1994 Cook County, Illinois elections
The Cook County, Illinois general election was held on November 8, 1994.
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Primaries were held March 15, 1994.[1]
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, both seats of the Cook County Board of Appeals, seats on the Water Reclamation District Board, and judgeships in the Circuit Court of Cook County.
Election information
1994 was a midterm election year in the United States. The primaries and general elections for Cook County races coincided with those for congressional elections and those for state elections.
Primary election
Turnout in the primaries was 34.58%, with 911,577 ballots cast.[1][2] Chicago saw 555,937 ballots cast and suburban Cook County saw 23.95% turnout (with 355,620 ballots cast).[1][3]
Primary | Chicago vote totals | Suburban Cook County vote totals | Total Cook County vote totals |
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Democratic | 525,752 | 213,002 | 738,754 |
Republican | 24,391 | 132,478 | 156,869 |
Harold Washington Party | 564 | 110 | 674 |
Harold Washington Party/Democratic | 3,826 | 1,669 | 5,495 |
Harold Washington Party/Republican | 244 | 171 | 415 |
Nonpartisan | 1,160 | 8,190 | 9,350 |
Total | 555,937 | 355,620 | 911,557 |
Assessor
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In the 1994 Cook County Assessor election, incumbent assessor Thomas Hynes, a Democrat, was elected to a second full-term.
Democratic
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Thomas Hynes (incumbent) | 444,436 | 100 | |
Total votes | 444,436 | 100 |
Republican
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Sandra C. Wilson-Muriel | 98,084 | 100 | |
Total votes | 98,084 | 100 |
Harold Washington Party
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Harold Washington | Donald Pamon | 3,076 | 100 | |
Total votes | 3,076 | 100 |
General election
Democrat Hynes won by a roughly 35-point margin.[5] He defeated Republican nominee Sandra C. Wilson-Muriel, as well as Harold Washington Party nominee Donald Pamon and Populist Party nominee Loretha Weisinger.[5]
Clerk
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In the 1994 Cook County Clerk election, incumbent first-term clerk David Orr, a Democrat, was reelected.
Democratic
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | David D. Orr (incumbent) | 454,873 | 76,37 | |
Democratic | Patricia Young | 140,290 | 23.63 | |
Total votes | 595,163 | 100 |
Republican
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Edward G. Howlett | 102,454 | 100 | |
Total votes | 102,454 | 100 |
Harold Washington Party
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Harold Washington | Herman W. Baker, Jr. | 2,154 | 50.77 | |
Harold Washington | Vivian Stewart Tyler | 2,089 | 49.23 | |
Total votes | 4,243 | 100 |
Sheriff
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In the 1994 Cook County Sheriff election, incumbent first-term sheriff Michael F. Sheahan, a Democrat, was reelected.
Democratic
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Michael F. Sheahan (incumbent) | 388,977 | 67.41 | |
Democratic | Tommy H. Brewer | 188,025 | 32.59 | |
Total votes | 577,002 | 100 |
Republican
No candidate ran in the Republican primary for Sheriff.[1] The party ultimately nominated John D. Tourtelot.[5]
Harold Washington Party
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Harold Washington | William A. Brown | 3,076 | 100 | |
Total votes | 3,076 | 100 |
Treasurer
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In the 1994 Cook County Treasurer election, incumbent fifth-term treasurer Edward J. Rosewell, a Democrat, was reelected.[5][6]
Democratic
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Edward J. Rosewell (incumbent) | 423,290 | 100 | |
Total votes | 423,290 | 100 |
Republican
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jean Reyes Pechette | 111,506 | 100 | |
Total votes | 111,506 | 100 |
Harold Washington Party
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Harold Washington | Robert J. Pettis | 2,089 | 50.47 | |
Harold Washington | Atara Young | 1,962 | 49.53 | |
Total votes | 4,051 | 100 |
General election
Rosweell was reelected by a more than 20-point margin. He defeated Republican nominee Jean Reyes Pechette, as well as Harold Washington Party nominee Robert J. Pettis and Populist Party nominee John Justice.[5]
President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners
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In the 1994 President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners election, incumbent first-term president Richard Phelan, a Democrat, did not seek reelection. Democrat, John Stroger, was elected to succeed him in office.
