2014 Cook County, Illinois elections

The Cook County, Illinois general election was held on November 4, 2014.[1]

2014 Cook County, Illinois elections
November 4, 2014
Turnout49.30%
Elections in Illinois

Primaries were held March 18, 2014.[2]

Elections were held for Assessor, Clerk, Sheriff, Treasurer, President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, all 17 seats of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, Cook County Board of Review seat 3, three seats on the Water Reclamation District Board, and judgeships in the Circuit Court of Cook County and its subcircuits.

Election information

2014 was a midterm election year in the United States. The primaries and general elections for Cook County races coincided with those for federal congressional races and those for state elections.

Voter turnout

Voter turnout in Cook County during the primaries was 16.26%, with 458,396 ballots cast. Among these, 285,728 Democratic, 169,922 Republican, 245 Green, and 2,501 nonpartisan primary ballots were cast. The city of Chicago saw 16.54% turnout and suburban Cook County saw 15.99% turnout.[3][4]

The general election saw 49.30% turnout, with 1,364,436 ballots cast. The city of Chicago saw 48.81% turnout and suburban Cook County saw 49.79% turnout.[5][6]

Assessor
2014 Cook County Assessor election
November 4, 2014
Turnout34.71%
 
Candidate Joseph Berrios
Party Democratic
Popular vote 960,435
Percentage 100.00%
Assessor before election

Joseph Berrios
Democratic

 Elected Assessor

Joseph Berrios
Democratic

In the 2014 Cook County Assessor election, incumbent first-term Assessor Joseph Berrios, a Democrat, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election.

Primaries

Democratic
Cook County Assessor Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joseph Berrios (incumbent) 207,460 100.00
Total votes 207,460 100

Republican

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[2]

General election
Cook County Assessor election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joseph Berrios 960,435 100.00
Total votes 960,435 100

Clerk
2014 Cook County Clerk election
November 4, 2014
Turnout38.36%[5][6]
 
Candidate David Orr
Party Democratic
Popular vote 1,061,515
Percentage 100.00%
Clerk before election

David Orr
Democratic

 Elected Clerk

David Orr
Democratic

In the 2014 Cook County Clerk election, incumbent sixth-term Clerk David Orr, a Democrat, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and the general election.

Primaries

Democratic
Cook County Clerk Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic David D. Orr (incumbent) 241,876 100.00
Total votes 241,876 100

Republican

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[2]

General election
Cook County Clerk election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic David D. Orr (incumbent) 1,061,515 100.00
Total votes 1,061,515 100

Sheriff
2014 Cook County Sheriff election
November 4, 2014
Turnout38.15%[5][6]
 
Candidate Tom Dart
Party Democratic
Popular vote 1,055,783
Percentage 100.00%
Sheriff before election

Tom Dart
Democratic

 Elected Sheriff

Tom Dart
Democratic

In the 2014 Cook County Sheriff election, incumbent second-term Sheriff Tom Dart, a Democrat, was reelected.

Primaries

Democratic
Cook County Sheriff Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Thomas J. Dart (incumbent) 177,401 69.35
Democratic William "Bill" Evans 36,740 14.36
Democratic Sylvester E. Baker, Jr. 26,010 10.17
Democratic Tadeusz "Ted" Palka 15,661 6.12
Total votes 255,812 100

Republican

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[2]

General election
Cook County Sheriff election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Thomas J. Dart (incumbent) 1,055,783 100.00
Total votes 1,055,783 100

Treasurer
2014 Cook County Treasurer election
November 4, 2014
Turnout37.88%[5][6]
 
Candidate Maria Pappas
Party Democratic
Popular vote 1,048,234
Percentage 100.00%
Treasurer before election

Maria Pappas
Democratic

 Elected Treasurer

Maria Pappas
Democratic

In the 2014 Cook County Treasurer election, incumbent fourth-term Treasurer Maria Pappas, a Democrat, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election.

Primaries

Democratic
Cook County Treasurer Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Maria Pappas (incumbent) 242,603 100.00
Total votes 242,603 100

Republican

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[2]

General election
Cook County Treasurer election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Maria Pappas (incumbent) 1,048,234 100.00
Total votes 1,048,234 100

President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners
2014 President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners election
November 4, 2014
Turnout38.77%[5][6]
 
Candidate Toni Preckwinkle
Party Democratic
Popular vote 1,072,886
Percentage 100.00%
President before election

Toni Preckwinkle
Democratic

 Elected President

Toni Preckwinkle
Democratic

In the 2014 President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners election, incumbent first-term President Toni Preckwinkle, a Democrat, was reelected.

