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Dart began his career a state prosecutor in Cook County. Afterwards he was an Illinois State Senator, having been appointed in 1991 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Jeremiah E. Joyce (D-Chicago). He was then elected and served state representative as a Democrat for Illinois' 28th House District from January 1993 until January 2003, before becoming chief of staff to Cook County Sheriff Michael F. Sheahan.
In November 2002, Dart was the Democratic nominee for state treasurer of Illinois but lost to incumbent Republican Judy Baar Topinka.
When Sheahan announced his retirement in 2006, Dart announced his candidacy to succeed Sheahan. Dart won the Democratic primary election on March 21, 2006, defeating Sylvester Baker and Richard Remus by a wide margin, and won the general election in November 2006. On November 2, 2010, Dart faced Republican Frederick Collins in the race for the Cook County Sheriff's office and won handily with 69.37% of the vote. Dart has stated that he would not be a candidate in the Chicago mayoral election, 2011.Dart holds a J.D. from Loyola University Chicago and a Bachelor's degree in History and General Social Studies from Providence College. He graduated from Mount Carmel High School in Chicago. He and his wife Patricia live in Chicago's Mount Greenwood neighborhood; they have five children.Tom also has never been a police officer and never worked the street. Tom also spends tax dollars on investigations that could have been done by the local law authority. Tom Dart is responcible to have his men patrol unincorperated Cook County and investigate those areas. Tom Dart is however responcible for the entire county and should be questioning why local law enforcement is not doing there job. Tom also is responcible for the jail that is out dated and needs to be up dated with parking and proper system of incarseration.