1 00:00:03,637 --> 00:00:04,872 IT IS PRIMARY RACE PITTING 2 00:00:04,872 --> 00:00:06,173 26-YEAR-OLD UP START AGAINST 3 00:00:06,173 --> 00:00:06,607 AN 4 00:00:06,607 --> 00:00:07,808 INCUMBENT WITH A 5 00:00:07,808 --> 00:00:08,675 PROMINENT NAME 6 00:00:08,675 --> 00:00:10,043 AND THOUGH THEY ARE BOTH 7 00:00:10,043 --> 00:00:10,777 BATTLING FOR A STATE 8 00:00:10,777 --> 00:00:11,812 LEGISLATIVE SEAT 9 00:00:11,812 --> 00:00:13,180 , IT'S CAUSING 10 00:00:13,180 --> 00:00:14,615 NATIONAL FIGURE LIKE HOWARD 11 00:00:14,615 --> 00:00:16,350 DEAN AND COOK COUNTY 12 00:00:16,350 --> 00:00:16,683 MOST 13 00:00:16,683 --> 00:00:18,519 POWERFUL DEMOCRAT TO WEIGH IN 14 00:00:18,519 --> 00:00:18,952 . 15 00:00:18,952 --> 00:00:19,720 WHY IS THIS RACE GET 16 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:21,121 THANKSGIVING KIND OF ATTENTION 17 00:00:21,121 --> 00:00:21,555 . 18 00:00:21,555 --> 00:00:22,856 PARISH EXPLAINS. 19 00:00:22,856 --> 00:00:24,491 >> 20 00:00:24,491 --> 00:00:25,659 26-YEAR-OLD 21 00:00:25,659 --> 00:00:26,593 WILL GREET 22 00:00:26,593 --> 00:00:27,628 SUPPORTERS AT CAMPAIGN 23 00:00:27,628 --> 00:00:28,896 EVENT IN 24 00:00:28,896 --> 00:00:29,563 LOGAN SQUARE. 25 00:00:29,563 --> 00:00:30,497 >> I WAS IN THE MIDDLE. 26 00:00:30,497 --> 00:00:31,698 >>Reporter: HE'S RUNNING 27 00:00:31,698 --> 00:00:32,599 AS AN 28 00:00:32,599 --> 00:00:34,034 INDEPENDENT DEMOCRAT IN THE 39 29 00:00:34,034 --> 00:00:36,036 STATE LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT. 30 00:00:36,036 --> 00:00:36,637 WHICH ENCOMPASS THAT IS 31 00:00:36,637 --> 00:00:38,639 NEIGHBORHOOD AT WELL AS OTHERS 32 00:00:38,639 --> 00:00:39,406 ON THE CITY NORTH WEST SIDE. 33 00:00:39,406 --> 00:00:40,574 >> I THINK 34 00:00:40,574 --> 00:00:41,141 FOLKS IN CLOSE CLOSE 35 00:00:41,141 --> 00:00:42,142 COMMUNITY AND AROUND CLOSE 36 00:00:42,142 --> 00:00:43,377 CLOSE STATE ARE JUST FED UP 37 00:00:43,377 --> 00:00:44,978 WITH THE BROKEN POLITICAL 38 00:00:44,978 --> 00:00:46,079 SYSTEM. IN ILLINOIS. 39 00:00:46,079 --> 00:00:47,381 >>Reporter: HE'S TRYING TO 40 00:00:47,381 --> 00:00:49,383 UNSEAT 12 YEAR INCUMBENT TONY 41 00:00:49,383 --> 00:00:49,783 BARRIOS 42 00:00:49,783 --> 00:00:50,784 . SOMETHING HE 43 00:00:50,784 --> 00:00:51,451 CAME 44 00:00:51,451 --> 00:00:52,686 WITHIN 125 VOTES OF 45 00:00:52,686 --> 00:00:53,554 DOING WHEN 46 00:00:53,554 --> 00:00:54,521 HE RAN TWO YEARS AGO. 47 00:00:54,521 --> 00:00:55,822 >> AND NOW I 48 00:00:55,822 --> 00:00:56,657 ASK FOR YOUR 49 00:00:56,657 --> 00:00:57,491 CONTINUED SUPPORT. 50 00:00:57,491 --> 00:00:58,692 >>Reporter: BARRIOS SEEN HERE 51 00:00:58,692 --> 00:01:00,394 IN RECENT CAMPAIGN 52 00:01:00,394 --> 00:01:00,861 COMMERCIAL 53 00:01:00,861 --> 00:01:01,995 WAS NOT AVAILABLE TO BE 54 00:01:01,995 --> 00:01:03,230 INTERVIEWED BY 55 00:01:03,230 --> 00:01:04,064 CHICAGO TONIGHT. 56 00:01:04,064 --> 00:01:05,499 SHE COUNTS HERSELF AS 57 00:01:05,499 --> 00:01:06,500 PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRAT 58 00:01:06,500 --> 00:01:07,401 WHO VOTED 59 00:01:07,401 --> 00:01:09,036 FOR THE SAME SEX MARRIAGE 60 00:01:09,036 --> 00:01:10,537 LEGISLATION BUT AGAINST THE 61 00:01:10,537 --> 00:01:12,206 FINAL PENSION 62 00:01:12,206 --> 00:01:12,906 REFORM DEAL. 63 00:01:12,906 --> 00:01:13,140 HE 64 00:01:13,140 --> 00:01:14,374 SAYS HIS NO. 1 CAUSE 65 00:01:14,374 --> 00:01:14,675 IS TO 66 00:01:14,675 --> 00:01:15,809 REPLACE ILLINOIS 67 00:01:15,809 --> 00:01:17,044 CURRENT 5 68 00:01:17,044 --> 00:01:17,911 PERCENT INCOME TAX WITH A 69 00:01:17,911 --> 00:01:19,346 PROGRESSIVE ONE THAT 70 00:01:19,346 --> 00:01:19,980 TAXES THE 71 00:01:19,980 --> 00:01:21,415 WEALTHY AT HIGHER RATES. 