Democratic
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John Stroger, Jr. | 308,944 | 47.63 | |
Democratic | Aurelia Marie Pucinski | 185,266 | 28.56 | |
Democratic | Maria Pappas | 154,543 | 23.82 | |
Total votes | 648,753 | 100 |
Republican
Joe Morris received the Republican nomination, running unopposed on the ballot in the Republican primary.
Originally, Palatine village president Rita Mullins was running for the nomination, but she withdrew her candidacy.[7]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Joseph A. Morris | 99,238 | 100 | |
Total votes | 99,238 | 100 |
Harold Washington Party
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Harold Washington | David R. Reed | 2,106 | 53.26 | |
Harold Washington | Bruce Crosby | 1,848 | 46.64 | |
Total votes | 120,627 | 100 |
General election
Stroger won by a more than 25-point margin over Republican Joe Morris. He also defeated Harold Washington Party nominee Aloysius Majerczyk and Populist Party nominee Jerome Carter.[5]
Cook County Board of Commissioners
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The 1994 Cook County Board of Commissioners election saw all seventeen seats of the Cook County Board of Commissioners up for election to four-year terms.
This was the first for the Cook County Board of Commissioners conducted with individual districts, as previous elections had been conducted through two sets of at-large elections (one for ten seats from the city of Chicago and another for seven seats from suburban Cook County).[8]
Six of those elected were new to the Cook County Board of Commissioners.[9]
The number of commissioners each party held remained unchanged.[10]
1st district
Danny K. Davis, an incumbent Democrat who had served a single term as a commissioner from Chicago at-large, was elected to the 1st district.[11]
Democratic
Davis faced no opponents in the Democratic primary.[1][7]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Danny K. Davis (redistricted incumbent) | 32,505 | 100 | |
Total votes | 32,505 | 100 |
Republican
No candidates ran in the Republican Party primary.[1]
Harold Washington Party
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Harold Washington | Gwendolyn Stanford-Jones | 362 | 100 | |
Total votes | 362 | 100 |
General election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Danny K. Davis (redistricted incumbent) | |||
Harold Washington | Gwendolyn Stanford-Jones | |||
Total votes | 100 |
2nd district
Bobbie L. Steele, an incumbent Democrat who had served two-terms as a commissioner from Chicago at-large, was elected to the 2nd district.[11]
Democratic
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Bobbie L. Steele (redistricted incumbent) | 20,954 | 69.78 | |
Democratic | James C. Taylor | 9,075 | 30.22 | |
Total votes | 30,029 | 100 |
Republican
No candidates ran in the Republican primary.[1]
Harold Washington Party
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Harold Washington | David Whitehead | 272 | 100 | |
Total votes | 272 | 100 |
General election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Bobbie L. Steele (redistricted incumbent) | |||
Harold Washington | David Whitehead | |||
Total votes | 100 |
3rd district
Jerry Butler, an incumbent Democrat who had served as a commissioner from Chicago at-large for two terms, was elected to the 3rd district.[11]
Democratic
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jerry "Iceman" Butler (redistricted incumbent) | 44,085 | 100 | |
Total votes | 44,085 | 100 |
Republican
The Republican primary was won by Clara Simms-Johnson, a child protective investigator for the Department of Children and Family Services, who ran unopposed.[11]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Clara Simms-Johnson | 1,492 | 100 | |
Total votes | 1,492 | 100 |
Harold Washington Party
No candidates ran in the Harold Washington Party primary.[11]
General election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jerry "Iceman" Butler (redistricted incumbent) | |||
Republican | Clara Simms-Johnson | |||
Total votes | 100 |
4th district
John Stroger, an incumbent Democrat who had served six terms as a commissioner from Chicago at-large, was elected to the 4th district.[12]
Democratic
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John H. Stroger, Jr. (redistricted incumbent) | 59,209 | 100 | |
