to hire and promote family members and friends to taxpayer funded positions. Under Toni Preckwinkle On April 18, 2018, Toni Preckwinkle was unanimously elected Chair of the Cook County Democratic Party. She became the first woman and first African-American to hold the position. List of chairmen Public corruption convictions Examples of high-profile cases which have resulted in the conviction of members of the Cook County Democratic Party include Rod Blagojevich, Isaac Carothers, Arenda Troutman, and Jesse Jackson, Jr. See also Cook County Republican Party Political history of Chicago Shakman v. Democratic Organization of Cook County References Further reading Cohen, Adam and Taylor, Elizabeth, American Pharaoh: Mayor Richard J. Daley — His Battle for Chicago and the Nation (2000) Grimshaw, William J, Bitter Fruit: Black Politics and the Chicago Machine, 1931–1991 (1992) Morton, Richard Allen, Roger C. Sullivan and the Making of the Chicago Democratic Machine, 1881–1909 (2016) Rakove, Milton L, Don't Make No Waves, Don't Back No Losers: An Insider's Analysis of the Daley Machine (1975) Rakove, Milton L, We Don't Want Nobody Nobody Sent: An Oral History of the Daley Years (1979) Royko, Mike, Boss: Richard J. Daley of Chicago (1971) External links Democratic Party of Illinois Democratic Party (United States) organizations Political parties in Illinois Cook County, Illinois Political machines in the United States