2020 Cook County, Illinois elections
The Cook County, Illinois general election will be held on November 3, 2020.[1] Elections will be held for Clerk of the Circuit Court, State's Attorney, Cook County Board Of Review district 1, three seats on the Water Reclamation District Board, and judgeships in the Circuit Court of Cook County and its subcircuits.[2]
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Primary elections, held using the open primary system, took take place on March 17, 2020.[1][3]
Election information
The primaries and general elections for Cook County races coincided with those for federal races (President, House, and Senate) and those for state elections.
Voter turnout
For the primaries, turnout was 33.54%, with 1,037,951 ballots cast. The ballots cast comprised 957,791 Democratic, 79,669 Republican, and 491 nonpartisan primary ballots. Turnout in the city of Chicago was 37.78%, while turnout in suburban Cook County was 29.42%.[4][5]
Turnout in the primaries was considered to be low for a presidential primary.[6] The low turnout was attributed by many to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[6] The potentially suppressed turnout of election-day voting as a result of virus concerns was partially offset by high in-person early voting and mail-in ballot numbers.[6] 339,000 people cast early votes, a record number, with Chicago seeing 172,000, and the rest of Cook County seeing 167,000 early votes, a record for each jurisdiction.[6] The election also saw a record number of requests made for mail-in ballots, with both Chicago and the rest of Cook County seeing numbers of requests surpassing any previous election.[6] In Chicago there were 118,000 such requests, with over 80,000 mail-in ballots ultimately being returned and counted.[7] In suburban Cook County, 47,652 mail-in ballots were returned, setting a record.[8] In Chicago, 45% of votes cast were either early votes or votes by mail.[7] In suburban Cook County, 56% of votes cast were either early votes or votes by mail.[8]
Clerk of the Circuit Court
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The incumbent fifth-term Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Dorothy Brown, announced in 2019 that she would not run for re-election.[9] Brown had been the subject of a federal corruption investigation when she made the announcement.[9]
The last Republican to hold this office was Brown's immediate predecessor Aurelia Pucinski, who, while elected a Democrat in each of her elections to the office, had switched parties in her final term.[10][11]
Primaries
Democratic
All four candidates in the Democratic Party primary for the office pledged to modernize the office and to address corruption.[12][13]
- Candidates
The following candidates ran for the Democratic Party nomination for Clerk of the Circuit Court:
Candidate | Experience | Campaign | Ref | |
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Michael Cabonargi | Member of Cook County Board of Review for the 3rd district | Website | [14] |
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Richard Boykin | Former member of Cook County Board of Commissioners for the 1st district | Website | [14] |
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Iris Martinez | Illinois State Senator for the 20th district | Website | [14] |
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Jacob Meister | Civil rights lawyer Candidate for Clerk of the Cook County Circuit Court in 2016 Candidate for U.S. Senate in 2010 |
Website | [9][14] |
- Endorsements
Richard Boykin |
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Michael Cabonargi |
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Jacob Meister |
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- Polls
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Richard Boykin |
Michael Cabonargi |
Iris Y. Martinez |
Jacob Meister |
Undecided |
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ALG Research[17] | February 9–12, 2020 | 500 | ± 4.4 | 12% | 4% | 15% | 3% | 65% |
Fako Research & Strategies (Boykin)[17] | Late-January, 2020 | 13% | 4% | 11% | 3% | 69% |
- Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Iris Y. Martinez | 269,578 | 33.67 | |
Democratic | Michael M. Cabonargi | 216,180 | 27.00 | |
Democratic | Richard R. Boykin | 199,526 | 24.92 | |
Democratic | Jacob Meister | 113,855 | 14.22 | |
Write-in | Others | 1,511 | 0.19 | |
Total votes | 800,650 | 100 |
Republican
- Candidates
The following candidates ran for the Republican party nomination for Clerk of the Circuit Court:
Candidate | Experience | Campaign | Ref |
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Barbara Ruth Bellar | Candidate for Illinois State Senate in 2012 Candidate for Illinois House of Representatives in 2010 |
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- Write-in candidates
- Richard Mayers,[23] perennial candidate and alleged white supremacist,[24][25][26][27][28][29] write-in candidate for Chicago Mayor, City Clerk, Treasurer, and alderman in 2019;[30] congressional candidate in 2000,[28] 2002,[28] 2008,[28] 2016, 2018,[31][32][33] and 2020;[34] 1998 State House candidate;[28] 1993 Berwyn city clerk and city treasurer candidate;[28] write-in candidate for U.S. Senator in 2020;[34] write-in candidate in 2020 Illinois Republican presidential primary[34]
- Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Barbara Bellar | 64,160 | 99.42 | |
Write-in | Richard Mayers | 1 | 0.00 | |
Write-in | Others | 374 | 0.58 | |
Total votes | 64,535 | 100 |
General election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Iris Martinez | |||
Republican | Barbara Bellar | |||
Total votes |
State's Attorney
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Incumbent Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx, who was first elected in 2016, is running for re-election. She defeated three opponents in the Democratic primary. She will face Republican Pat O'Brien in the general election.
