Bushra Amiwala loses board bid
Benjamin Conboy, Managing Editor
March 20, 2018
Bushra Amiwala’s bid for a seat on the Cook County Board of Commissioners has come to an end Tuesday, March 20. She conceded the race to Larry Suffredin, who won with 57 percent of the vote compared to Amiwala’s 26 percent, at a campaign event in Shukr Cafe in North Park. Suffredin has held...
Amiwala encounters reality of politics as primary nears
Benjamin Conboy, News Editor
February 12, 2018
Filed under News
Bushra Amiwala is getting down in the political muck that is Chicago politics ahead of the Cook County Board of Commissioners primary. Since she announced her campaign in June, she’s encountered fiery opposition and establishment roadblocks. But the 20-year-old DePaul student has also encountered...
Episode 13: The rise of ‘millennial political power’
Cody Corrall, Multimedia Editor
February 5, 2018
Filed under Multimedia
On this weeks episode: updates from the last few months of Bushra Amiwala's campaign for Cook County Board....
400 attend Amiwala fundraiser as board race heats up
Yazmin Dominguez, Online Editor
February 5, 2018
Filed under News
Correction: An earlier version of this story stated Amiwala received news of a press release from an opposing candidate who accused her of not filing a critical fundraising form. The form originally stated in the article is required to be filed when candidates receive donations of at least $1,000. In r...
Sophomore candidate for Cook County Board denies PAC funds
October 9, 2017
Bushra Amiwala will not be bought. Read More »...
Bushra Amiwala gears up, student looks to add politics to her extracurriculars
September 11, 2017
Filed under Metro, News, Politics
As the race for the Cook County’s next 13th District Commissioner heats up, DePaul sophomore Bushra Amiwala has been quietly adding fuel to the fire of her campaign. Read More »...
Meet DePaul’s own Bushra Amiwala, the 19-year-old running for a Cook County board seat
June 14, 2017
Filed under Metro, News, Politics
DePaul student Bushra Amiwala isn’t waiting to graduate college before she forays into political life. At 19, she’s running as a Democrat for a seat on the Cook County Board of Commissioners held by long-time incumbent Larry Suffredin. Amiwala, of Skokie, is running for commissioner in the 13th D...
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