2008 Cook County, Illinois elections

The Cook County, Illinois general election was held on November 4, 2008.[1][2]

2008 Cook County, Illinois elections

November 4, 2008
Turnout	73.71%

Primaries were held February 5, 2008.[3]

Elections were held for Clerk of the Circuit Court, Cook County Recorder of Deeds, State's Attorney, Board of Review Commissioner districts 2 and 3, three seats on the Water Reclamation District Board, and judgeships in the Circuit Court of Cook County and its subcircuits.

Election information

2012 was a presidential election year in the United States. The primaries and general elections for Cook County races coincided with those for federal races (President and House) and those for state elections.

Voter turnout

Voter turnout in Cook County during the primaries was 47.95%, with 1,274,569 ballots cast. Among these, 1,091,008 Democratic, 200,750 Republican, 112 Green, 4 Moderate, and 2,125 nonpartisan primary ballots were cast. The city of Chicago saw 52.70% turnout and suburban Cook County saw 43.3% turnout.[3][4][5]

The general election saw 73.71% turnout, with 2,162,240 ballots cast. Chicago saw 73.87% turnout and suburban Cook County saw 73.54% turnout.[1][2]

Clerk of the Circuit Court

2008 Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County election

November 4, 2008
Turnout	65.68%[1][2]
Candidate Dorothy A. Brown Diane Shapiro Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1,315,731 517,115 Percentage 68.29% 26.84%
Clerk before election Dorothy A. Brown Democratic Elected Clerk Dorothy A. Brown Democratic

In the 2008 Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County election, incumbent second-term Clerk Dorothy A. Brown, a Democrat, was reelected.

Primaries

Democratic

Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County Democratic primary[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dorothy A. Brown (incumbent)	833,795	100.00
Total votes			833,795	100

Republican

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[3] The Republican Party ultimately nominated Diane Shapiro.

Green

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Green primary.[3] The Green Party ultimately nominated Paloma Andrade.

General election

Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County election[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dorothy A. Brown (incumbent)	1,315,731	68.29
	Republican	Diane Shapiro	517,115	26.84
	Green	Paloma Andrade	93,906	4.87
Total votes			1,926,752	100

Recorder of Deeds

2008 Cook County Recorder of Deeds election

November 4, 2008
Turnout	64.05%[1][2]
Candidate Eugene Moore Gregory Goldstein Terrence A. Gilhooly Party Democratic Republican Green Popular vote 1,324,426 451,452 102,968 Percentage 70.49% 24.03% 5.48%
Recorder of Deeds before election Eugene Moore Democratic Elected Recorder of Deeds Eugene Moore Democratic

In the 2008 Cook County Recorder of Deeds election election, incumbent Recorder of Deeds Eugene Moore, a Democrat, was reelected. Moore had first been appointed in 1999 (after Jesse White resigned to become Illinois Secretary of State), and had been elected to two full-terms.

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Recorder of Deeds Democratic primary[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Eugene "Gene" Moore (incumbent)	521,163	61.12
	Democratic	Ed H. Smith	331,511	38.88
Total votes			852,674	100

Republican

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[3] The Republican Party ultimately nominated Gregory Goldstein.

Green

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Green primary.[3] The Green Party ultimately nominated Terrence A. Gilhooly

General election

Cook County Recorder of Deeds election[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Eugene "Gene" Moore (incumbent)	1,324,426	70.49
	Republican	Gregory Goldstein	451,452	24.03
	Green	Terrence A. Gilhooly	102,968	5.48
Total votes			1,878,846	100

State's Attorney

2008 Cook County State's Attorney election

November 4, 2008
Turnout	67.23%[1][2]
Candidate Anita Alvarez Tony Peraica Thomas O'Brien Party Democratic Republican Green Popular vote 1,378,452 494,611 99,101 Percentage 69.90% 25.08% 5.03%
State's Attorney before election Richard A. Devine Democratic Elected State's Attorney Anita Alvarez Democratic

In the 2008 Cook County State's Attorney election, incumbent third-term State's Attorney Richard A. Devine, a Democrat, did not seek reelection. Democrat Anita Alvarez was elected to succeed him.

Alvarez became the first Hispanic woman elected to this position,[6] after also having been the first Latina to win the Democratic nomination for the office.[7][8]

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County State’s Attorney Democratic primary[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Anita Alvarez	244,538	25.73
	Democratic	Tom Allen	234,976	24.72
	Democratic	Larry Suffredin	210,381	22.14
	Democratic	Howard B. Brookins, Jr.	172,746	18.18
	Democratic	Robert J. Milan	55,350	5.82
	Democratic	Tommy H. Brewer	32,430	3.41
Total votes			950,421	100

Republican

Cook County State’s Attorney Republican primary[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tony Peraica	137,767	100.00
Total votes			137,767	100

Green

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Green primary.[3] The Green Party ultimately nominated Thomas O'Brien.

