WEBVTT 00:03.637 --> 00:04.872 IT IS PRIMARY RACE PITTING 00:04.872 --> 00:06.173 26-YEAR-OLD UP START AGAINST 00:06.173 --> 00:06.607 AN 00:06.607 --> 00:07.808 INCUMBENT WITH A 00:07.808 --> 00:08.675 PROMINENT NAME 00:08.675 --> 00:10.043 AND THOUGH THEY ARE BOTH 00:10.043 --> 00:10.777 BATTLING FOR A STATE 00:10.777 --> 00:11.812 LEGISLATIVE SEAT 00:11.812 --> 00:13.180 , IT'S CAUSING 00:13.180 --> 00:14.615 NATIONAL FIGURE LIKE HOWARD 00:14.615 --> 00:16.350 DEAN AND COOK COUNTY 00:16.350 --> 00:16.683 MOST 00:16.683 --> 00:18.519 POWERFUL DEMOCRAT TO WEIGH IN 00:18.519 --> 00:18.952 . 00:18.952 --> 00:19.720 WHY IS THIS RACE GET 00:19.720 --> 00:21.121 THANKSGIVING KIND OF ATTENTION 00:21.121 --> 00:21.555 . 00:21.555 --> 00:22.856 PARISH EXPLAINS. 00:22.856 --> 00:24.491 >> 00:24.491 --> 00:25.659 26-YEAR-OLD 00:25.659 --> 00:26.593 WILL GREET 00:26.593 --> 00:27.628 SUPPORTERS AT CAMPAIGN 00:27.628 --> 00:28.896 EVENT IN 00:28.896 --> 00:29.563 LOGAN SQUARE. 00:29.563 --> 00:30.497 >> I WAS IN THE MIDDLE. 00:30.497 --> 00:31.698 >>Reporter: HE'S RUNNING 00:31.698 --> 00:32.599 AS AN 00:32.599 --> 00:34.034 INDEPENDENT DEMOCRAT IN THE 39 00:34.034 --> 00:36.036 STATE LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT. 00:36.036 --> 00:36.637 WHICH ENCOMPASS THAT IS 00:36.637 --> 00:38.639 NEIGHBORHOOD AT WELL AS OTHERS 00:38.639 --> 00:39.406 ON THE CITY NORTH WEST SIDE. 00:39.406 --> 00:40.574 >> I THINK 00:40.574 --> 00:41.141 FOLKS IN CLOSE CLOSE 00:41.141 --> 00:42.142 COMMUNITY AND AROUND CLOSE 00:42.142 --> 00:43.377 CLOSE STATE ARE JUST FED UP 00:43.377 --> 00:44.978 WITH THE BROKEN POLITICAL 00:44.978 --> 00:46.079 SYSTEM. IN ILLINOIS. 00:46.079 --> 00:47.381 >>Reporter: HE'S TRYING TO 00:47.381 --> 00:49.383 UNSEAT 12 YEAR INCUMBENT TONY 00:49.383 --> 00:49.783 BARRIOS 00:49.783 --> 00:50.784 . SOMETHING HE 00:50.784 --> 00:51.451 CAME 00:51.451 --> 00:52.686 WITHIN 125 VOTES OF 00:52.686 --> 00:53.554 DOING WHEN 00:53.554 --> 00:54.521 HE RAN TWO YEARS AGO. 00:54.521 --> 00:55.822 >> AND NOW I 00:55.822 --> 00:56.657 ASK FOR YOUR 00:56.657 --> 00:57.491 CONTINUED SUPPORT. 00:57.491 --> 00:58.692 >>Reporter: BARRIOS SEEN HERE 00:58.692 --> 01:00.394 IN RECENT CAMPAIGN 01:00.394 --> 01:00.861 COMMERCIAL 01:00.861 --> 01:01.995 WAS NOT AVAILABLE TO BE 01:01.995 --> 01:03.230 INTERVIEWED BY 01:03.230 --> 01:04.064 CHICAGO TONIGHT. 01:04.064 --> 01:05.499 SHE COUNTS HERSELF AS 01:05.499 --> 01:06.500 PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRAT 01:06.500 --> 01:07.401 WHO VOTED 01:07.401 --> 01:09.036 FOR THE SAME SEX MARRIAGE 01:09.036 --> 01:10.537 LEGISLATION BUT AGAINST THE 01:10.537 --> 01:12.206 FINAL PENSION 01:12.206 --> 01:12.906 REFORM DEAL. 01:12.906 --> 01:13.140 HE 01:13.140 --> 01:14.374 SAYS HIS NO. 1 CAUSE 01:14.374 --> 01:14.675 IS TO 01:14.675 --> 01:15.809 REPLACE ILLINOIS 01:15.809 --> 01:17.044 CURRENT 5 01:17.044 --> 01:17.911 PERCENT INCOME TAX WITH A 01:17.911 --> 01:19.346 PROGRESSIVE ONE THAT 01:19.346 --> 01:19.980 TAXES THE 01:19.980 --> 01:21.415 WEALTHY AT HIGHER RATES. 