Three incumbent Cook County commissioners who are seeking another term — including two county board members facing Democratic primary challenges on March 17 — each missed more than 20% of the meetings they were supposed to be at since the beginning of the current term, a WBEZ analysis of county records has found.
The station compiled and analyzed the attendance records from 800 public meetings since the four-year term began in December 2022, finding that the sitting commissioners who did not show up with the greatest frequency were Stanley Moore, Bridget Gainer and Kisha McCaskill.
While Moore is running unopposed for re-election, Gainer and McCaskill have to overcome primary foes to win another term, and their challengers were eager to attempt to capitalize on the results of the WBEZ analysis of meeting attendance reports…