*Voting record questions: In a hotly fought Democratic primary contest for a North Side Cook County Board seat, incumbent John Fritchey is making an issue of challenger Bridget Degnen's voting record.



After registering to vote in Chicago in 2004, Degnen missed every city and primary election until the 2015 city contest and runoff, according to records kept by the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners.



She also didn't vote in the 2012 general election when then-President Barack Obama was seeking a second term, according to the records. She pulled a Democratic primary ballot in 2016 and also voted in the general election.



Fritchey, a longtime politician, voted in every election since 1999, according to the records. He says Degnen's voting record indicates "she's either a Republican or she didn't care about the Democratic Party, until she decided to run as a Democrat."



Degnen chafed at that characterization, calling herself "a proud lifelong progressive Democratic voter and volunteer."



"Like so many other Democrats in Illinois, I was inspired to become more politically engaged in 2014, during the fight to stop Bruce Rauner's election," Degnen added. "And, like so many other progressive women, I was further activated during the devastating 2016 election, and the Women's March movement that followed." (Hal Dardick)