01:21.415 --> 01:22.382 >> I THINK 01:22.382 --> 01:23.283 WE NEED 01:23.283 --> 01:23.617 A FAIR 01:23.617 --> 01:24.751 INCOME TAX IN OUR 01:24.751 --> 01:26.053 STATE. TO 01:26.053 --> 01:27.454 MAKE SURE VERY WEALTHY AND 01:27.454 --> 01:28.255 BIGGEST CORPORATIONS 01:28.255 --> 01:28.856 ARE HELD 01:28.856 --> 01:29.990 ACCOUNTABLE TO PAYING THE FAIR 01:29.990 --> 01:31.158 SHARE AND EASES THE 01:31.158 --> 01:32.226 BURDEN ON 01:32.226 --> 01:33.727 WORKING FAMILY. ON THE ECONOMY 01:33.727 --> 01:34.461 WE HAVE BIG DIFFERENCE. 01:34.461 --> 01:35.295 >>Reporter: THE RACE HATS 01:35.295 --> 01:37.531 TAKEN A NASTY TURN RECENTLY 01:37.531 --> 01:38.632 WITH CAMPAIGN FLIERS 01:38.632 --> 01:38.966 ACCUSE 01:38.966 --> 01:39.900 WITH CAMPAIGN FLIERS ACCUSING 01:39.900 --> 01:41.502 HIM OF SUPPORTING LACK 01:41.502 --> 01:42.636 RESTRICTION ON SEXUAL PREDATOR. 01:42.636 --> 01:43.770 >> THEY HAVE ACCUSED 01:43.770 --> 01:44.638 ME OF 01:44.638 --> 01:45.806 WANTING TO PROTECT 01:45.806 --> 01:46.373 SEXUAL 01:46.373 --> 01:47.808 OFFENDER'S WHICH IS 01:47.808 --> 01:48.175 PATENTLY 01:48.175 --> 01:49.543 FALSE. I HAVE BEEN VERY CLEAR 01:49.543 --> 01:51.011 OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT I 01:51.011 --> 01:52.246 CERTAINLY HAVE NO INTENTION IN 01:52.246 --> 01:53.680 DOING THAT AND PUBLIC SAFETY IS 01:53.680 --> 01:54.748 A CRUCIAL ISSUE FOR 01:54.748 --> 01:55.382 ME. 01:55.382 --> 01:56.149 >>Reporter: HE'S LAND ADD 01:56.149 --> 01:56.984 NUMBER OF BIG ENDORSEMENT 01:56.984 --> 01:58.552 INCLUDING THE CHICAGO 01:58.552 --> 01:59.520 TEACHER 01:59.520 --> 02:01.288 UNION AND DEMOCRACY 02:01.288 --> 02:01.622 FOR 02:01.622 --> 02:03.056 AMERICA. GRASS ROOTS 02:03.056 --> 02:04.625 ORGANIZATION FOUNDED BY HOWARD 02:04.625 --> 02:06.226 DEAN. ALDERMAN 02:06.226 --> 02:06.994 SCOTT 02:06.994 --> 02:08.662 A-COMMITTEEMAN IN THE DISTRICT 02:08.662 --> 02:09.830 IS ALSO LENDING 02:09.830 --> 02:10.664 HIS SUPPORT. 02:10.664 --> 02:11.698 >> I THINK 02:11.698 --> 02:12.533 HAVING 02:12.533 --> 02:13.033 PEOPLE LIKE 02:13.033 --> 02:14.268 WILL WHO ARE COMING UP 02:14.268 --> 02:14.635 THROUGH 02:14.635 --> 02:16.103 THE SYSTEM THE SAME WAY I DID 02:16.103 --> 02:17.137 AND 02:17.137 --> 02:17.971 SOME OF THE OTHER NEWLY 02:17.971 --> 02:19.239 ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO WANT 02:19.239 --> 02:20.073 TO 02:20.073 --> 02:21.508 CHANGE GOVERNMENT, WHO WANT TO 02:21.508 --> 02:22.943 DO THINGS BETTER IN THE CITY OF 02:22.943 --> 02:24.711 