Only Democrats have held this office ever since Richard A. Devine unseated Republican Jack O'Malley in 1996.[35]
Primaries
Democratic
Incumbent Kim Foxx faced three opponents in the, two former Assistant State's Attorneys, Bill Conway and Donna More, and former Chicago alderman Bob Fioretti.
The money spent in the Democratic primary made this the most expensive State's Attorney election in Cook County to date.[36] Conway raised $11.9 million in campaign funds, most of which is from his father William E. Conway's cumulative donations of $10.5 million.[37] Foxx raised $2.8 million, and her biggest donors include Fred Eychaner and the political action committee of SEIU Illinois.[38][Note 1] More raised $406,000 and Fioretti raised $20,000.[39][40][Note 2]
- Candidates
The following candidates ran for the Democratic Party nomination for State's Attorney:
Candidate | Experience | Campaign | Ref | |
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Bill Conway | Former Navy Intelligence officer Former Cook County Assistant State's Attorney |
Website | [41] |
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Bob Fioretti | Former Chicago alderman for the 2nd ward Candidate for Mayor of Chicago in the 2015 and 2019 elections Candidate for Cook County Board President in 2018 |
Website | [41] |
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Kim Foxx | Incumbent Former Chief of Staff for Cook County Board President Former Cook County Assistant State's Attorney |
Website | [41] |
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Donna More | Candidate for Cook County State's Attorney in 2016 Former U.S. Attorney and Cook County Assistant State's Attorney |
Website | [41] |
- Endorsements
Bill Conway |
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Bob Fioretti |
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Kim Foxx |
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Donna More |
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- Polls
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Bill Conway |
Bob Fioretti |
Kim Foxx |
Donna More |
Undecided |
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WGN-TV/Emerson College/Nexstar[63][64] | March 11–12, 2020 | 567 | ± 4.1 | 20.3% | 4.3% | 36.3% | 4.8% | 34.2% |
Ogden & Fry[65] | March 7, 2020 | 466 | ± 4.63 | 31.7% | 9.0% | 48.2% | 11.1% | – |
19.5% | 4.2% | 33.0% | 5.8% | 37.5% | ||||
Anzalone Liszt Grove Research[66] | February 13–16, 2020 | 600 | ± 4.0 | 26% | 5% | 28% | 4% | |
Anzalone Liszt Grove Research[66] | January 22, 2020 | 16% | 8% | 32% | 5% | |||
Anzalone Liszt Grove Research[66] | December 8, 2019 | 14% | 11% | 36% | 6% |
- Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Kim Foxx (incumbent) | 447,974 | 50.19 | |
Democratic | Bill Conway | 276,341 | 30.96 | |
Democratic | Donna More | 122,528 | 13.73 | |
Democratic | Bob Fioretti | 44,794 | 5.02 | |
Write-in | Others | 955 | 0.11 | |
Total votes | 892,592 | 100 |
Republican
Pat O'Brien defeated Christopher Pfannkuche. Pfannkuche had been the Republican nominee for State's Attorney in 2016.
- Candidates
The following candidates ran for the Republican party nomination for State's Attorney:
Candidate | Experience | Campaign | Ref |
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Pat O'Brien | Former Judge, Cook County Circuit Court 1st Municipal District | Website | [41] |
Christopher Pfannkuche | Lawyer | Website | [41] |
- Write-in candidates
- Richard Mayers,[23] perennial candidate and alleged white supremacist,[24][25][26][27][28][29] write-in candidate for Chicago Mayor, City Clerk, Treasurer, and alderman in 2019;[30] congressional candidate in 2000,[28] 2002,[28] 2008,[28] 2016, 2018,[31][33] and 2020;[34] 1998 State House candidate;[28] 1993 Berwyn city clerk and city treasurer candidate;[28] write-in candidate for U.S. Senator in 2020;[34] write-in candidate in 2020 Illinois Republican presidential primary[34]
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- Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Patrick W. "Pat" O'Brien | 51,610 | 72.53 | |
Republican | Christopher E. K. Pfannkuche | 19,122 | 26.87 | |
Write-in | Richard Mayers | 1 | 0.00 | |
Write-in | Others | 426 | 0.60 | |
Total votes | 71,159 | 100 |
General election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Kim Foxx (incumbent) | |||
Republican | Patrick W. "Pat" O'Brien | |||
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Cook County Board of Review
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In the 2020 Cook County Board of Review election, one seat, Republican-held, out of its three seats is up for election. Incumbent Dan Patlak is seeking 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.[70]
1st district
Incumbent second-term Cook County Board of Review Commissioner for the 1st district, Dan Patlak, a Republican last reelected in 2016, is running for reelection. This election is to a two-year term.[70]
Primaries
Democratic
- Candidates
The following candidates ran for the Democratic Party nomination:
Candidate | Experience | Campaign | Ref |
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Abdelnasser Rashid | Former Deputy Chief of Staff for former Cook County Clerk David Orr Former Chief Policy Officer for Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi |
Website | [71][72] |
Tammy Wendt | Attorney and real estate agent | Website | [71][73] |
- Endorsements
Abdelnasser Rashid |
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Tammy Wendt |
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Individuals[75]
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- Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Tammy Wendt | 110,559 | 54.45 | |
Democratic | Abdelnasser Rashid | 92,493 | 45.55 | |
Total votes | 203,052 |
Republican
- Candidates
The following candidates ran for the Republican party nomination:
Candidate | Experience | Campaign | Ref |
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Dan Patlak | Incumbent Former Assessor of Wheeling Township |
Website | [71] |
- Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Dan Patlak (incumbent) | 43,625 | 100 | |
Total votes | 43,625 | 100 |
General election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Dan Patlak (incumbent) | |||
Democratic | Tammy Wendt | |||
Total votes |
Water Reclamation District Board
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Three of the nine seats on the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago board are up for election in 2020. Each winning candidate will serve a six-year term on the board. All candidates will appear together on the ballot, and voters can vote for up to three candidates (in both the primary and the general).[22][76]
All three incumbents are Democrats.[76] Incumbents Kimberly Neely Dubuclet and Cam Davis will be on the ballot in the general election, while incumbent Frank Avila lost renomination.
