Kim Foxx, the state’s attorney in Chicago, has survived the controversy over her handling of the Jussie Smollett case, defeating three challengers in her bid for re-election.
Foxx was first elected four years ago on a platform of criminal justice reform. But last year she became entangled in the Smollett case, in which her office dropped false-statements charges against the “Empire” actor for no apparent reason.
Foxx drew three challengers for the Democratic nomination, each of whom criticized her handling of the case. The best funded opponent was Bill Conway, a former assistant state’s attorney whose father, billionaire William Conway, Jr., poured $10.5 million into his son’s campaign.
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