CHICAGO I THINK HE'S THE 02:24.711 --> 02:25.345 PERFECT CANDIDATE 02:25.345 --> 02:26.713 TO DO THAT. 02:26.713 --> 02:28.015 >>Reporter: BARRIOS CAN COUNT 02:28.015 --> 02:29.183 A FEW ENDORSEMENT OF 02:29.183 --> 02:30.017 HER OWN 02:30.017 --> 02:31.251 COOK COUNTY PRESIDENT 02:31.251 --> 02:32.052 AND THE 02:32.052 --> 02:33.020 BIGGEST FISH HER FATHER. COOK 02:33.020 --> 02:34.588 COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY 02:34.588 --> 02:35.589 CHAIRMAN JOE BARRIOS 02:35.589 --> 02:36.123 . 02:36.123 --> 02:37.424 >> I THINK SHE'S DONE A 02:37.424 --> 02:38.725 FABULOUS JOB IN SPRINGFIELD 02:38.725 --> 02:38.959 . 02:38.959 --> 02:40.794 LOOK AT THE VOTING 02:40.794 --> 02:41.628 RECORD ON 02:41.628 --> 02:43.030 MARRIAGE AND ON THE TAX ISSUE 02:43.030 --> 02:44.264 AND ON THE UNION 02:44.264 --> 02:45.332 ISSUE DOWN 02:45.332 --> 02:45.599 IN 02:45.599 --> 02:46.700 SPRINGFIELD SHE HAS BEEN A 02:46.700 --> 02:48.001 LEADER AND WORKING VERY HARD TO 02:48.001 --> 02:49.536 MAKE SURE SHE REPRESENTS HER 02:49.536 --> 02:49.937 COMMUNITY. 02:49.937 --> 02:50.504 >>Reporter: BARRIOS 02:50.504 --> 02:51.705 ENDORSEMENT 02:51.705 --> 02:52.906 CARRIES SIGNIFICANT 02:52.906 --> 02:53.707 INFLUENCE BUT THE RACE HAS 02:53.707 --> 02:54.741 SETOFF A 02:54.741 --> 02:55.742 WAR WITHIN THE 02:55.742 --> 02:56.610 PARTY. 02:56.610 --> 02:58.011 THE COOK COUNTY DEMOCRATIC 02:58.011 --> 02:59.947 PARTY HAS FORMALLY ENDORSED 02:59.947 --> 03:00.380 REPRESENTATIVE 03:00.380 --> 03:01.381 BAR WHY IS FOR 03:01.381 --> 03:02.449 REELECTION. BUT SOM 03:02.449 --> 03:02.683 E 03:02.683 --> 03:04.251 COMMITTEEMEN 03:04.251 --> 03:04.651 SLASH 03:04.651 --> 03:05.485 AL DEAR MEN 03:05.485 --> 03:06.620 STEPPED OUT IN SUPPORT OF WILL. 03:06.620 --> 03:08.121 THEY SAY THAT'S CAUSED 03:08.121 --> 03:08.589 JOE BAR 03:08.589 --> 03:09.756 WHY IS TO RETALIATE 03:09.756 --> 03:10.591 AGAINST 03:10.591 --> 03:11.758 THEM. 03:11.758 --> 03:12.459 SCOTT SAYS 03:12.459 --> 03:13.493 HE AND OTHERS 03:13.493 --> 03:15.729 LIKE ALDERMAN 03:15.729 --> 03:16.096 JOHN AND 03:16.096 --> 03:16.630 JOE HAVE 03:16.630 --> 03:18.332 BEEN CUT OFF FROM A DATABASE 03:18.332 --> 03:18.732 OF 03:18.732 --> 03:19.967 VOTER INFORMATION THAT THEY 03:19.967 --> 03:21.368 NORMALLY HAVE ACCESS TO. 03:21.368 --> 03:23.303 >> BASICALLY 03:23.303 --> 03:24.905 TELLING DEMOCRATIC 03:24.905 --> 03:25.973 PARTY ELECTED OFFICIALS YOU 03:25.973 --> 03:26.707 KNOW YOU ARE 03:26.707 --> 03:27.574 CUT OFF BECAUSE 03:27.574 --> 03:28.809 YOU DON'T DO WHAT WE TELL YOU 03:28.809 --> 03:29.076 TO. 03:29.076 --> 03:29.977 >>Reporter: BARRIOS DENIES 03:29.977 --> 03:31.345 THAT IT'S RETALIATION AND 03:31.345 --> 03:31.979 SAYS 03:31.979 --> 03:33.514 THE SYSTEM IS IN THE MIDST OF 03:33.514 --> 03:33.947 AN OVERHAUL. 