Total votes | 59,209 | 100 |
Republican
No candidates ran in the Republican primary.[11]
Harold Washington Party
The Harold Washington Party primary was won by Bruce Crosby, a community activist.[11][13]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Harold Washington | Bruce Crosby | 502 | 100 | |
Total votes | 502 | 100 |
General election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John H. Stroger, Jr. (redistricted incumbent) | |||
Harold Washington | Bruce Crosby | |||
Total votes | 100 |
5th district
Deborah Sims, a Democrat, was elected to the 5th district.[14]
Democratic
Deborah Sims defeated Governors State University political science professor Robert Donaldson in the Democratic primary.[7]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Deborah Sims | 22,959 | 63.70 | |
Democratic | Robert B. Donaldson | 13,083 | 36.30 | |
Total votes | 36,042 | 100 |
Republican
Lawrence Ragland, an accountant, won the Republican primary.[1][11]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Lawrence M. Ragland, Jr. | 2,214 | 100 | |
Total votes | 2,214 | 100 |
Harold Washington Party
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Harold Washington | Elliott M. Fourte | 509 | 100 | |
Total votes | 509 | 100 |
General election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Deborah Sims | |||
Republican | Lawrence Ragland | |||
Harold Washington | Elliott Fourte | |||
Total votes | 100 |
6th district
Barclay "Bud" Fleming, a Republican, was elected to the 6th district.
Democratic
Worth Township supervisor Joan Patricia Murphy won the Democratic primary.[1][11][15] Joan Patricia Murphy had defeated state senator Richard F. Kelly in the Democratic primary.[7]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Joan Patricia Murphy | 10,713 | 56.21 | |
Democratic | Richard F. Kelly, Jr. | 8,347 | 43.79 | |
Total votes | 19,060 | 100 |
Republican
Barclay "Bud" Fleming, an engineer who was the village president of Lynwood, won the Republican primary, defeating lawyer Helen Elizabeth Kelly as well as lawyer and East Hazel Crest village president Thomas Brown in the Republican primary.[7][16]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Barclay "Bud" Fleming | 6,373 | 52.55 | |
Republican | Helen Elizabeth Kelley | 3,265 | 26.92 | |
Republican | Thomas A. Brown | 7,309 | 20.53 | |
Total votes | 16,947 | 100 |
Harold Washington Party
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Harold Washington | Ronald Doyle | 509 | 100 | |
Total votes | 509 | 100 |
General election
The district was regarded as a potential "swing district", with both major parties seeing a potential for victory in its election.[7]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Barclay "Bud" Fleming | |||
Democratic | Joan Patricia Murphy | |||
Total votes | 100 |
7th district
Joseph Mario Moreno, a Democrat, was elected to the 7th district.[17]
Democratic
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Joseph Mario Moreno | 8,550 | 38.06 | |
Democratic | Diane Rincon Carli | 6,604 | 28.62 | |
Democratic | Gary Baranowski | 4,459 | 19.33 | |
Democratic | August Sallas | 1,936 | 8.39 | |
Democratic | Gilbert G. Jimenez | 950 | 4.12 | |
Democratic | Ronald J. "Jesus" Moraza | 572 | 2.48 | |
Total votes | 23,071 | 100 |
Republican
No candidates ran in the Republican primary.[1]
Harold Washington Party
No candidates ran in the Harold Washington Party primary.[1]
General election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Joseph Mario Moreno | |||
Total votes | 100 |
8th district
Roberto Maldonado, a Democrat, was elected to the 8th district.
Democratic
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Roberto Maldonado | 10,632 | 44.38 | |
Democratic | Marcial L. Torres | 5,938 | 24.79 | |
Democratic | Judith Klipowicz-Bush | 2,336 | 9.75 | |
Democratic | Philip G. Greco | 2,228 | 9.30 | |
Democratic | Margaret Cerda-Bradley | 2,137 | 8.92 | |
Democratic | Randy Scott Dienethal | 686 | 2.86 | |
Total votes | 23,957 | 100 |
Republican
No candidates ran in the Republican primary.[1]
Harold Washington Party
No candidates ran in the Harold Washington Party primary.[1]
General election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Roberto Maldonado | |||
Total votes | 100 |
9th district
Peter N. Silvestri, a Republican, was elected to the 9th district.
