Toni Preckwinkle reverses decision to retire - aide says she will seek third term in 2022

It looks like Toni Preckwinkle isn't ready to ride off into the sunset after all.

Nearly three months after a blowout loss to Lori Lightfoot in the April runoff election for Chicago mayor, Preckwinkle on Tuesday threw the door to seeking another term as Cook County Board president wide open.

"Yes, she's running again," Scott Kastrup, Preckwinkle's political director said at a fundraiser held at the Chicago Cultural Center. "We're pleased to be doing this [fundraiser] again, and she's definitely running for re-election for the County Board."

Preckwinkle once declared that her current term, which began last year, would be her last. But since losing the mayoral race in April, she has steadily moved away from that stance.

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