03:33.947 --> 03:35.449 >> NO ONE HAS ACCESS. I DON'T 03:35.449 --> 03:36.383 HAVE 03:36.383 --> 03:37.184 ACCESS SO 03:37.184 --> 03:38.018 IF I DON'T HAVE 03:38.018 --> 03:39.319 ACCESS, HOW CAN I GIVE 03:39.319 --> 03:40.554 THEM 03:40.554 --> 03:40.921 ACCESS? 03:40.921 --> 03:42.723 >>Reporter: ALDERMAN MORENO 03:42.723 --> 03:44.525 SAYS FALLING IN LINE 03:44.525 --> 03:44.958 WITH PARTY 03:44.958 --> 03:46.226 BOSS ON EVERY 03:46.226 --> 03:46.860 ISSUE IS 03:46.860 --> 03:47.895 ANTIQUATED WAY OF DOING 03:47.895 --> 03:49.596 BUSINESS FICHLT THEY WANT TO BE 03:49.596 --> 03:50.631 INDEPENDENT GO AHEAD AND FORM 03:50.631 --> 03:52.032 YOUR OWN PARTY. WHY 03:52.032 --> 03:52.499 DO YOU 03:52.499 --> 03:53.934 HAVE TO SAY YOU ARE PART OF THE 03:53.934 --> 03:55.536 DEMOCRATIC PARTY HERE IN COOK 03:55.536 --> 03:56.937 COUNTY THEN DECIDE TO GO A 03:56.937 --> 03:57.571 DIFFERENT WAY. IF YOU ARE 03:57.571 --> 03:59.473 GOING TO PARTICIPATE AND CAST 03:59.473 --> 04:00.607 YOUR VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATE 04:00.607 --> 04:01.775 THAT WE ARE ENDORSING 04:01.775 --> 04:02.409 THEN YOU 04:02.409 --> 04:03.610 SUPPORT THOSE INDIVIDUALS 04:03.610 --> 04:03.944 . 04:03.944 --> 04:04.878 >>Reporter: PARTY SUPPORT OR 04:04.878 --> 04:06.480 NOT BARRIOS ADMITS THE 04:06.480 --> 04:06.813 RACE 04:06.813 --> 04:08.382 WILL BE DIFFICULT BUT HIS 04:08.382 --> 04:09.416 INFLUENCE WILL BE FELT ON 04:09.416 --> 04:10.017 ELECTION DAY. 04:10.017 --> 04:10.851 >> 04:10.851 --> 04:12.152 WE HAVE GOT PEOPLE ON THE 04:12.152 --> 04:14.054 STREET. I HAVE CALLED ON MANY 04:14.054 --> 04:14.821 OF MY 04:14.821 --> 04:15.889 FRIENDS AND ASSOCIATES 04:15.889 --> 04:17.024 PLEASE COME OUT AND HELP IN 04:17.024 --> 04:18.825 THIS ELECTION. WE TOOK IT FOR 04:18.825 --> 04:19.927 GRANTED TWO YEARS AGO. WE ARE 04:19.927 --> 04:20.961 IF THE TAKING IT FOR GRANTED 04:20.961 --> 04:21.962 THIS TIME. 04:22.462 --> 04:23.564 >>Reporter: WILL SAYS HE WILL 04:23.564 --> 04:24.998 COUNTER ON ELECTION DAY WITH 04:24.998 --> 04:26.166 HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS ON HIS 04:26.166 --> 04:28.836 OWN. FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT, 04:28.836 --> 04:29.469 THIS 04:29.469 --> 04:30.070 IS PARIS 04:30.070 --> 04:30.437 . 04:30.437 --> 04:32.673 >> JOE BARRIOS SENT A LETTER TO 04:32.673 --> 04:34.041 ALL COMMITTEEMEN SAYING ACCESS 04:34.041 --> 04:35.242 TO THE VOTER DATABASE NOW 04:35.242 --> 04:36.043 GOES 04:36.043 --> 04:36.810 THROUGH STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTY 04:36.810 --> 04:37.711 CHAIRMAN 04:37.711 --> 04:39.379 MIKE MAD BEGAN. BUT 04:39.379 --> 04:40.514 SOME COMMITTEEMEN 04:40.514 --> 04:41.415 SAY MAD GAN 04:41.415 --> 04:42.282 HAS SHUT 04:42.282 --> 04:46.119 THEM OUT