Primaries

Democratic
President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Toni Preckwinkle (incumbent) 240,831 100.00
Total votes 240,831 100

Republican

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[2]

General election
President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Toni Preckwinkle (incumbent) 1,072,886 100.00
Total votes 1,072,886 100

Cook County Board of Commissioners
2014 Cook County Board of Commissioners election
November 4, 2014
All 17 seats on the Cook County Board of Commissioners
9 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before 13 4
Seats won 13 4
Seat change

The 2014 Cook County Board of Commissioners election saw all seventeen seats of the Cook County Board of Commissioners up for election to four-year terms.

Fifteen members were reelected. One member did not seek reelection. One member was defeated in their party's primary. This meant that a total of two individuals were newly-elected.

As these were the first elections held following the 2010 United States Census, the seats faced redistricting before this election.

1st district

Incumbent fourth-term Commissioner Earlean Collins, a Democrat, did not seek reelection. Democrat Richard Boykin was elected to succeed him.

Primaries
Democratic
Cook County Board of Commissioners 1st district Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Richard R. Boykin 7,288 30.38
Democratic Blake Sercye 6,118 25.51
Democratic Isaac "Ike" Carothers 5,602 23.35
Democratic Brenda Smith 4,111 17.14
Democratic Ronald Lawless 868 3.62
Total votes 23,987 100
Republican

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[2]

General election
Cook County Board of Commissioners 1st district election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Richard R. Boykin 68,305 99.36
Write-in Others 441 0.64
Total votes 68,746 100

2nd district

Incumbent second-term commissioner Robert Steele, a Democrat, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election.

Primaries
Democratic
Cook County Board of Commissioners 2nd district Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Robert B. Steele (incumbent) 13,365 100.00
Total votes 13,365 100
Republican

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[2]

General election
Cook County Board of Commissioners 2nd district election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Robert B. Steele (incumbent) 57,091 100.00
Total votes 57,091 100

3rd district

Incumbent Commissioner Jerry Butler, a Democrat who first assumed the office in 1985, was reelected.

Primaries
Democratic
Cook County Board of Commissioners 3rd district Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jerry "Iceman" Butler (incumbent) 19,830 81.79
Democratic Rosemary Reeves 4,415 18.21
Total votes 24,245 100
Republican

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[2]

General election
Cook County Board of Commissioners 3rd district election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jerry "Iceman" Butler (incumbent) 77,354 100.00
Total votes 77,354 100

4th district

Incumbent Commissioner Stanley Moore, a Democrat who was appointed to the office in 2013, was reelected to a full term.

Primaries
Democratic
Cook County Board of Commissioners 4th district Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Stanley S. Moore (incumbent) 15,649 65.24
Democratic Nicholas "Nick" Smith 4,930 20.55
Democratic Robert R. McKay 3,290 13.72
Write-in Others 116 0.48
Total votes 23,985 100
Republican

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[2]

General election
Cook County Board of Commissioners 4th district election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Stanley S. Moore (incumbent) 75,192 100.00
Total votes 75,192 100

5th district

Incumbent fifth-term Commissioner Deborah Sims, a Democrat, was reelected.

Primaries
Democratic
Cook County Board of Commissioners 5th district Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Deborah Sims (incumbent) 17,320 84.21
Democratic Timothy "Tim" Parker 3,203 15.57
Write-in Others 4 0.21
Total votes 20,567 100
Republican

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[2]

General election
Cook County Board of Commissioners 5th district election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Deborah Sims (incumbent) 70,542 100.00
Total votes 70,542 100

6th district

Incumbent third-term Commissioner Joan Patricia Murphy, a Democrat, was reelected.

Primaries
Democratic
Cook County Board of Commissioners 6th district Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joan Patricia Murphy (incumbent) 12,359 100.00
Total votes 12,359 100
Republican

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[2]

General election
Cook County Board of Commissioners 6th district election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joan Patricia Murphy (incumbent) 65,796 100.00
Total votes 65,796 100

7th district

Incumbent first-term Commissioner Jesús "Chuy" García, a Democrat, was reelected.

