 todd h. stroger (born january 14, 1963) is the former president of the cook county, illinois board and a former alderman for the 8th ward in chicago. stroger is a member of the democratic party. in 2001, he was appointed to the chicago city council by richard m. daley. he is the son of john stroger who served as cook county board president for 12 years until his death. on february 2, 2010, stroger finished last in the illinois democratic primary behind dorothy a. brown, terrence j. o'brien and toni preckwinkle (who won the primary), putting him in a lame duck stage for the remainder of his board presidency. preckwinkle would go on to win the general election and assume office on december 6, 2010. == early life == stroger was raised in the chatham-avalon neighborhood, located on chicago's south side. he attended st. ignatius college preparatory school and later received his bachelorâs degree from xavier university in new orleans. before becoming an alderman he worked as an investment banker for sbk brooks investment corporation. ==political career== in 1992, stroger was elected as state representative for the 31st district of illinois. stroger worked as a statistician for the office of the chief judge of cook county; later he was also a jury supervisor with the cook county jury commissioners. he worked for the chicago park district during the tenure of forrest claypool. stroger is an active fundraiser for the united negro college fund and a member of the young democrats. ===aldermanic career=== in 2001 stroger was appointed by mayor richard m. daley to replace lorraine dixon, who had died while in office. stroger served on seven committees: budget and government operations; committees, rules, and ethics; housing and real estate; human relations; police and fire; special events and cultural
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