MR. 04:46.587 --> 04:47.821 IT IS PRIMARY RACE PITTING 04:47.821 --> 04:49.122 26-YEAR-OLD UP START AGAINST 04:49.122 --> 04:49.556 AN 04:49.556 --> 04:50.757 INCUMBENT WITH A 04:50.757 --> 04:51.625 PROMINENT NAME 04:51.625 --> 04:52.993 AND THOUGH THEY ARE BOTH 04:52.993 --> 04:53.727 BATTLING FOR A STATE 04:53.727 --> 04:54.761 LEGISLATIVE SEAT 04:54.761 --> 04:56.129 , IT'S CAUSING 04:56.129 --> 04:57.564 NATIONAL FIGURE LIKE HOWARD 04:57.564 --> 04:59.299 DEAN AND COOK COUNTY 04:59.299 --> 04:59.633 MOST 04:59.633 --> 05:01.468 POWERFUL DEMOCRAT TO WEIGH IN 05:01.468 --> 05:01.902 . 05:01.902 --> 05:02.669 WHY IS THIS RACE GET 05:02.669 --> 05:04.071 THANKSGIVING KIND OF ATTENTION 05:04.071 --> 05:04.505 . 05:04.505 --> 05:05.806 PARISH EXPLAINS. 05:05.806 --> 05:07.441 >> 05:07.441 --> 05:08.609 26-YEAR-OLD 05:08.609 --> 05:09.543 WILL GREET 05:09.543 --> 05:10.577 SUPPORTERS AT CAMPAIGN 05:10.577 --> 05:11.845 EVENT IN 05:11.845 --> 05:12.513 LOGAN SQUARE. 05:12.513 --> 05:13.447 >> I WAS IN THE MIDDLE. 05:13.447 --> 05:14.648 >>Reporter: HE'S RUNNING 05:14.648 --> 05:15.549 AS AN 05:15.549 --> 05:16.984 INDEPENDENT DEMOCRAT IN THE 39 05:16.984 --> 05:18.986 STATE LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT. 05:18.986 --> 05:19.586 WHICH ENCOMPASS THAT IS 05:19.586 --> 05:21.588 NEIGHBORHOOD AT WELL AS OTHERS 05:21.588 --> 05:22.356 ON THE CITY NORTH WEST SIDE. 05:22.356 --> 05:23.524 >> I THINK 05:23.524 --> 05:24.091 FOLKS IN CLOSE CLOSE 05:24.091 --> 05:25.092 COMMUNITY AND AROUND CLOSE 05:25.092 --> 05:26.326 CLOSE STATE ARE JUST FED UP 05:26.326 --> 05:27.928 WITH THE BROKEN POLITICAL 05:27.928 --> 05:29.029 SYSTEM. IN ILLINOIS. 05:29.029 --> 05:30.330 >>Reporter: HE'S TRYING TO 05:30.330 --> 05:32.332 UNSEAT 12 YEAR INCUMBENT TONY 05:32.332 --> 05:32.733 BARRIOS 05:32.733 --> 05:33.734 . SOMETHING HE 05:33.734 --> 05:34.401 CAME 05:34.401 --> 05:35.636 WITHIN 125 VOTES OF 05:35.636 --> 05:36.503 DOING WHEN 05:36.503 --> 05:37.471 HE RAN TWO YEARS AGO. 05:37.471 --> 05:38.772 >> AND NOW I 05:38.772 --> 05:39.606 ASK FOR YOUR 05:39.606 --> 05:40.440 CONTINUED SUPPORT. 05:40.440 --> 05:41.642 >>Reporter: BARRIOS SEEN HERE 05:41.642 --> 05:43.343 IN RECENT CAMPAIGN 05:43.343 --> 05:43.810 COMMERCIAL 05:43.810 --> 05:44.945 WAS NOT AVAILABLE TO BE 05:44.945 --> 05:46.180 INTERVIEWED BY 05:46.180 --> 05:47.014 CHICAGO TONIGHT. 05:47.014 --> 05:48.448 SHE COUNTS HERSELF AS 05:48.448 --> 05:49.449 PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRAT 05:49.449 --> 05:50.350 WHO VOTED 05:50.350 --> 05:51.985 FOR THE SAME SEX MARRIAGE 05:51.985 --> 05:53.487 LEGISLATION BUT AGAINST THE 05:53.487 --> 05:55.155 FINAL PENSION 05:55.155 --> 05:55.856 REFORM DEAL. 05:55.856 --> 05:56.089 HE 05:56.089 --> 05:57.324 SAYS HIS NO. 1 CAUSE 05:57.324 --> 05:57.624 IS TO 05:57.624 --> 05:58.759 REPLACE ILLINOIS 05:58.759 --> 05:59.993 CURRENT 5 05:59.993 --> 06:00.861 PERCENT INCOME TAX WITH A 06:00.861 --> 06:02.296 PROGRESSIVE ONE THAT 06:02.296 --> 06:02.930 TAXES THE 06:02.930 --> 06:04.364 WEALTHY AT HIGHER RATES. 