Former Ald. Bob Fioretti, who has run for and lost several public offices since leaving the Chicago City Council, announced Wednesday his latest bid, trying again for Cook County state’s attorney. But this time he’s running as a Republican.
Surrounded by roughly two dozen supporters, Fioretti said the office under outgoing State’s Attorney Kim Foxx has “turned into a social service agency instead of the prosecuting arm of the people, as it should be,” and that violent crime and fear of it was threatening to throw Chicago into the “chaos” experienced in San Francisco and Baltimore.