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The Cook County medical examiner's office will perform an autopsy on Ahmad Abed, who was pronounced dead at Mount Sinai Hospital less than two hours after an apparent medical emergency at the jail.
The former U.S. House and Senate candidate takes over next week for a party grasping for unity against Democratic domination in Illinois.
The convention will mark a coming-out party for Kathy Salvi, who faces the challenge of rebuilding a party incrementally decimated by failed statewide campaigns, division within its ranks — and Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s vast fortune bolstering Democratic supermajorities.
Most Illinois delegates — whether elected or appointed — continue to back the nominations of Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for a second term.