Primaries
Democratic
Cook County Board of Commissioners 7th district Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jesus G. Garcia (incumbent) 6,416 100.00
Total votes 6,416 100
Republican

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[2]

General election
Cook County Board of Commissioners 7th district election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jesus G. Garcia (incumbent) 25,320 100.00
Total votes 25,320 100

8th district

Incumbent Commissioner Edwin Reyes, a Democrat, lost reelection, being unseated in the Democratic primary by Luis Arroyo Jr., who went on to win the general election unopposed.

Reyes had first been appointed in 2009 (after Roberto Maldonado resigned to serve a Chicago alderman), and had been elected to a full term in 2010.

Primaries
Democratic
Cook County Board of Commissioners 8th district Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Luis Arroyo Jr. 8,084 54.91
Democratic Edwin "Eddie" Reyes (incumbent) 6,560 44.56
Write-in Others 77 0.52
Total votes 14,721 100
Republican

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[2]

General election
Cook County Board of Commissioners 8th district election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Luis Arroyo Jr. 37,529 100.00
Total votes 82,088 100

9th district

Incumbent fifth-term Commissioner Peter N. Silvestri, a Republican, was reelected.

Primaries
Democratic
Cook County Board of Commissioners 9th district Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Frank L. Mc Partlin 8,392 100.00
Total votes 8,392 100
Republican
Cook County Board of Commissioners 9th district Republican primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Peter N. Silvestri (incumbent) 15,178 100.00
Total votes 15,178 100

General election
Cook County Board of Commissioners 9th district election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Peter N. Silvestri (incumbent) 51,290 63.06
Democratic Frank L. Mc Partlin 30,040 36.94
Total votes 81,330 100

10th district

Incumbent Commissioner Bridget Gainer, a Democrat first appointed in 2009 and elected outright to a full-term in 2010, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election.

Primaries
Democratic
Cook County Board of Commissioners 10th district Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bridget Gainer (incumbent) 12,640 100.00
Total votes 12,640 100
Republican

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[2]

General election
Cook County Board of Commissioners 10th district election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bridget Gainer (incumbent) 64,914 100.00
Total votes 64,914 100

11th district

Incumbent Commissioner John P. Daley, a Democrat in office since 1992, was reelected.

Primaries
Democratic
Cook County Board of Commissioners 11th district Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John P. Daley (incumbent) 18,443 100.00
Total votes 18,443 100
Republican
Cook County Board of Commissioners 11th district Republican primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Carl Segvich 7,178 100.00
Total votes 7,178 100

General election
Cook County Board of Commissioners 11th district election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John P. Daley (incumbent) 54,093 68.61
Republican Carl Segvich 24,744 31.39
Total votes 78,837 100

12th district

Incumbent first-term Commissioner John Fritchey, a Democrat, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election.

Primaries
Democratic
Cook County Board of Commissioners 12th district Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Fritchey (incumbent) 10,709 100.00
Total votes 10,709 100
Republican

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[2]

General election
Cook County Board of Commissioners 12th district election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Fritchey (incumbent) 51,499 100.00
Total votes 51,499 100

13th district

Incumbent third-term Commissioner Larry Suffredin, a Democrat, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election.

Primaries
Democratic
Cook County Board of Commissioners 13th district Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Larry Suffredin (incumbent) 16,065 100.00
Total votes 16,065 100
Republican

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[2]

General election
Cook County Board of Commissioners 13th district election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Larry Suffredin (incumbent) 68,715 100.00
Total votes 68,715 100

14th district

Incumbent fourth-term Commissioner Gregg Goslin, a Republican, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Republican primary and general election.

Primaries
Democratic

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Democratic primary.[2]

Republican
Cook County Board of Commissioners 14th district Republican primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gregg Goslin (incumbent) 16,258 100.00
Total votes 16,258 100

General election
Cook County Board of Commissioners 14th district election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gregg Goslin (incumbent) 66,217 100.00
Total votes 66,217 100

15th district

Incumbent second-term Commissioner Tim Schneider, a Republican, was reelected.

Primaries
Democratic
Cook County Board of Commissioners 15th district Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Michael A Urban 4,165 100.00
Total votes 4,165 100
Republican
Cook County Board of Commissioners 15th district Republican primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Timothy O. Schneider (incumbent) 13,332 100.00
Total votes 13,332 100

General election
Cook County Board of Commissioners 15th district election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Timothy O. Schneider (incumbent) 40,569 58.83
Democratic Michael A Urban 28,392 41.17
Total votes 68,961 100

16th district

Incumbent first-term Commissioner Jeff Tobolski, a Democrat, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election.

