For the third time this election cycle, Scott Lee Cohen doesn't make the cut for Illinois government.
A group of Chicago ward committeemen decided not to recommend the former governor candidate to fill State Sen. Rickey Hendon's open Senate seat and instead chose State Representative Annazette Collins.
"They consider me a rogue," Cohen said.
The former pawnbroker-turned-politician abandoned a campaign for Illinois' lieutenant governor in 2010 to mount a failed campaign for the state's highest office.
Cohen recently took steps to snag Hendon's seat after the Senator abruptly resigned last month, calling Chicago's Municipal Election "a Black political disaster." He made a trip to Springfield to file the necessary paperwork and on Monday, showed up to present his case for the seat.
"He is not seeking the open Senate seat," Cohen spokeswoman Kathy Posner said Thursday. "The seat is seeking him."
The Senate isn't Cohen's only iron in the fire. He's also promising a tell-all book. The current title: From Pawnbroker to Politician: The Threats, The Pressure and The Promises.
"I think people will be very interested in what happened behind the scenes, and it's time," he said. "I am going to tell-all. I'm going to name names. I'm going to tell of the threats. I'm going to tell of the promises. Everything is going to come out."
