The 2009 TIME 100 Finalists

Cast your votes for the leaders, artists, entrepreneurs and thinkers who deserve a spot on this year's TIME 100. — By Brian Raftery

Tom Dart

Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart

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AGE: 46
OCCUPATION: Cook County, Ill., sheriff
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 0

PRO: Dart became a renters' rights icon last fall when he announced that he would no longer evict tenants from foreclosed buildings. And he recently filed suit against Craigslist, claiming the website is a major source of prostitution.

CON: His jurisdiction is not exactly huge.

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