Primaries
Democratic
- Candidates
The following candidates are running for the Democratic Party nomination:[76]
- Frank Avila, incumbent Water Reclamation District Board commissioner
- Heather Boyle
- Mike Cashman
- Cam Davis, incumbent Water Reclamation District Board commissioner
- Deyon Dean
- Kimberly Neely Dubuclet, incumbent Water Reclamation District Board commissioner
- Patricia Theresa Flynn
- Michael Grace
- Shundar Lin
- Eira Corral Sepúlveda
The following candidates were removed from the ballot:
- Kisha McCaskill[77]
- Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Kimberly Neely Dubuclet (incumbent) | 346,370 | 18.02 | |
Democratic | M Cameron "Cam" Davis (incumbent) | 288,471 | 15.01 | |
Democratic | Eira L. Corral Sepúlveda | 242,055 | 12.59 | |
Democratic | Patricia Theresa Flynn | 222,191 | 11.56 | |
Democratic | Heather Boyle | 216,447 | 11.26 | |
Democratic | Frank Avila (incumbent) | 215,741 | 11.22 | |
Democratic | Michael G. Grace | 157,088 | 8.17 | |
Democratic | Mike Cashman | 99,319 | 5.17 | |
Democratic | Shundar Lin | 65,757 | 3.42 | |
Democratic | Deyon Dean | 61,102 | 3.18 | |
Write-in | Others | 7,627 | 0.40 | |
Total votes | 1,922,168 |
Republican
No candidates were included on the ballot in the Republican primary. While two official write-in candidates did run, neither received a sufficient share of the vote for them to win nomination.
- Write-in candidates
- Richard Mayers,[23] perennial candidate and alleged white supremacist,[24][25][26][27][28][29] write-in candidate for Chicago Mayor, City Clerk, Treasurer, and alderman in 2019;[30] congressional candidate in 2000,[28] 2002,[28] 2008,[28] 2016, 2018,[31][33] and 2020;[34] 1998 State House candidate;[28] 1993 Berwyn city clerk and city treasurer candidate;[28] write-in candidate for U.S. Senator in 2020;[34] write-in candidate in 2020 Illinois Republican presidential primary[34]
- Frank Rowder[23]
- Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Write-in | Frank Rowder | 7 | 0.21 | |
Write-in | Richard Mayers | 4 | 0.12 | |
Write-in | Others | 3,305 | 99.67 | |
Total votes | 3,316 | 100 |
Green
The Green Party nominated Troy Hernandez, Tammie Vinson, and Rachel Wales.[76]
General election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | M Cameron "Cam" Davis (incumbent) | |||
Democratic | Kimberly Neely Dubuclet (incumbent) | |||
Democratic | Eira L. Corral Sepúlveda | |||
Green | Troy Hernandez | |||
Green | Tammie Vinson | |||
Green | Rachel Wales | |||
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Judicial elections
Partisan elections will be held to fill 13 judgeships in the Circuit Court of Cook County and 21 judgeships in subcircuits of the court. There are Democratic Party candidates for all 34 elections, whereas the Republican primary has been canceled for all but two vacancies.[78] Retention elections will also be held for judgeships on these courts.
See also
Notes
- Foxx's campaign committee was created prior to her previous run for the office in the 2016 election. This amount counts all donations received by the committee after December 1, 2016, when Foxx first took office.
- Fioretti's campaign committee has been active for several of his prior runs for office. This amount counts all donations received by the committee since April 2019, after the end of the 2019 Chicago mayoral election where Fioretti last ran for office.
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