Cook County Assessor James Houlihan has contributed $190,000 to a candidate running for a seat on the board that reviews the work of Houlihan’s office.

If Jay Paul Deratany wins election to the Cook County Board of Review, two of its three commissioners will owe their spots, at least in part, to Houlihan’s backing. In 2006, Commissioner Brendan Houlihan, no relation to the assessor, won after getting nearly $72,000 from Houlihan’s campaign fund.