2016 Illinois judicial elections

The 2016 Illinois judicial elections consisted of both partisan and retention elections, including those for seven seats in the Illinois Appellate Court.[1] Primary elections were held on March 15, 2016, and general elections were be held on November 8, 2016.[1] These elections were part of the 2016 Illinois elections.

2016 Illinois judicial elections

November 8, 2016

Illinois Appellate Court

Illinois Appellate Court justices hold ten-year terms.[2]

1st district (4th division)

A vacancy was created after the retirement of Stuart Palmer. Democrat Eileen O'Neill Burke was elected to fill it, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election. This was a regular election, as Palmer's term would have expired in 2016.[3]

Democratic primary

Illinois Appellate Court 1st district (4th division) Democratic primary[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Eileen O'Neill Burke (incumbent)	805,190	100
Total votes			805,190	100

Republican primary

The Republican primary was cancelled, as no candidates filed to run.

General election

Illinois Appellate Court 1st district (4th division) election[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Eileen O'Neill Burke (incumbent)	1,038,128	100
Total votes			1,038,128	100

1st district (5th division)

Incumbent Bertina E. Lampkin, who was appointed on February 3, 2014 to fill the vacancy left after the death in office of Patrick Quinn, won reelection, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election.[1][6][7] This was a regular election, as Appeton's term would have ended in 2016.[7]

Democratic primary

Illinois Appellate Court 1st district (5th division) Democratic primary[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bertina E. Lampkin (incumbent)	792,641	100
Total votes			792,641	100

Republican primary

The Republican primary was cancelled, as no candidates filed to run.

General election

Illinois Appellate Court 1st district (5th division) election[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bertina E. Lampkin (incumbent)	1,507,691	100
Total votes			1,507,691	100

5th district (Stewart vacancy)

A vacancy was created by the retirement of Bruce Stewart. Republican John B. Barberis Jr. was elected to fill the seat.[8] This was a regular election, as Stewart's term ended in 2016.[9]

Democratic primary

Illinois Appellate Court 5th district (Stewart vacancy) Democratic primary[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brad K. Bleyer	106,079	100
Total votes			106,079	100

Republican primary

Illinois Appellate Court 5th district (Stewart vacancy) Republican primary[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John B. Barberis, Jr.	139,650	100
Total votes			139,650	100

General election

Illinois Appellate Court 5th district (Stewart vacancy) election[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John B. Barberis, Jr.	317,117	55.86
	Democratic	Brad K. Bleyer	250,544	44.14
Total votes			567,661	100

5th district (Wexstten vacancy)

A vacancy was created by the January 29, 2014 retirement of James M. Wexstten. Republican James R. Moore was elected to fill the seat. This was a regular election, as Wexstten's term would have ended in 2016.[10]

Democratic primary

Illinois Appellate Court 5th district (Wexstten vacancy) Democratic primary[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jo Beth Weber	108,055	100
Total votes			108,055	100

Republican primary

Illinois Appellate Court 5th district (Wexstten vacancy) Republican primary[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James R. Randy Moore	142,599	100
Total votes			142,599	100

General election

Illinois Appellate Court 5th district (Wexstten vacancy) election[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James R. Randy Moore	307,926	53.84
	Democratic	Joe Beth Weber	264,041	46.16
Total votes			571,967	100

Retention elections

District	Incumbent					Vote		Cite
	Party		Name	In office since	Previous years elected/retained	Yes (Retain)	No (Remove)
1st		Democratic	Joy Virginia Cunningham	December 4, 2006	2006 (elected)	1,161,051 (78.8%)	311,541 (21.2%)	[11][12][13]
3rd		Democratic	Vicki R. Wright	December 4, 2006	2006 (elected)	558,811 (79.9%)	140,347 (20.1)	[11]/[13][14]
4th		Republican	James A. Knecht	December 1, 1986	1986 (elected), 1996, 2006 (retained)	403,223 (81.5%)	91,322 (18.47)	[11][15][16]

Lower courts

See also: 2016 Cook County, Illinois elections § Judicial elections

Lower courts also saw judicial elections.

References

1. "Illinois judicial elections, 2016". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
2. "Illinois Constitution - Article VI". www.ilga.gov. Illinois General Assembly. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
3. "Eileen O'Neill Burke". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
4. "Election Results 2016 GENERAL PRIMARY". www.elections.il.gov. Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
5. "Election Results 2016 GENERAL ELECTION". www.elections.il.gov. Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
6. "Cook County Judge Laura Liu appointed to 1st District Appellate vacancy | Illinois State Bar Association". www.isba.org. Illinois State Bar Association. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
7. "Bertina E. Lampkin". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
8. "John B. Barberis Jr". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
9. "Bruce Stewart". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
10. "James R. Moore". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
11. "Downloadable Vote Totals". Illinois Secretary of State. Archived from the original on 4 August 2017.
12. "Joy Cunningham". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
13. "Election Results 2006 GENERAL ELECTION". www.elections.il.gov. Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
14. "Vicki Wright". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
15. "James Knecht". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
16. Schoenburg, Bernard (26 October 2019). "Bernard Schoenburg: Appellate Judge Knecht weighs in on impeachment". The State Journal-Register. Retrieved 3 April 2020.