06:04.364 --> 06:05.332 >> I THINK 06:05.332 --> 06:06.233 WE NEED 06:06.233 --> 06:06.567 A FAIR 06:06.567 --> 06:07.701 INCOME TAX IN OUR 06:07.701 --> 06:09.002 STATE. TO 06:09.002 --> 06:10.404 MAKE SURE VERY WEALTHY AND 06:10.404 --> 06:11.205 BIGGEST CORPORATIONS 06:11.205 --> 06:11.805 ARE HELD 06:11.805 --> 06:12.940 ACCOUNTABLE TO PAYING THE FAIR 06:12.940 --> 06:14.107 SHARE AND EASES THE 06:14.107 --> 06:15.175 BURDEN ON 06:15.175 --> 06:16.677 WORKING FAMILY. ON THE ECONOMY 06:16.677 --> 06:17.411 WE HAVE BIG DIFFERENCE. 06:17.411 --> 06:18.245 >>Reporter: THE RACE HATS 06:18.245 --> 06:20.480 TAKEN A NASTY TURN RECENTLY 06:20.480 --> 06:21.582 WITH CAMPAIGN FLIERS 06:21.582 --> 06:21.915 ACCUSE 06:21.915 --> 06:22.850 WITH CAMPAIGN FLIERS ACCUSING 06:22.850 --> 06:24.451 HIM OF SUPPORTING LACK 06:24.451 --> 06:25.586 RESTRICTION ON SEXUAL PREDATOR. 06:25.586 --> 06:26.720 >> THEY HAVE ACCUSED 06:26.720 --> 06:27.588 ME OF 06:27.588 --> 06:28.755 WANTING TO PROTECT 06:28.755 --> 06:29.323 SEXUAL 06:29.323 --> 06:30.757 OFFENDER'S WHICH IS 06:30.757 --> 06:31.124 PATENTLY 06:31.124 --> 06:32.492 FALSE. I HAVE BEEN VERY CLEAR 06:32.492 --> 06:33.961 OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT I 06:33.961 --> 06:35.195 CERTAINLY HAVE NO INTENTION IN 06:35.195 --> 06:36.630 DOING THAT AND PUBLIC SAFETY IS 06:36.630 --> 06:37.698 A CRUCIAL ISSUE FOR 06:37.698 --> 06:38.332 ME. 06:38.332 --> 06:39.099 >>Reporter: HE'S LAND ADD 06:39.099 --> 06:39.933 NUMBER OF BIG ENDORSEMENT 06:39.933 --> 06:41.502 INCLUDING THE CHICAGO 06:41.502 --> 06:42.469 TEACHER 06:42.469 --> 06:44.238 UNION AND DEMOCRACY 06:44.238 --> 06:44.571 FOR 06:44.571 --> 06:46.006 AMERICA. GRASS ROOTS 06:46.006 --> 06:47.574 ORGANIZATION FOUNDED BY HOWARD 06:47.574 --> 06:49.176 DEAN. ALDERMAN 06:49.176 --> 06:49.943 SCOTT 06:49.943 --> 06:51.612 A-COMMITTEEMAN IN THE DISTRICT 06:51.612 --> 06:52.779 IS ALSO LENDING 06:52.779 --> 06:53.614 HIS SUPPORT. 06:53.614 --> 06:54.648 >> I THINK 06:54.648 --> 06:55.482 HAVING 06:55.482 --> 06:55.983 PEOPLE LIKE 06:55.983 --> 06:57.217 WILL WHO ARE COMING UP 06:57.217 --> 06:57.584 THROUGH 06:57.584 --> 06:59.052 THE SYSTEM THE SAME WAY I DID 06:59.052 --> 07:00.087 AND 07:00.087 --> 07:00.921 SOME OF THE OTHER NEWLY 07:00.921 --> 07:02.189 ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO WANT 07:02.189 --> 07:03.023 TO 07:03.023 --> 07:04.458 CHANGE GOVERNMENT, WHO WANT TO 07:04.458 --> 07:05.893 DO THINGS BETTER IN THE CITY OF 07:05.893 --> 07:07.661 CHICAGO