Preceded by Tony Peraica Alma mater Knox College Political party Democratic Party Children One Daughter Education Knox College | Spouse(s) Cathleen Patterson Name Jeff Tobolski Preceded by Raymond Tobolski Profession Claims Adjuster | |
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Born September 14, 1964 (age 59)
McCook, Illinois ( 1964-09-14 ) Residence McCook, Illinois, United States | ||
Democrats Criticize Tony Peraica
Jeff Tobolski is a member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners representing the 16th district which includes all or parts of the suburbs Franklin Park, Northlake, Stone Park, Melrose Park, Maywood, Hillside, Westchester, Brookfield, North Riverside, Berwyn, Riverside, Cicero, Stickney, Forest View, Lyons, La Grange, Summit, Countryside, McCook, Bedford Park and the Archer Heights neighborhood in the City of Chicago.
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Early life
Jeffrey R. Tobolski was born and raised in McCook, Illinois where he currently lives with his wife and daughter. He has graduated from both St. Hugh School in Lyons, Illinois and St. Joseph High School in Westchester. He played basketball for Gene Pingatore during his time at St. Joseph. He later earned a bachelor of arts in history at Knox College. Jeff served as a Trustee for the McCook Park District and then as President. He then served as a Village of McCook Trustee for six years, and was appointed interim Mayor of McCook in 2007. In 2009 he was elected Mayor of McCook to a full four year term. Prior to becoming Mayor, he worked as a claim’s adjuster for Fireman's Fund Insurance Company for fifteen years as a claim’s adjuster, including five years investigating insurance fraud in the Special Investigations Unit and as a Field Claims Adjuster for Standard Mutual Insurance Company.
Cook County Commissioner
In the Democratic primary he was endorsed by the Chicago Sun Times and the Chicago Tribune over Bill Russ, the Mayor of Brookfield and Northlake Alderman Eddy Garcia. He won the Democratic nomination with 55% of the vote to his opponents 23% and 22% respectively.
During the election he was endorsed by Chicago Federation of Labor, Service Employees International Union, Local 73, Chicago Firefighters Union, Local 2, LIUNA, Local 225, the Italian American Political Coalition and the Hispanic Illinois State Law Enforcement Association (HISLEA). Additionally, he received endorsements from numerous other officials in the district including U.S. Representative Dan Lipinski State Senators Don Harmon, Tony Munoz and Martin Sandoval, State Representatives Elizabeth Hernandez, Karen Yarbrough and Michael Zalewski, President of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Terrence J. O'Brien and twelve local mayors. On Election Day, he defeated incumbent Tony Peraica with 50% of the vote to Peraica's 43% during a very Republican year
As a member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners he serves as the Chair Homeland Security & Emergency Management Committee and Vice Chair of the Veterans Committee. His other committee assignments are Capital Improvements, Finance - Litigation, Finance - Pension, Finance - Tax Delinquency, Finance - Workers' Compensation, Law Enforcement and Workforce, Job Development & Training Development. Like all commissioners, he is a member of the board for the Forest Preserve District of Cook County which is responsible for the management of 68,000 acres of forest preserves and is the Chairman of that board's Zoological Committee.