Niles Mayor George Alpogianis has endorsed Eileen O’Neill Burke in the March 19 Democratic Primary for Cook County State’s Attorney.
The O’Neill Burke campaign announced the endorsement on Feb. 16.
O’Neill Burke is running against Clayton Harris, III of Washington Park.
Harris is backed by outgoing Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx of Flossmoor and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle of Hyde Park.
O’Neill Burke grew up on Chicago’s Northwest Side. She graduated from St. Mary of the Woods Grade School, Marillac High School, the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana and Chicago-Kent College of Law.
She spent her first ten years as a lawyer working as a Cook County Assistant State’s Attorney (1991-2001), then worked for seven years as a criminal defense attorney in Cook County (2001-2008) before winning election as a Cook County Circuit Court Judge (2008-16) and then the Illinois Appellate Court, where she served on the First District bench until stepping down to run for State’s Attorney last year.
Alpogianis was sworn in as Mayor of Niles in 2021. He previously served two terms as trustee for Niles, from 2013-2017 and 2017-2021. He also served as a Commissioner on the Plan Commission and Zoning Board of Appeals from 2001 to 2009.
Alpogianis has been a resident of Niles since 2000, and has worked at Kappy’s, a family owned restaurant, since 1979. He and his wife Sophia, who he married in 2006, have five children.