72 00:01:21,415 --> 00:01:22,382 >> I THINK 73 00:01:22,382 --> 00:01:23,283 WE NEED 74 00:01:23,283 --> 00:01:23,617 A FAIR 75 00:01:23,617 --> 00:01:24,751 INCOME TAX IN OUR 76 00:01:24,751 --> 00:01:26,053 STATE. TO 77 00:01:26,053 --> 00:01:27,454 MAKE SURE VERY WEALTHY AND 78 00:01:27,454 --> 00:01:28,255 BIGGEST CORPORATIONS 79 00:01:28,255 --> 00:01:28,856 ARE HELD 80 00:01:28,856 --> 00:01:29,990 ACCOUNTABLE TO PAYING THE FAIR 81 00:01:29,990 --> 00:01:31,158 SHARE AND EASES THE 82 00:01:31,158 --> 00:01:32,226 BURDEN ON 83 00:01:32,226 --> 00:01:33,727 WORKING FAMILY. ON THE ECONOMY 84 00:01:33,727 --> 00:01:34,461 WE HAVE BIG DIFFERENCE. 85 00:01:34,461 --> 00:01:35,295 >>Reporter: THE RACE HATS 86 00:01:35,295 --> 00:01:37,531 TAKEN A NASTY TURN RECENTLY 87 00:01:37,531 --> 00:01:38,632 WITH CAMPAIGN FLIERS 88 00:01:38,632 --> 00:01:38,966 ACCUSE 89 00:01:38,966 --> 00:01:39,900 WITH CAMPAIGN FLIERS ACCUSING 90 00:01:39,900 --> 00:01:41,502 HIM OF SUPPORTING LACK 91 00:01:41,502 --> 00:01:42,636 RESTRICTION ON SEXUAL PREDATOR. 92 00:01:42,636 --> 00:01:43,770 >> THEY HAVE ACCUSED 93 00:01:43,770 --> 00:01:44,638 ME OF 94 00:01:44,638 --> 00:01:45,806 WANTING TO PROTECT 95 00:01:45,806 --> 00:01:46,373 SEXUAL 96 00:01:46,373 --> 00:01:47,808 OFFENDER'S WHICH IS 97 00:01:47,808 --> 00:01:48,175 PATENTLY 98 00:01:48,175 --> 00:01:49,543 FALSE. I HAVE BEEN VERY CLEAR 99 00:01:49,543 --> 00:01:51,011 OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT I 100 00:01:51,011 --> 00:01:52,246 CERTAINLY HAVE NO INTENTION IN 101 00:01:52,246 --> 00:01:53,680 DOING THAT AND PUBLIC SAFETY IS 102 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:54,748 A CRUCIAL ISSUE FOR 103 00:01:54,748 --> 00:01:55,382 ME. 104 00:01:55,382 --> 00:01:56,149 >>Reporter: HE'S LAND ADD 105 00:01:56,149 --> 00:01:56,984 NUMBER OF BIG ENDORSEMENT 106 00:01:56,984 --> 00:01:58,552 INCLUDING THE CHICAGO 107 00:01:58,552 --> 00:01:59,520 TEACHER 108 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:01,288 UNION AND DEMOCRACY 109 00:02:01,288 --> 00:02:01,622 FOR 110 00:02:01,622 --> 00:02:03,056 AMERICA. GRASS ROOTS 111 00:02:03,056 --> 00:02:04,625 ORGANIZATION FOUNDED BY HOWARD 112 00:02:04,625 --> 00:02:06,226 DEAN. ALDERMAN 113 00:02:06,226 --> 00:02:06,994 SCOTT 114 00:02:06,994 --> 00:02:08,662 A-COMMITTEEMAN IN THE DISTRICT 115 00:02:08,662 --> 00:02:09,830 IS ALSO LENDING 116 00:02:09,830 --> 00:02:10,664 HIS SUPPORT. 117 00:02:10,664 --> 00:02:11,698 >> I THINK 118 00:02:11,698 --> 00:02:12,533 HAVING 119 00:02:12,533 --> 00:02:13,033 PEOPLE LIKE 120 00:02:13,033 --> 00:02:14,268 WILL WHO ARE COMING UP 121 00:02:14,268 --> 00:02:14,635 THROUGH 122 00:02:14,635 --> 00:02:16,103 THE SYSTEM THE SAME WAY I DID 123 00:02:16,103 --> 00:02:17,137 AND 124 00:02:17,137 --> 00:02:17,971 SOME OF THE OTHER NEWLY 125 00:02:17,971 --> 00:02:19,239 ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO WANT 126 00:02:19,239 --> 00:02:20,073 TO 127 00:02:20,073 --> 00:02:21,508 CHANGE GOVERNMENT, WHO WANT TO 128 00:02:21,508 --> 00:02:22,943 DO THINGS BETTER IN THE CITY OF 129 00:02:22,943 --> 00:02:24,711 CHICAGO I THINK HE'S THE 130 00:02:24,711 --> 00:02:25,345 