Thornton Township Supervisor Tiffany Henyard’s lawsuit claiming a caucus improperly named state Sen. Napoleon Harris the Democratic nominee for supervisor was thrown out by a Cook County judge. The decision,

A special election was held Tuesday to pick a new Thornton Township trustee — a pick that Thornton Township Supervisor Tiffany Henyard wanted to make herself.New trustee Stephanie Wiedeman won nomination and was sworn in at the Tuesday night assembly.

Stephanie Wiedeman received about 150 votes while runner up Carol Cook had about 40 votes and Charles Rayburn saw only a handful.

Tiffany Henyard said that she's "disappointed and shocked" by the action, and she claims that the clerk and attorneys didn't follow the township code for selecting a new trustee.