What is Toni Preckwinkle?
{{Infobox Politician | name = Toni Preckwinkle | image = Toni Preckwinkle (3107244285) white background.jpg | birth_name = Toni Reed | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|3|17|mf=y}}<br>[[St. Paul, Minnesota]], U.S. | residence = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] | office = [[Cook County Board of Commissioners|President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners]] | term_start = December 6, 2010 | term_end = | predecessor = [[Todd Stroger]] | successor = | constituency = | office2 = [[Chicago City Council|City of Chicago Alderman]] | term_start2 = 1991 | term_end2 = 2010 | predecessor2 = [[Timothy C. Evans]] | successor2 = [[Shirley Newsome]] | constituency2 = [[4th Ward, Chicago]] | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | alma_mater = [[University of Chicago]] | religion = | spouse = Zeus Preckwinkle (m. 1969, div. 2013) | children = Kyle Preckwinkle <br>one adopted daughter | website = }} '''Toni Preckwinkle''' (née Reed; March 17, 1947) is an American politician. She is the current [[Cook County Board]] President and a former [[alderman]] in the [[Chicago City Council]] representing [[Chicago]]'s 4th [[ward (politics)|ward]] in [[Cook County, Illinois|Cook County]], [[Illinois]], United States. She was elected on November 2, 2010, as President of the [[Cook County Board]], the Executive Branch of Cook County government. Preckwinkle first sought office in 1983 and was defeated twice before securing election in 1991 and being re-elected as alderman four times.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Joravsky|first=Ben|last2=Dumke|first2=Mick|url=http://www.chicagoreader.com/features/stories/citycouncil/preckwinkle/|title=Toni Preckwinkle, 4th Ward (Your Chicago City Council: Our guide to all 50 aldermen)|newspaper=[[Chicago Reader]]|access-date=October 10, 2007}}</ref> On September 20, 2018, Preckwinkle announced her candidacy for [[Mayor of Chicago]] in the [[Chicago mayoral election, 2019|2019 election]] to replace [[Rahm Emanuel]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-toni-preckw