ARE
CUT OFF BECAUSE
YOU DON'T DO WHAT WE TELL YOU
TO.
>>Reporter: BARRIOS DENIES
THAT IT'S RETALIATION AND
SAYS
THE SYSTEM IS IN THE MIDST OF
AN OVERHAUL.
>> NO ONE HAS ACCESS. I DON'T
HAVE
ACCESS SO
IF I DON'T HAVE
ACCESS, HOW CAN I GIVE
THEM
ACCESS?
>>Reporter: ALDERMAN MORENO
SAYS FALLING IN LINE
WITH PARTY
BOSS ON EVERY
ISSUE IS
ANTIQUATED WAY OF DOING
BUSINESS FICHLT THEY WANT TO BE
INDEPENDENT GO AHEAD AND FORM
YOUR OWN PARTY. WHY
DO YOU
HAVE TO SAY YOU ARE PART OF THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY HERE IN COOK
COUNTY THEN DECIDE TO GO A
DIFFERENT WAY. IF YOU ARE
GOING TO PARTICIPATE AND CAST
YOUR VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATE
THAT WE ARE ENDORSING
THEN YOU
SUPPORT THOSE INDIVIDUALS
.
>>Reporter: PARTY SUPPORT OR
NOT BARRIOS ADMITS THE
RACE
WILL BE DIFFICULT BUT HIS
INFLUENCE WILL BE FELT ON
ELECTION DAY.
>>
WE HAVE GOT PEOPLE ON THE
STREET. I HAVE CALLED ON MANY
OF MY
FRIENDS AND ASSOCIATES
PLEASE COME OUT AND HELP IN
THIS ELECTION. WE TOOK IT FOR
GRANTED TWO YEARS AGO. WE ARE
IF THE TAKING IT FOR GRANTED
THIS TIME.
>>Reporter: WILL SAYS HE WILL
COUNTER ON ELECTION DAY WITH
HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS ON HIS
OWN. FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT,
THIS
IS PARIS
.
>> JOE BARRIOS SENT A LETTER TO
ALL COMMITTEEMEN SAYING ACCESS
TO THE VOTER DATABASE NOW
GOES
THROUGH STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
CHAIRMAN
MIKE MAD BEGAN. BUT
SOME COMMITTEEMEN
SAY MAD GAN
HAS SHUT
THEM OUT MR.