We’ve long respected the hard work and active visibility of State Rep. La Shawn Ford. Over nearly 20 years in the state legislature Ford has been a strong representative of the West Side and suburbs, including Oak Park and River Forest.
So his winning the Democratic primary to replace Cong. Danny Davis, coming first among a dozen rivals, is fine with us.
The most encouraging aspect of his victory was overcoming the millions in dark money which was spent to either defeat him or to boost Melissa Conyears-Ervin, his top rival. Between AIPAC backing Conyears-Ervin and the crypto lobby working to take down Ford with its despicable attacks on his character, this outside PAC money swamped this race.
But it did not win the race. And that is its own victory.