Domico had beaten five other candidates in the Democratic primary.[7]
Silvestri faced no opponents in the Republican primary.[7]
Democratic
Marco Domico, who had served two terms as a commissioner from Chicago at-large, won the Democratic primary over seven opponents.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Marco Domico (redistricted incumbent) | 11,614 | 27.22 | |
Democratic | Joan A. Sullivan | 8,928 | 20.92 | |
Democratic | Daniel E. (Dan) Burke | 7,596 | 17.80 | |
Democratic | Patricia Ann Kuta | 6,677 | 15.65 | |
Democratic | Ray Willas | 3,647 | 8.55 | |
Democratic | Kevin J. McCarthy | 3,549 | 8.32 | |
Democratic | John Lawson | 660 | 1.55 | |
Total votes | 42,671 | 100 |
Republican
Elmwood Park village president Peter N. Silvestri won the Republican primary, running unopposed.[1][9]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Peter N. Silvestri | 7,827 | 100 | |
Total votes | 7,827 | 100 |
Harold Washington Party
No candidates ran in the Harold Washington Party primary.[1]
General election
This district had been regarded as a "swing district", with both major parties being seen as having a chance of winning it.[11]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Peter N. Silvestri | |||
Democratic | Marco Domico (redistricted incumbent) | |||
Total votes | 100 |
10th district
Maria Pappas, an incumbent Democrat who had served a single term as a commissioner from Chicago at-large, was elected to the 10th district.[11]
Democratic
Pappas defeated three opponents to win the Democratic primary.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Maria Pappas (redistricted incumbent) | 24,029 | 61.31 | |
Democratic | Bill O'Donaghue | 8,922 | 22.76 | |
Democratic | James Patton | 4,367 | 11.14 | |
Democratic | Peter Miller | 1,875 | 4.78 | |
Total votes | 39,193 | 100 |
Republican
Republican Party nominee John McNeal ,an attorney and 48th Ward Republican committeeman, won the Republican primary, running unopposed.[1][11]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John E. McNeal | 2,868 | 100 | |
Total votes | 2,868 | 100 |
Harold Washington Party
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Harold Washington | Willie D. Adams | 146 | 100 | |
Total votes | 146 | 100 |
General election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Maria Pappas (redistricted incumbent) | |||
Republican | John E. McNeal | |||
Harold Washington | Willie D. Adams | |||
Total votes | 100 |
11th district
John P. Daley, an incumbent Democrat that had been appointed a commissioner from Chicago at-large in 1992, was elected to the 11th district.
