Cook GOP has new leader

Lee Roupas, committeeman for Palos Township, was elected chairman of the Cook County Republican Party on Wednesday. He received roughly 102,000 votes. He was followed by June O'Donoghue from Northfield Township. Roupas, 25, is a law student at Loyola University in Chicago. The Palos Hills resident was backed by present GOP Chairman Liz Gorman.