PERFECT CANDIDATE 131 00:02:25,345 --> 00:02:26,713 TO DO THAT. 132 00:02:26,713 --> 00:02:28,015 >>Reporter: BARRIOS CAN COUNT 133 00:02:28,015 --> 00:02:29,183 A FEW ENDORSEMENT OF 134 00:02:29,183 --> 00:02:30,017 HER OWN 135 00:02:30,017 --> 00:02:31,251 COOK COUNTY PRESIDENT 136 00:02:31,251 --> 00:02:32,052 AND THE 137 00:02:32,052 --> 00:02:33,020 BIGGEST FISH HER FATHER. COOK 138 00:02:33,020 --> 00:02:34,588 COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY 139 00:02:34,588 --> 00:02:35,589 CHAIRMAN JOE BARRIOS 140 00:02:35,589 --> 00:02:36,123 . 141 00:02:36,123 --> 00:02:37,424 >> I THINK SHE'S DONE A 142 00:02:37,424 --> 00:02:38,725 FABULOUS JOB IN SPRINGFIELD 143 00:02:38,725 --> 00:02:38,959 . 144 00:02:38,959 --> 00:02:40,794 LOOK AT THE VOTING 145 00:02:40,794 --> 00:02:41,628 RECORD ON 146 00:02:41,628 --> 00:02:43,030 MARRIAGE AND ON THE TAX ISSUE 147 00:02:43,030 --> 00:02:44,264 AND ON THE UNION 148 00:02:44,264 --> 00:02:45,332 ISSUE DOWN 149 00:02:45,332 --> 00:02:45,599 IN 150 00:02:45,599 --> 00:02:46,700 SPRINGFIELD SHE HAS BEEN A 151 00:02:46,700 --> 00:02:48,001 LEADER AND WORKING VERY HARD TO 152 00:02:48,001 --> 00:02:49,536 MAKE SURE SHE REPRESENTS HER 153 00:02:49,536 --> 00:02:49,937 COMMUNITY. 154 00:02:49,937 --> 00:02:50,504 >>Reporter: BARRIOS 155 00:02:50,504 --> 00:02:51,705 ENDORSEMENT 156 00:02:51,705 --> 00:02:52,906 CARRIES SIGNIFICANT 157 00:02:52,906 --> 00:02:53,707 INFLUENCE BUT THE RACE HAS 158 00:02:53,707 --> 00:02:54,741 SETOFF A 159 00:02:54,741 --> 00:02:55,742 WAR WITHIN THE 160 00:02:55,742 --> 00:02:56,610 PARTY. 161 00:02:56,610 --> 00:02:58,011 THE COOK COUNTY DEMOCRATIC 162 00:02:58,011 --> 00:02:59,947 PARTY HAS FORMALLY ENDORSED 163 00:02:59,947 --> 00:03:00,380 REPRESENTATIVE 164 00:03:00,380 --> 00:03:01,381 BAR WHY IS FOR 165 00:03:01,381 --> 00:03:02,449 REELECTION. BUT SOM 166 00:03:02,449 --> 00:03:02,683 E 167 00:03:02,683 --> 00:03:04,251 COMMITTEEMEN 168 00:03:04,251 --> 00:03:04,651 SLASH 169 00:03:04,651 --> 00:03:05,485 AL DEAR MEN 170 00:03:05,485 --> 00:03:06,620 STEPPED OUT IN SUPPORT OF WILL. 171 00:03:06,620 --> 00:03:08,121 THEY SAY THAT'S CAUSED 172 00:03:08,121 --> 00:03:08,589 JOE BAR 173 00:03:08,589 --> 00:03:09,756 WHY IS TO RETALIATE 174 00:03:09,756 --> 00:03:10,591 AGAINST 175 00:03:10,591 --> 00:03:11,758 THEM. 176 00:03:11,758 --> 00:03:12,459 SCOTT SAYS 177 00:03:12,459 --> 00:03:13,493 HE AND OTHERS 178 00:03:13,493 --> 00:03:15,729 LIKE ALDERMAN 179 00:03:15,729 --> 00:03:16,096 JOHN AND 180 00:03:16,096 --> 00:03:16,630 JOE HAVE 181 00:03:16,630 --> 00:03:18,332 BEEN CUT OFF FROM A DATABASE 182 00:03:18,332 --> 00:03:18,732 OF 183 00:03:18,732 --> 00:03:19,967 VOTER INFORMATION THAT THEY 184 00:03:19,967 --> 00:03:21,368 NORMALLY HAVE ACCESS TO. 185 00:03:21,368 --> 00:03:23,303 >> BASICALLY 186 00:03:23,303 --> 00:03:24,905 TELLING DEMOCRATIC 187 00:03:24,905 --> 00:03:25,973 PARTY ELECTED OFFICIALS YOU 188 00:03:25,973 --> 00:03:26,707 KNOW YOU ARE 189 00:03:26,707 --> 00:03:27,574 CUT OFF BECAUSE 190 00:03:27,574 --> 00:03:28,809 YOU DON'T DO WHAT WE TELL YOU 191 00:03:28,809 --> 00:03:29,076 TO. 192 00:03:29,076 --> 00:03:29,977 >>Reporter: BARRIOS DENIES 193 00:03:29,977 --> 00:03:31,345 THAT IT'S RETALIATION AND 194 00:03:31,345 --> 00:03:31,979 SAYS 195 00:03:31,979 --> 00:03:33,514 THE SYSTEM IS IN THE MIDST OF 196 00:03:33,514 --> 00:03:33,947 AN OVERHAUL. 