Bridget Gainer is the Cook County Commissioner for the 10th District of Cook County, Illinois. Cook County is the home county of the City of Chicago as well as 129 other municipalities, and has a larger population than the seven smallest American states put together. Gainer was initially appointed to the seat in April 2009 to replace former commissioner Mike Quigley, who won the special election to fill former Congressman Rahm Emanuel's seat when Emanuel left Congress to become President Obama's Chief of Staff.
In 2010, Gainer, a Democrat, defeated her Republican opponent in the November 2010 election and won a four year term.
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in 2010, Bridget Gainer became a leader in the movement to stop Illinois from adding video poker machines in every bar and restaurant in the State of Illinois. Gainer is also the Chair of the Cook County Commissioner's pension board.
An article published in the Atlantic.com on new Mayor Rahm Emanuel called Gainer a "brainy" and "pragmatic" ally of the new mayor.
Gainer has an MBA from the University of Chicago and has a BA from the University of Illinois.
Gainer began her political career working as a budget analyst in Chicago's City Hall under Chicago's longest serving Mayor, Richard Daley.
Bridget Gainer is married and has three Children.