General election

Cook County State’s Attorney election[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Anita Alvarez	1,378,452	69.90
	Republican	Tony Peraica	494,611	25.08
	Green	Thomas O'Brien	99,101	5.03
Total votes			1,972,164	100

Cook County Board of Review

2008 Cook County Board of Review election

November 4, 2008
2 of 3 seats on the Cook County Board of Review 2 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Democratic Republican Seats before 3 0 Seats after 3 0 Seat change Seats up 2 0 Races won 2 0

In the 2008 Cook County Board of Review election, two seats, both Democratic-held, were up for election. Both incumbents won reelection.

The Cook County Board of Review has its three seats rotate the length of terms. In a staggered fashion (in which no two seats have coinciding two-year terms), the seats rotate between two consecutive four-year terms and a two-year term.[9]

2nd district

Incumbent third-term member Joseph Berrios, a Democrat last reelected in 2006, was reelected. Berrios had served since the Board of Review was constituted in 1998, and had served on its predecessor organization, the Cook County Board of Appeals, for another ten years. This election was to a four-year term.[9]

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Board of Review 2nd district Democratic primary[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joseph Berrios (incumbent)	153,053	58.65
	Democratic	Jay Paul Deratany	107,889	41.35
Total votes			260,942	100

Republican

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[3] The Republican Party ultimately nominated Lauren Elizabeth McCracken-Quirk.

Green

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Green primary.[3] The Green Party ultimately nominated Howard Kaplan.

General election

Cook County Board of Review 2nd district election[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joseph Berrios (incumbent)	370,380	69.94
	Republican	Lauren Elizabeth McCracken-Quirk	108,138	20.42
	Green	Howard Kaplan	51,088	9.65
Total votes			529,606	100

3rd district

Incumbent first-term member Larry R. Rogers, a Democrat elected in 2004, was reelected. This election was to a four-year term.[9]

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Board of Review 3rd district Democratic primary[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Larry R. Rogers, Jr. (incumbent)	323,842	100.00
Total votes			323,842	100

Republican

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[3] The Republican Party ultimately nominated Lionel Garcia.

Green

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Green primary.[3] The Green Party ultimately nominated Antonne "Tony" Cox.

General election

Cook County Board of Review 3rd district election[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Larry R. Rogers, Jr. (incumbent)	573,194	88.69
	Republican	Lionel Garcia	49,680	7.69
	Green	Antonne "Tony" Cox	23,455	3.63
Total votes			646,329	100

Water Reclamation District Board

2008 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago election

November 4, 2008
3 of 9 seats on the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago 5 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Democratic Republican Green Seats before 9 0 0 Seats after 9 0 0 Seat change Seats up 3 0 0 Races won 3 0 0

In the 2008 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago election, three of the nine seats on the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago board were up for election in an at-large election.

Judicial elections

Partisan elections were held for judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County due to vacancies.[1][2] Other judgeships had retention elections.

Partistan elections were also held for subcircuit courts judgeships due to vacancies.[1][2] Other judgeships had retention elections.

See also

• 2008 Illinois elections

Notes

References

1. "Official General Election 11/4/2008 Summary Report Cook County Unofficial Results" (PDF). Cook County Clerk's Office. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
2. "TABULATED STATEMENT OF THE RETURNS AND PROCLAMATION OF THE RESULTS OF THE CANVASS OF THE ELETION RETURNS FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION IN EACH OF THE PRECINCTS IN ALL THE WARDS IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2008 A.D." (PDF). Chicago Board of Elections. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
3. "Cook County and Chicago February 5th 2008 Primary Election Combined Summary Report" (PDF). Cook County Clerk's Office. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
4. "CORRECTED* TABULATED STATEMENT OF THE RETURNS AND PROCLAMATION OF THE RESULTS OF THE CANVASS OF THE ELECTION RETURNS FOR THE GENERAL PRIMARY ELECTION HELD IN EACH OF THE PRECINCTS IN ALL THE WARDS IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2008 A.D." (PDF). chicagoelections.com. Chicago Board of Election Commissioners. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
5. "Voter Registration and Turnout 1990 - 2019 | Cook County Clerk's Office". www.cookcountyclerk.com. Cook County Clerk. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
6. "Breaking News - Chicago Tribune". Chicagobreakingnews.com. Retrieved 2015-04-24.
7. "Alvarez get Democrat nod for Cook County state's attorney". Dailyherald.com. 2008-02-06. Retrieved 2015-04-24.
8. Archived February 7, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
9. "35 ILCS 200/5-5". ilga.gov. Government of Illinois. Retrieved 18 March 2020.