The Republic-
A Democratic candidate for a southern Illinois appellate court said Monday she has no plans to honor a state bar association’s recommendation that she pull a television campaign ad accusing her Republican opponent of ramrodding foreclosure orders while serving as a circuit judge.
Judy Cates said she stands behind the veracity of the ad Steve McGlynn complained to the Illinois State Bar Association wrongly accuses him of playing a key role in Illinois’ foreclosure crisis as a St. Clair County circuit judge assigned to his district’s foreclosure docket.
The association’s Standing Committee on Supreme/Appellate Election Campaign Tone and Conduct last Friday sided with McGlynn and issued a written, non-binding urging that Cates stop airing the ad in her quest for the Mount Vernon-based 5th District Appellate Court.