197 00:03:33,947 --> 00:03:35,449 >> NO ONE HAS ACCESS. I DON'T 198 00:03:35,449 --> 00:03:36,383 HAVE 199 00:03:36,383 --> 00:03:37,184 ACCESS SO 200 00:03:37,184 --> 00:03:38,018 IF I DON'T HAVE 201 00:03:38,018 --> 00:03:39,319 ACCESS, HOW CAN I GIVE 202 00:03:39,319 --> 00:03:40,554 THEM 203 00:03:40,554 --> 00:03:40,921 ACCESS? 204 00:03:40,921 --> 00:03:42,723 >>Reporter: ALDERMAN MORENO 205 00:03:42,723 --> 00:03:44,525 SAYS FALLING IN LINE 206 00:03:44,525 --> 00:03:44,958 WITH PARTY 207 00:03:44,958 --> 00:03:46,226 BOSS ON EVERY 208 00:03:46,226 --> 00:03:46,860 ISSUE IS 209 00:03:46,860 --> 00:03:47,895 ANTIQUATED WAY OF DOING 210 00:03:47,895 --> 00:03:49,596 BUSINESS FICHLT THEY WANT TO BE 211 00:03:49,596 --> 00:03:50,631 INDEPENDENT GO AHEAD AND FORM 212 00:03:50,631 --> 00:03:52,032 YOUR OWN PARTY. WHY 213 00:03:52,032 --> 00:03:52,499 DO YOU 214 00:03:52,499 --> 00:03:53,934 HAVE TO SAY YOU ARE PART OF THE 215 00:03:53,934 --> 00:03:55,536 DEMOCRATIC PARTY HERE IN COOK 216 00:03:55,536 --> 00:03:56,937 COUNTY THEN DECIDE TO GO A 217 00:03:56,937 --> 00:03:57,571 DIFFERENT WAY. IF YOU ARE 218 00:03:57,571 --> 00:03:59,473 GOING TO PARTICIPATE AND CAST 219 00:03:59,473 --> 00:04:00,607 YOUR VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATE 220 00:04:00,607 --> 00:04:01,775 THAT WE ARE ENDORSING 221 00:04:01,775 --> 00:04:02,409 THEN YOU 222 00:04:02,409 --> 00:04:03,610 SUPPORT THOSE INDIVIDUALS 223 00:04:03,610 --> 00:04:03,944 . 224 00:04:03,944 --> 00:04:04,878 >>Reporter: PARTY SUPPORT OR 225 00:04:04,878 --> 00:04:06,480 NOT BARRIOS ADMITS THE 226 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:06,813 RACE 227 00:04:06,813 --> 00:04:08,382 WILL BE DIFFICULT BUT HIS 228 00:04:08,382 --> 00:04:09,416 INFLUENCE WILL BE FELT ON 229 00:04:09,416 --> 00:04:10,017 ELECTION DAY. 230 00:04:10,017 --> 00:04:10,851 >> 231 00:04:10,851 --> 00:04:12,152 WE HAVE GOT PEOPLE ON THE 232 00:04:12,152 --> 00:04:14,054 STREET. I HAVE CALLED ON MANY 233 00:04:14,054 --> 00:04:14,821 OF MY 234 00:04:14,821 --> 00:04:15,889 FRIENDS AND ASSOCIATES 235 00:04:15,889 --> 00:04:17,024 PLEASE COME OUT AND HELP IN 236 00:04:17,024 --> 00:04:18,825 THIS ELECTION. WE TOOK IT FOR 237 00:04:18,825 --> 00:04:19,927 GRANTED TWO YEARS AGO. WE ARE 238 00:04:19,927 --> 00:04:20,961 IF THE TAKING IT FOR GRANTED 239 00:04:20,961 --> 00:04:21,962 THIS TIME. 240 00:04:22,462 --> 00:04:23,564 >>Reporter: WILL SAYS HE WILL 241 00:04:23,564 --> 00:04:24,998 COUNTER ON ELECTION DAY WITH 242 00:04:24,998 --> 00:04:26,166 HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS ON HIS 243 00:04:26,166 --> 00:04:28,836 OWN. FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT, 244 00:04:28,836 --> 00:04:29,469 THIS 245 00:04:29,469 --> 00:04:30,070 IS PARIS 246 00:04:30,070 --> 00:04:30,437 . 247 00:04:30,437 --> 00:04:32,673 >> JOE BARRIOS SENT A LETTER TO 248 00:04:32,673 --> 00:04:34,041 ALL COMMITTEEMEN SAYING ACCESS 249 00:04:34,041 --> 00:04:35,242 TO THE VOTER DATABASE NOW 250 00:04:35,242 --> 00:04:36,043 GOES 251 00:04:36,043 --> 00:04:36,810 THROUGH STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTY 252 00:04:36,810 --> 00:04:37,711 CHAIRMAN 253 00:04:37,711 --> 00:04:39,379 MIKE MAD BEGAN. BUT 254 00:04:39,379 --> 00:04:40,514 SOME COMMITTEEMEN 255 00:04:40,514 --> 00:04:41,415 SAY MAD GAN 256 00:04:41,415 --> 00:04:42,282 HAS SHUT 257 00:04:42,282 --> 00:04:46,119 THEM OUT MR. 258 00:04:46,587 --> 00:04:47,821 IT IS PRIMARY RACE PITTING 259 