The Chicago Tribune endorsed Jim Harrison over Bill Prim for McHenry County ‘Sheriff.

The endorsement is below:

Sheriff: The bare-knuckle brawling between State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi and Sheriff Keith Nygren is finally coming to an end. Nygren is retiring. The candidate Nygren favored to succeed him lost in the GOP primary. Now the race is between RepublicanBill Prim of Cary, a retired Des Plaines police commander who had Bianchi’s support (and our endorsement) in the primary, and Jim Harrison of Johnsburg, a veteran attorney running as an independent. There is no Democratic candidate. Harrison, a former McHenry County sheriff’s deputy, has an impressive legal resume. He has also given great thought to how to run an office that is efficient and free of politics — in short, an office that focuses solely on crime and responding to citizens. After all the battling in law enforcement circles in McHenry, Harrison would be a welcome change and he is endorsed.