From left: former Chicago alderman Bob Fioretti, former Cook County commissioner Tony Peraica and fired former Cook County Board of Review staffer Todd Thielmann are looking to run as Republicans for top countywide posts.

Attorney and former Chicago alderman Bob Fioretti is turning to Cook County Republicans to stamp his ticket for his sixth political campaign in seven years as he tops a full slate of familiar faces hoping to work their way back into elected office.

An increasingly thin presence in solidly Democratic Cook County, Republicans are regrouping and hoping to seize on a favorable political environment this year to win back some of the territory they’ve lost over the decades. The effort includes fielding a full roster of candidates running in citywide and district-level positions across the county.