00:04:47,821 --> 00:04:49,122 26-YEAR-OLD UP START AGAINST 260 00:04:49,122 --> 00:04:49,556 AN 261 00:04:49,556 --> 00:04:50,757 INCUMBENT WITH A 262 00:04:50,757 --> 00:04:51,625 PROMINENT NAME 263 00:04:51,625 --> 00:04:52,993 AND THOUGH THEY ARE BOTH 264 00:04:52,993 --> 00:04:53,727 BATTLING FOR A STATE 265 00:04:53,727 --> 00:04:54,761 LEGISLATIVE SEAT 266 00:04:54,761 --> 00:04:56,129 , IT'S CAUSING 267 00:04:56,129 --> 00:04:57,564 NATIONAL FIGURE LIKE HOWARD 268 00:04:57,564 --> 00:04:59,299 DEAN AND COOK COUNTY 269 00:04:59,299 --> 00:04:59,633 MOST 270 00:04:59,633 --> 00:05:01,468 POWERFUL DEMOCRAT TO WEIGH IN 271 00:05:01,468 --> 00:05:01,902 . 272 00:05:01,902 --> 00:05:02,669 WHY IS THIS RACE GET 273 00:05:02,669 --> 00:05:04,071 THANKSGIVING KIND OF ATTENTION 274 00:05:04,071 --> 00:05:04,505 . 275 00:05:04,505 --> 00:05:05,806 PARISH EXPLAINS. 276 00:05:05,806 --> 00:05:07,441 >> 277 00:05:07,441 --> 00:05:08,609 26-YEAR-OLD 278 00:05:08,609 --> 00:05:09,543 WILL GREET 279 00:05:09,543 --> 00:05:10,577 SUPPORTERS AT CAMPAIGN 280 00:05:10,577 --> 00:05:11,845 EVENT IN 281 00:05:11,845 --> 00:05:12,513 LOGAN SQUARE. 282 00:05:12,513 --> 00:05:13,447 >> I WAS IN THE MIDDLE. 283 00:05:13,447 --> 00:05:14,648 >>Reporter: HE'S RUNNING 284 00:05:14,648 --> 00:05:15,549 AS AN 285 00:05:15,549 --> 00:05:16,984 INDEPENDENT DEMOCRAT IN THE 39 286 00:05:16,984 --> 00:05:18,986 STATE LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT. 287 00:05:18,986 --> 00:05:19,586 WHICH ENCOMPASS THAT IS 288 00:05:19,586 --> 00:05:21,588 NEIGHBORHOOD AT WELL AS OTHERS 289 00:05:21,588 --> 00:05:22,356 ON THE CITY NORTH WEST SIDE. 290 00:05:22,356 --> 00:05:23,524 >> I THINK 291 00:05:23,524 --> 00:05:24,091 FOLKS IN CLOSE CLOSE 292 00:05:24,091 --> 00:05:25,092 COMMUNITY AND AROUND CLOSE 293 00:05:25,092 --> 00:05:26,326 CLOSE STATE ARE JUST FED UP 294 00:05:26,326 --> 00:05:27,928 WITH THE BROKEN POLITICAL 295 00:05:27,928 --> 00:05:29,029 SYSTEM. IN ILLINOIS. 296 00:05:29,029 --> 00:05:30,330 >>Reporter: HE'S TRYING TO 297 00:05:30,330 --> 00:05:32,332 UNSEAT 12 YEAR INCUMBENT TONY 298 00:05:32,332 --> 00:05:32,733 BARRIOS 299 00:05:32,733 --> 00:05:33,734 . SOMETHING HE 300 00:05:33,734 --> 00:05:34,401 CAME 301 00:05:34,401 --> 00:05:35,636 WITHIN 125 VOTES OF 302 00:05:35,636 --> 00:05:36,503 DOING WHEN 303 00:05:36,503 --> 00:05:37,471 HE RAN TWO YEARS AGO. 304 00:05:37,471 --> 00:05:38,772 >> AND NOW I 305 00:05:38,772 --> 00:05:39,606 ASK FOR YOUR 306 00:05:39,606 --> 00:05:40,440 CONTINUED SUPPORT. 307 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:41,642 >>Reporter: BARRIOS SEEN HERE 308 00:05:41,642 --> 00:05:43,343 IN RECENT CAMPAIGN 309 00:05:43,343 --> 00:05:43,810 COMMERCIAL 310 00:05:43,810 --> 00:05:44,945 WAS NOT AVAILABLE TO BE 311 00:05:44,945 --> 00:05:46,180 INTERVIEWED BY 312 00:05:46,180 --> 00:05:47,014 CHICAGO TONIGHT. 313 00:05:47,014 --> 00:05:48,448 SHE COUNTS HERSELF AS 314 00:05:48,448 --> 00:05:49,449 PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRAT 315 00:05:49,449 --> 00:05:50,350 WHO VOTED 316 00:05:50,350 --> 00:05:51,985 FOR THE SAME SEX MARRIAGE 317 00:05:51,985 --> 00:05:53,487 LEGISLATION BUT AGAINST THE 318 00:05:53,487 --> 00:05:55,155 FINAL PENSION 319 00:05:55,155 --> 00:05:55,856 REFORM DEAL. 320 00:05:55,856 --> 00:05:56,089 HE 321 00:05:56,089 --> 00:05:57,324 SAYS HIS NO. 1 CAUSE 322 00:05:57,324 --> 00:05:57,624 IS TO 323 00:05:57,624 --> 00:05:58,759 REPLACE ILLINOIS 324 00:05:58,759 --> 00:05:59,993 CURRENT 5 325 00:05:59,993 --> 00:06:00,861 PERCENT INCOME TAX WITH A 326 00:06:00,861 --> 00:06:02,296 PROGRESSIVE ONE THAT 327 00:06:02,296 --> 00:06:02,930 TAXES THE 328 00:06:02,930 --> 00:06:04,364 WEALTHY AT HIGHER RATES. 