"Larry" Suffredin (born October 5, 1947) is an American politician who formerly served as a member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners representing the 13th district.
[1] Suffredin worked at the United States Department of Justice in Washington, DC 1969-1970 while in law school.
In 2002, he won election as a Cook County Commissioner for the 13th district, of northern suburbs and two neighborhoods on the north side of Chicago.
[6][7][8][11] Suffredin has served part-time as a Commissioner on the Cook County Board for the 13th district since 2002; he was re-elected four times and will not run in 2022.
The Chicago Tribune editorialized that Suffredin "caved to pressure from public employee unions...and he provided the winning vote for this bureaucracy-friendly tax hike" and encouraged constituents to contact Suffredin to "acknowledge the error" by co-sponsoring its repeal.
[16] Suffredin and his wife, Gloria Callaci, live in Evanston, Illinois, and have two adult children, Tom and Elizabeth.
[17] Suffredin lost to Anita Alvarez for party nomination in the February 2008 Democratic primary for Cook County State's Attorney.