Democratic
John P. Daley defeated communications consultant Dennis Baker in the Democratic primary.[1][7]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John P. Daley (redistricted incumbent) | 56,083 | 85.26 | |
Democratic | Dennis Baker | 9,694 | 14.74 | |
Total votes | 65,777 | 100 |
Republican
No candidates ran in the Republican primary.[1]
Harold Washington Party
No candidates ran in the Harold Washington Party primary.[1]
General election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John P. Daley (redistricted incumbent) | |||
Total votes | 100 |
12th district
Ted Lechowicz, an incumbent Democrat who had served two terms as a commissioner from Chicago at-large, was elected to the 12th district.[18]
Democratic
Ted Lechowicz defeated two opponents in the Democratic primary.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Thaddeus "Ted" Lechowicz (redistricted incumbent) | 28,625 | 71.53 | |
Democratic | Richard T. Bradley | 7,311 | 18.27 | |
Democratic | Amie Antero Parisi | 4,083 | 10.20 | |
Total votes | 40,019 | 100 |
Republican
No candidates ran in the Republican primary.[1]
Harold Washington Party
No candidates ran in the Harold Washington Party primary.[1]
General election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Thaddeus "Ted" Lechowicz (redistricted incumbent) | |||
Total votes | 100 |
13th district
Calvin Sutker, a Democrat, was elected to the 13th district.[11][19]
Democratic
Former state representative Calvin Sutker defeated two opponents in the Democratic primary.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Calvin R. Sutker | 16,692 | 51.95 | |
Democratic | Jeff Smith | 9,875 | 30.73 | |
Democratic | Vera Tikva Paktor | 5,565 | 17.32 | |
Total votes | 32,132 | 100 |
Republican
Lourdes Gagui Mon, an educator, won Republican primary.[1][11][19]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Lourdes Gagui Mon | 6,070 | 100 | |
Total votes | 6,070 | 100 |
Harold Washington Party
No candidates ran in the Harold Washington Party primary.[1]
General election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Calvin R. Sutker | |||
Republican | Lourdes Gagui Mon | |||
Total votes | 100 |
14th district
Richard Siebel, an incumbent Republican who had served several terms as a commissioner from suburban Cook County at-large, was elected to the 14th district. He defeated Democratic nominee Kelly Ann Sheehan.[11]
In the Republican primary, Siebel defeated Palatine village president Rita Mullins.[7]
15th district
Carl Hansen, an incumbent Republican who had served five terms as a commissioner from suburban Cook County at-large, was elected to the 15th district.[20]
Democratic
No candidates ran in the Democratic primary.[1]
Republican
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Carl R. Hansen (redistricted incumbent) | 10,153 | 67.72 | |
Republican | Kenneth D. Dubinski | 4,839 | 32.28 | |
Total votes | 14,992 | 100 |
Harold Washington Party
No candidates ran in the Harold Washington Party primary.[1]
General election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Carl R. Hansen (redistricted incumbent) | |||
Total votes | 100 |
16th district
Allan C. Carr, a incumbent Republican who had served as a commissioner from suburban Cook County at-large.[11]
Democratic
Attorney Tony Peraica won the Democratic primary, running unopposed.[1][11]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Anthony J. Peraica | 11,935 | 100 | |
Total votes | 11,935 | 100 |
Republican
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Allan C. Carr (redistricted incumbent) | 15,839 | 100 | |
Total votes | 15,839 | 100 |
Harold Washington Party
No candidates ran in the Harold Washington Party primary.[1]
General election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Allan C. Carr (redistricted incumbent) | |||
Democratic | Anthony J. Peraica | |||
Total votes | 100 |
17th district
Herb Schumann, an incumbent Republican who had served two terms as a commissioner from suburban Cook County at-large, was elected to the 17th district.[21]
Democratic
William Hurley, an insurance agent, won the Democratic primary, running unopposed.[1][11]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | William M. Hurley | 5,057 | 100 | |
Total votes | 5,057 | 100 |
Republican
Herb Schumann defeated lawyer Teressa Nuccio in the Republican primary.[1][7]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Herbert T. Schumann, Jr. (redistricted incumbent) | 9,069 | 65.53 | |
Republican | Teresa Nuccio | 4,770 | 34.47 | |
Total votes | 13,839 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Hebert T. Schumann, Jr. (redistricted incumbent) | |||
Democratic | William M. Hurley | |||
Total votes | 100 |
Cook County Board of Appeals
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In the 1994 Cook County Board of Appeals election, both seats on the board were up for election. The election was an at-large election.
Incumbent Democrats Joseph Berrios and Wilson Frost were reelected.
This was the last election to the Cook County Board of Appeals, which was reconstituted in 1998 as the three-member Cook County Board of Review.
Water Reclamation District Board
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In the 1998 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago election took place on November 8, 1994, with primaries on March 15, 1994.
Judicial elections
Partisan elections were held for judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County, due to vacancies. Other judgeships had retention elections.
Other elections
Coinciding with the primaries, elections were held to elect the Democratic, Republican, and Harold Washington Party committeemen for the suburban townships.[1]
See also
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