329 00:06:04,364 --> 00:06:05,332 >> I THINK 330 00:06:05,332 --> 00:06:06,233 WE NEED 331 00:06:06,233 --> 00:06:06,567 A FAIR 332 00:06:06,567 --> 00:06:07,701 INCOME TAX IN OUR 333 00:06:07,701 --> 00:06:09,002 STATE. TO 334 00:06:09,002 --> 00:06:10,404 MAKE SURE VERY WEALTHY AND 335 00:06:10,404 --> 00:06:11,205 BIGGEST CORPORATIONS 336 00:06:11,205 --> 00:06:11,805 ARE HELD 337 00:06:11,805 --> 00:06:12,940 ACCOUNTABLE TO PAYING THE FAIR 338 00:06:12,940 --> 00:06:14,107 SHARE AND EASES THE 339 00:06:14,107 --> 00:06:15,175 BURDEN ON 340 00:06:15,175 --> 00:06:16,677 WORKING FAMILY. ON THE ECONOMY 341 00:06:16,677 --> 00:06:17,411 WE HAVE BIG DIFFERENCE. 342 00:06:17,411 --> 00:06:18,245 >>Reporter: THE RACE HATS 343 00:06:18,245 --> 00:06:20,480 TAKEN A NASTY TURN RECENTLY 344 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:21,582 WITH CAMPAIGN FLIERS 345 00:06:21,582 --> 00:06:21,915 ACCUSE 346 00:06:21,915 --> 00:06:22,850 WITH CAMPAIGN FLIERS ACCUSING 347 00:06:22,850 --> 00:06:24,451 HIM OF SUPPORTING LACK 348 00:06:24,451 --> 00:06:25,586 RESTRICTION ON SEXUAL PREDATOR. 349 00:06:25,586 --> 00:06:26,720 >> THEY HAVE ACCUSED 350 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:27,588 ME OF 351 00:06:27,588 --> 00:06:28,755 WANTING TO PROTECT 352 00:06:28,755 --> 00:06:29,323 SEXUAL 353 00:06:29,323 --> 00:06:30,757 OFFENDER'S WHICH IS 354 00:06:30,757 --> 00:06:31,124 PATENTLY 355 00:06:31,124 --> 00:06:32,492 FALSE. I HAVE BEEN VERY CLEAR 356 00:06:32,492 --> 00:06:33,961 OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT I 357 00:06:33,961 --> 00:06:35,195 CERTAINLY HAVE NO INTENTION IN 358 00:06:35,195 --> 00:06:36,630 DOING THAT AND PUBLIC SAFETY IS 359 00:06:36,630 --> 00:06:37,698 A CRUCIAL ISSUE FOR 360 00:06:37,698 --> 00:06:38,332 ME. 361 00:06:38,332 --> 00:06:39,099 >>Reporter: HE'S LAND ADD 362 00:06:39,099 --> 00:06:39,933 NUMBER OF BIG ENDORSEMENT 363 00:06:39,933 --> 00:06:41,502 INCLUDING THE CHICAGO 364 00:06:41,502 --> 00:06:42,469 TEACHER 365 00:06:42,469 --> 00:06:44,238 UNION AND DEMOCRACY 366 00:06:44,238 --> 00:06:44,571 FOR 367 00:06:44,571 --> 00:06:46,006 AMERICA. GRASS ROOTS 368 00:06:46,006 --> 00:06:47,574 ORGANIZATION FOUNDED BY HOWARD 369 00:06:47,574 --> 00:06:49,176 DEAN. ALDERMAN 370 00:06:49,176 --> 00:06:49,943 SCOTT 371 00:06:49,943 --> 00:06:51,612 A-COMMITTEEMAN IN THE DISTRICT 372 00:06:51,612 --> 00:06:52,779 IS ALSO LENDING 373 00:06:52,779 --> 00:06:53,614 HIS SUPPORT. 374 00:06:53,614 --> 00:06:54,648 >> I THINK 375 00:06:54,648 --> 00:06:55,482 HAVING 376 00:06:55,482 --> 00:06:55,983 PEOPLE LIKE 377 00:06:55,983 --> 00:06:57,217 WILL WHO ARE COMING UP 378 00:06:57,217 --> 00:06:57,584 THROUGH 379 00:06:57,584 --> 00:06:59,052 THE SYSTEM THE SAME WAY I DID 380 00:06:59,052 --> 00:07:00,087 AND 381 00:07:00,087 --> 00:07:00,921 SOME OF THE OTHER NEWLY 382 00:07:00,921 --> 00:07:02,189 ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO WANT 383 00:07:02,189 --> 00:07:03,023 TO 384 00:07:03,023 --> 00:07:04,458 CHANGE GOVERNMENT, WHO WANT TO 385 00:07:04,458 --> 00:07:05,893 DO THINGS BETTER IN THE CITY OF 386 00:07:05,893 --> 00:07:07,661 CHICAGO I THINK HE'S