I THINK HE'S THE 07:07.661 --> 07:08.295 PERFECT CANDIDATE 07:08.295 --> 07:09.663 TO DO THAT. 07:09.663 --> 07:10.964 >>Reporter: BARRIOS CAN COUNT 07:10.964 --> 07:12.132 A FEW ENDORSEMENT OF 07:12.132 --> 07:12.966 HER OWN 07:12.966 --> 07:14.201 COOK COUNTY PRESIDENT 07:14.201 --> 07:15.002 AND THE 07:15.002 --> 07:15.969 BIGGEST FISH HER FATHER. COOK 07:15.969 --> 07:17.538 COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY 07:17.538 --> 07:18.539 CHAIRMAN JOE BARRIOS 07:18.539 --> 07:19.072 . 07:19.072 --> 07:20.374 >> I THINK SHE'S DONE A 07:20.374 --> 07:21.675 FABULOUS JOB IN SPRINGFIELD 07:21.675 --> 07:21.909 . 07:21.909 --> 07:23.744 LOOK AT THE VOTING 07:23.744 --> 07:24.578 RECORD ON 07:24.578 --> 07:25.979 MARRIAGE AND ON THE TAX ISSUE 07:25.979 --> 07:27.214 AND ON THE UNION 07:27.214 --> 07:28.282 ISSUE DOWN 07:28.282 --> 07:28.549 IN 07:28.549 --> 07:29.650 SPRINGFIELD SHE HAS BEEN A 07:29.650 --> 07:30.951 LEADER AND WORKING VERY HARD TO 07:30.951 --> 07:32.486 MAKE SURE SHE REPRESENTS HER 07:32.486 --> 07:32.886 COMMUNITY. 07:32.886 --> 07:33.453 >>Reporter: BARRIOS 07:33.453 --> 07:34.655 ENDORSEMENT 07:34.655 --> 07:35.856 CARRIES SIGNIFICANT 07:35.856 --> 07:36.657 INFLUENCE BUT THE RACE HAS 07:36.657 --> 07:37.691 SETOFF A 07:37.691 --> 07:38.692 WAR WITHIN THE 07:38.692 --> 07:39.560 PARTY. 07:39.560 --> 07:40.961 THE COOK COUNTY DEMOCRATIC 07:40.961 --> 07:42.896 PARTY HAS FORMALLY ENDORSED 07:42.896 --> 07:43.330 REPRESENTATIVE 07:43.330 --> 07:44.331 BAR WHY IS FOR 07:44.331 --> 07:45.399 REELECTION. BUT SOM 07:45.399 --> 07:45.632 E 07:45.632 --> 07:47.201 COMMITTEEMEN 07:47.201 --> 07:47.601 SLASH 07:47.601 --> 07:48.435 AL DEAR MEN 07:48.435 --> 07:49.570 STEPPED OUT IN SUPPORT OF WILL. 07:49.570 --> 07:51.071 THEY SAY THAT'S CAUSED 07:51.071 --> 07:51.538 JOE BAR 07:51.538 --> 07:52.706 WHY IS TO RETALIATE 07:52.706 --> 07:53.540 AGAINST 07:53.540 --> 07:54.708 THEM. 07:54.708 --> 07:55.409 SCOTT SAYS 07:55.409 --> 07:56.443 HE AND OTHERS 07:56.443 --> 07:58.679 LIKE ALDERMAN 07:58.679 --> 07:59.046 JOHN AND 07:59.046 --> 07:59.580 JOE HAVE 07:59.580 --> 08:01.281 BEEN CUT OFF FROM A DATABASE 08:01.281 --> 08:01.682 OF 08:01.682 --> 08:02.916 VOTER INFORMATION THAT THEY 08:02.916 --> 08:04.318 NORMALLY HAVE ACCESS TO. 08:04.318 --> 08:06.253 >> BASICALLY 08:06.253 --> 08:07.855 TELLING DEMOCRATIC 08:07.855 --> 08:08.922 PARTY ELECTED OFFICIALS YOU 08:08.922 --> 08:09.656 KNOW YOU ARE 08:09.656 --> 08:10.524 CUT OFF BECAUSE 08:10.524 --> 08:11.758 YOU DON'T DO WHAT WE TELL YOU 08:11.758 --> 08:12.025 TO. 08:12.025 --> 08:12.926 >>Reporter: BARRIOS DENIES 08:12.926 --> 08:14.294 THAT IT'S RETALIATION AND 08:14.294 --> 08:14.928 SAYS 08:14.928 --> 08:16.463 THE SYSTEM IS IN THE MIDST OF 08:16.463 --> 08:16.897 AN OVERHAUL. 