Volunteers and candidates past, present and future crowded into the Northwest suburban offices on Saturday, celebrating a great year. Some attendees, like Scott Britton, left, newly elected to the 14th district of the Cook County Board,

GPAD welcomes campaign volunteers and supporters, the newly elected, former candidates, aspiring candidates, families and their future presidents!

One little-noticed area that was swept by the Nov. 6 blue wave is the 13^th Sub-Circuit Court District of Cook County. Until this year, no Democratic judicial candidate had won