THE 387 00:07:07,661 --> 00:07:08,295 PERFECT CANDIDATE 388 00:07:08,295 --> 00:07:09,663 TO DO THAT. 389 00:07:09,663 --> 00:07:10,964 >>Reporter: BARRIOS CAN COUNT 390 00:07:10,964 --> 00:07:12,132 A FEW ENDORSEMENT OF 391 00:07:12,132 --> 00:07:12,966 HER OWN 392 00:07:12,966 --> 00:07:14,201 COOK COUNTY PRESIDENT 393 00:07:14,201 --> 00:07:15,002 AND THE 394 00:07:15,002 --> 00:07:15,969 BIGGEST FISH HER FATHER. COOK 395 00:07:15,969 --> 00:07:17,538 COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY 396 00:07:17,538 --> 00:07:18,539 CHAIRMAN JOE BARRIOS 397 00:07:18,539 --> 00:07:19,072 . 398 00:07:19,072 --> 00:07:20,374 >> I THINK SHE'S DONE A 399 00:07:20,374 --> 00:07:21,675 FABULOUS JOB IN SPRINGFIELD 400 00:07:21,675 --> 00:07:21,909 . 401 00:07:21,909 --> 00:07:23,744 LOOK AT THE VOTING 402 00:07:23,744 --> 00:07:24,578 RECORD ON 403 00:07:24,578 --> 00:07:25,979 MARRIAGE AND ON THE TAX ISSUE 404 00:07:25,979 --> 00:07:27,214 AND ON THE UNION 405 00:07:27,214 --> 00:07:28,282 ISSUE DOWN 406 00:07:28,282 --> 00:07:28,549 IN 407 00:07:28,549 --> 00:07:29,650 SPRINGFIELD SHE HAS BEEN A 408 00:07:29,650 --> 00:07:30,951 LEADER AND WORKING VERY HARD TO 409 00:07:30,951 --> 00:07:32,486 MAKE SURE SHE REPRESENTS HER 410 00:07:32,486 --> 00:07:32,886 COMMUNITY. 411 00:07:32,886 --> 00:07:33,453 >>Reporter: BARRIOS 412 00:07:33,453 --> 00:07:34,655 ENDORSEMENT 413 00:07:34,655 --> 00:07:35,856 CARRIES SIGNIFICANT 414 00:07:35,856 --> 00:07:36,657 INFLUENCE BUT THE RACE HAS 415 00:07:36,657 --> 00:07:37,691 SETOFF A 416 00:07:37,691 --> 00:07:38,692 WAR WITHIN THE 417 00:07:38,692 --> 00:07:39,560 PARTY. 418 00:07:39,560 --> 00:07:40,961 THE COOK COUNTY DEMOCRATIC 419 00:07:40,961 --> 00:07:42,896 PARTY HAS FORMALLY ENDORSED 420 00:07:42,896 --> 00:07:43,330 REPRESENTATIVE 421 00:07:43,330 --> 00:07:44,331 BAR WHY IS FOR 422 00:07:44,331 --> 00:07:45,399 REELECTION. BUT SOM 423 00:07:45,399 --> 00:07:45,632 E 424 00:07:45,632 --> 00:07:47,201 COMMITTEEMEN 425 00:07:47,201 --> 00:07:47,601 SLASH 426 00:07:47,601 --> 00:07:48,435 AL DEAR MEN 427 00:07:48,435 --> 00:07:49,570 STEPPED OUT IN SUPPORT OF WILL. 428 00:07:49,570 --> 00:07:51,071 THEY SAY THAT'S CAUSED 429 00:07:51,071 --> 00:07:51,538 JOE BAR 430 00:07:51,538 --> 00:07:52,706 WHY IS TO RETALIATE 431 00:07:52,706 --> 00:07:53,540 AGAINST 432 00:07:53,540 --> 00:07:54,708 THEM. 433 00:07:54,708 --> 00:07:55,409 SCOTT SAYS 434 00:07:55,409 --> 00:07:56,443 HE AND OTHERS 435 00:07:56,443 --> 00:07:58,679 LIKE ALDERMAN 436 00:07:58,679 --> 00:07:59,046 JOHN AND 437 00:07:59,046 --> 00:07:59,580 JOE HAVE 438 00:07:59,580 --> 00:08:01,281 BEEN CUT OFF FROM A DATABASE 439 00:08:01,281 --> 00:08:01,682 OF 440 00:08:01,682 --> 00:08:02,916 VOTER INFORMATION THAT THEY 441 00:08:02,916 --> 00:08:04,318 NORMALLY HAVE ACCESS TO. 442 00:08:04,318 --> 00:08:06,253 >> BASICALLY 443 00:08:06,253 --> 00:08:07,855 TELLING DEMOCRATIC 444 00:08:07,855 --> 00:08:08,922 PARTY ELECTED OFFICIALS YOU 445 00:08:08,922 --> 00:08:09,656 KNOW YOU ARE 446 00:08:09,656 --> 00:08:10,524 CUT OFF BECAUSE 447 00:08:10,524 --> 00:08:11,758 YOU DON'T DO WHAT WE TELL YOU 448 00:08:11,758 --> 00:08:12,025 TO. 449 00:08:12,025 --> 00:08:12,926 >>Reporter: BARRIOS DENIES 450 00:08:12,926 --> 00:08:14,294 THAT IT'S RETALIATION AND 451 00:08:14,294 --> 00:08:14,928 SAYS 452 00:08:14,928 --> 00:08:16,463 THE SYSTEM IS IN THE MIDST OF 453 00:08:16,463 --> 00:08:16,897 AN OVERHAUL. 