08:16.897 --> 08:18.398 >> NO ONE HAS ACCESS. I DON'T 08:18.398 --> 08:19.333 HAVE 08:19.333 --> 08:20.133 ACCESS SO 08:20.133 --> 08:20.968 IF I DON'T HAVE 08:20.968 --> 08:22.269 ACCESS, HOW CAN I GIVE 08:22.269 --> 08:23.504 THEM 08:23.504 --> 08:23.871 ACCESS? 08:23.871 --> 08:25.672 >>Reporter: ALDERMAN MORENO 08:25.672 --> 08:27.474 SAYS FALLING IN LINE 08:27.474 --> 08:27.908 WITH PARTY 08:27.908 --> 08:29.176 BOSS ON EVERY 08:29.176 --> 08:29.810 ISSUE IS 08:29.810 --> 08:30.844 ANTIQUATED WAY OF DOING 08:30.844 --> 08:32.546 BUSINESS FICHLT THEY WANT TO BE 08:32.546 --> 08:33.580 INDEPENDENT GO AHEAD AND FORM 08:33.580 --> 08:34.982 YOUR OWN PARTY. WHY 08:34.982 --> 08:35.449 DO YOU 08:35.449 --> 08:36.884 HAVE TO SAY YOU ARE PART OF THE 08:36.884 --> 08:38.485 DEMOCRATIC PARTY HERE IN COOK 08:38.485 --> 08:39.887 COUNTY THEN DECIDE TO GO A 08:39.887 --> 08:40.521 DIFFERENT WAY. IF YOU ARE 08:40.521 --> 08:42.422 GOING TO PARTICIPATE AND CAST 08:42.422 --> 08:43.557 YOUR VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATE 08:43.557 --> 08:44.725 THAT WE ARE ENDORSING 08:44.725 --> 08:45.359 THEN YOU 08:45.359 --> 08:46.560 SUPPORT THOSE INDIVIDUALS 08:46.560 --> 08:46.894 . 08:46.894 --> 08:47.828 >>Reporter: PARTY SUPPORT OR 08:47.828 --> 08:49.429 NOT BARRIOS ADMITS THE 08:49.429 --> 08:49.763 RACE 08:49.763 --> 08:51.331 WILL BE DIFFICULT BUT HIS 08:51.331 --> 08:52.366 INFLUENCE WILL BE FELT ON 08:52.366 --> 08:52.966 ELECTION DAY. 08:52.966 --> 08:53.800 >> 08:53.800 --> 08:55.102 WE HAVE GOT PEOPLE ON THE 08:55.102 --> 08:57.004 STREET. I HAVE CALLED ON MANY 08:57.004 --> 08:57.771 OF MY 08:57.771 --> 08:58.839 FRIENDS AND ASSOCIATES 08:58.839 --> 08:59.973 PLEASE COME OUT AND HELP IN 08:59.973 --> 09:01.775 THIS ELECTION. WE TOOK IT FOR 09:01.775 --> 09:02.876 GRANTED TWO YEARS AGO. WE ARE 09:02.876 --> 09:03.911 IF THE TAKING IT FOR GRANTED 09:03.911 --> 09:04.912 THIS TIME. 09:05.412 --> 09:06.513 >>Reporter: WILL SAYS HE WILL 09:06.513 --> 09:07.948 COUNTER ON ELECTION DAY WITH 09:07.948 --> 09:09.116 HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS ON HIS 09:09.116 --> 09:11.785 OWN. FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT, 09:11.785 --> 09:12.419 THIS 09:12.419 --> 09:13.020 IS PARIS 09:13.020 --> 09:13.387 . 09:13.387 --> 09:15.622 >> JOE BARRIOS SENT A LETTER TO 09:15.622 --> 09:16.990 ALL COMMITTEEMEN SAYING ACCESS 09:16.990 --> 09:18.192 TO THE VOTER DATABASE NOW 09:18.192 --> 09:18.992 GOES 09:18.992 --> 09:19.760 THROUGH STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTY 09:19.760 --> 09:20.661 CHAIRMAN 09:20.661 --> 09:22.329 MIKE MAD BEGAN. BUT 09:22.329 --> 09:23.463 SOME COMMITTEEMEN 09:23.463 --> 09:24.364 SAY MAD GAN 09:24.364 --> 09:25.232 HAS SHUT 09:25.232 --> 09:29.232 THEM OUT MR.