Primaries
Democratic
Cook County Board of Commissioners 16th district Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jeff Tobolski (incumbent) 9,183 100.00
Total votes 9,183 100
Republican

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[2]

General election
Cook County Board of Commissioners 16th district election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jeff Tobolski (incumbent) 34,910 100.00
Total votes 34,910 100

17th district

Incumbent third-term Commissioner Elizabeth Ann Doody Gorman, a Republican, was reelected.

Primaries
Democratic
Cook County Board of Commissioners 17th district Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jim Hickey 7,693 100.00
Total votes 7,693 100
Republican
Cook County Board of Commissioners 17th district Republican primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Elizabeth "Liz" Doody Gorman (incumbent) 13,292 59.25
Republican Barbara Bellar 9,142 40.75
Total votes 22,434 100

General election
Cook County Board of Commissioners 17th district election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Elizabeth "Liz" Doody Gorman (incumbent) 56,926 100.00
Total votes 56,926 100

Cook County Board of Review
2014 Cook County Board of Review election
November 4, 2014
1 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 2 1
Seats after 2 1
Seat change
Seats up 1 0
Races won 1 0

In the 2014 Cook County Board of Review election, one seat, Democratic-held, out of its three seats was up for election. Incumbent Larry Rogers, Jr. was reelected.

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.[7]

3rd district

Incumbent third-term member Larry Rogers Jr., a Democrat last reelected in 2012, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election. This election was to a four-year term.[7]

Primaries
Democratic
Cook County Board of Review 3rd district Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Larry Rogers, Jr. (incumbent) 109,750 100.00
Total votes 109,750 100
Republican

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[2]

General election
Cook County Board of Review 3rd district election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Larry Rogers, Jr. (incumbent) 386,382 100.00
Total votes 386,382 100

Water Reclamation District Board
2014 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago election
November 4, 2014
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 2014 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 race.[2] Since three six-year seats were up for election, voters could vote for up to three candidates and the top-three finishers would win.

Two of the incumbents for the three seats were seeking reelection, Cynthia M. Santos and Frank Avila [8][9] both Democrats. Each won reelection. Joining them in winning the general election was fellow Democrat Tim Bradford.

Primaries

Democratic
Water Reclamation District Board election Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Cynthia M. Santos (incumbent) 117,240 18.16
Democratic Frank Avila (incumbent) 116,164 17.99
Democratic Timothy "Tim" Bradford 112,152 17.37
Democratic Josina Morita 89,086 13.80
Democratic Kathleen Mary O'Reilley 67,071 10.39
Democratic Frank Edward Gardner 42,336 6.56
Democratic Tom Courtney 37,468 5.80
Democratic Brendan Francis Houlihan 33,821 5.24
Democratic Adam Miguest 16,185 2.51
Democratic John S. Xydakis 11,925 1.85
Write-in Others 2,266 0.35
Total votes 645,714 100

Republican
Water Reclamation District Board election Republican primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican James "Jim" Parrilli 87,164 33.81
Republican Herb Schumann James 85,504 33.16
Republican R. Cary Capparelli 85,161 33.03
Total votes 257,829 100

General election
Water Reclamation District Board election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Cynthia M. Santos (incumbent) 691,880 22.49
Democratic Frank Avila (incumbent) 617,361 20.06
Democratic Timothy "Tim" Bradford 593,522 19.29
Republican James "Jim" Parrill 290,138 9.43
Republican Herb Schumann 279,855 9.10
Republican R. Cary Capparelli 254,142 8.26
Green Karen Roothaan 130,319 4.24
Green George Milkowski 108,888 3.54
Green Michael Smith 110,851 3.60
Total votes 3,076,956 100

Judicial elections
See also: 2014 Illinois judicial elections

11 judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County were up for partisan elections due to vacancies.[1][10] 72 circuit court judges had retention elections.[1]

15 subcircuit courts judgeships were also up for partisan elections due to vacancies.[1] Multiple subcircuit judges had retention elections.[11]

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See also

References
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  7. "35 ILCS 200/5-5". ilga.gov. Government of Illinois. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
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