454 00:08:16,897 --> 00:08:18,398 >> NO ONE HAS ACCESS. I DON'T 455 00:08:18,398 --> 00:08:19,333 HAVE 456 00:08:19,333 --> 00:08:20,133 ACCESS SO 457 00:08:20,133 --> 00:08:20,968 IF I DON'T HAVE 458 00:08:20,968 --> 00:08:22,269 ACCESS, HOW CAN I GIVE 459 00:08:22,269 --> 00:08:23,504 THEM 460 00:08:23,504 --> 00:08:23,871 ACCESS? 461 00:08:23,871 --> 00:08:25,672 >>Reporter: ALDERMAN MORENO 462 00:08:25,672 --> 00:08:27,474 SAYS FALLING IN LINE 463 00:08:27,474 --> 00:08:27,908 WITH PARTY 464 00:08:27,908 --> 00:08:29,176 BOSS ON EVERY 465 00:08:29,176 --> 00:08:29,810 ISSUE IS 466 00:08:29,810 --> 00:08:30,844 ANTIQUATED WAY OF DOING 467 00:08:30,844 --> 00:08:32,546 BUSINESS FICHLT THEY WANT TO BE 468 00:08:32,546 --> 00:08:33,580 INDEPENDENT GO AHEAD AND FORM 469 00:08:33,580 --> 00:08:34,982 YOUR OWN PARTY. WHY 470 00:08:34,982 --> 00:08:35,449 DO YOU 471 00:08:35,449 --> 00:08:36,884 HAVE TO SAY YOU ARE PART OF THE 472 00:08:36,884 --> 00:08:38,485 DEMOCRATIC PARTY HERE IN COOK 473 00:08:38,485 --> 00:08:39,887 COUNTY THEN DECIDE TO GO A 474 00:08:39,887 --> 00:08:40,521 DIFFERENT WAY. IF YOU ARE 475 00:08:40,521 --> 00:08:42,422 GOING TO PARTICIPATE AND CAST 476 00:08:42,422 --> 00:08:43,557 YOUR VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATE 477 00:08:43,557 --> 00:08:44,725 THAT WE ARE ENDORSING 478 00:08:44,725 --> 00:08:45,359 THEN YOU 479 00:08:45,359 --> 00:08:46,560 SUPPORT THOSE INDIVIDUALS 480 00:08:46,560 --> 00:08:46,894 . 481 00:08:46,894 --> 00:08:47,828 >>Reporter: PARTY SUPPORT OR 482 00:08:47,828 --> 00:08:49,429 NOT BARRIOS ADMITS THE 483 00:08:49,429 --> 00:08:49,763 RACE 484 00:08:49,763 --> 00:08:51,331 WILL BE DIFFICULT BUT HIS 485 00:08:51,331 --> 00:08:52,366 INFLUENCE WILL BE FELT ON 486 00:08:52,366 --> 00:08:52,966 ELECTION DAY. 487 00:08:52,966 --> 00:08:53,800 >> 488 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:55,102 WE HAVE GOT PEOPLE ON THE 489 00:08:55,102 --> 00:08:57,004 STREET. I HAVE CALLED ON MANY 490 00:08:57,004 --> 00:08:57,771 OF MY 491 00:08:57,771 --> 00:08:58,839 FRIENDS AND ASSOCIATES 492 00:08:58,839 --> 00:08:59,973 PLEASE COME OUT AND HELP IN 493 00:08:59,973 --> 00:09:01,775 THIS ELECTION. WE TOOK IT FOR 494 00:09:01,775 --> 00:09:02,876 GRANTED TWO YEARS AGO. WE ARE 495 00:09:02,876 --> 00:09:03,911 IF THE TAKING IT FOR GRANTED 496 00:09:03,911 --> 00:09:04,912 THIS TIME. 497 00:09:05,412 --> 00:09:06,513 >>Reporter: WILL SAYS HE WILL 498 00:09:06,513 --> 00:09:07,948 COUNTER ON ELECTION DAY WITH 499 00:09:07,948 --> 00:09:09,116 HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS ON HIS 500 00:09:09,116 --> 00:09:11,785 OWN. FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT, 501 00:09:11,785 --> 00:09:12,419 THIS 502 00:09:12,419 --> 00:09:13,020 IS PARIS 503 00:09:13,020 --> 00:09:13,387 . 504 00:09:13,387 --> 00:09:15,622 >> JOE BARRIOS SENT A LETTER TO 505 00:09:15,622 --> 00:09:16,990 ALL COMMITTEEMEN SAYING ACCESS 506 00:09:16,990 --> 00:09:18,192 TO THE VOTER DATABASE NOW 507 00:09:18,192 --> 00:09:18,992 GOES 508 00:09:18,992 --> 00:09:19,760 THROUGH STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTY 509 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:20,661 CHAIRMAN 510 00:09:20,661 --> 00:09:22,329 MIKE MAD BEGAN. BUT 511 00:09:22,329 --> 00:09:23,463 SOME COMMITTEEMEN 512 00:09:23,463 --> 00:09:24,364 SAY MAD GAN 513 00:09:24,364 --> 00:09:25,232 HAS SHUT 514 00:09:25,232 --> 00:09:29,232 THEM OUT MR.