2002 Cook County, Illinois elections

The Cook County, Illinois general election was held on November 5, 2002.[1][2]

2002 Cook County, Illinois elections

November 5, 2002
Turnout	52.12%

Primaries were held on March 19, 2002.[3][4][5]

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, all 3 seats of the Cook County Board of Review, three seats on the Water Reclamation District Board, and judgeships in the Circuit Court of Cook County and its subcircuits.

Election information

2002 was a midterm election year in the United States. The primaries and general elections for Cook County races coincided with those for federal (Senate and House) and those for state elections.

Primary election

Voter turnout in Cook County during the primaries was 36.69%. The city of Chicago saw 39.87% turnout and suburban Cook County saw 33.40% turnout.[3][4][5][6]

Vote totals of primaries[5]

Primary	Chicago vote totals	Suburban Cook County vote totals	Total Cook County vote totals
Democratic	512,369	279,236	713,040
Republican	34,272	154,974	189,244
Libertarian	102	15	117
Nonpartisan
Total	548,832	438,846	987,678

General election

The general election saw 52.12% turnout, with 1,423,403 ballots cast. Chicago saw 53.16% turnout and suburban Cook County saw 51.09% turnout.[1][2][6]

Assessor

2002 Cook County Assessor election

November 5, 2002
Turnout	46.14%[1][2]
Candidate James Houlihan James P. Pieczonka Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 954,774 305,176 Percentage 75.78% 24.22%
Assessor before election James Houlihan Democratic Elected Assessor James Houlihan Democratic

In the 2002 Cook County Assessor election, incumbent Assessor James Houlihan, a Democrat first appointed in 1997 who was reelected in 1998, was again reelected.[7]

Democratic

Cook County Assessor Democratic primary[3][4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James Houlihan (incumbent)	534,407	100
Total votes			534,407	100

Republican

Cook County Assessor Republican primary[3][4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James P. Pieczonka	135,397	100
Total votes			135,397	100

General election

Cook County Assessor election[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James Houlihan (incumbent)	954,774	75.78
	Republican	James P. Pieczonka	305,176	24.22
Total votes			1,259,950	100

Clerk

2002 Cook County Clerk election

November 5, 2002
Turnout	47.75%[1][2]
Candidate David Orr Kathleen A. Thomas Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 992,441 311,552 Percentage 76.11% 23.89%
Clerk before election David Orr Democratic Elected Clerk David Orr Democratic

In the 2002 Cook County Clerk election, incumbent third-term Clerk David Orr, a Democrat, was reelected.

Democratic

Cook County Clerk Democratic primary[3][4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David D. Orr (incumbent)	603,556	100
Total votes			603,556	100

Republican

Cook County Clerk Republican primary[3][4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kathleen A. Thomas	139,512	100
Total votes			139,512	100

General election

Cook County Clerk election[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David D. Orr (incumbent)	992,441	76.11
	Republican	Kathleen A. Thomas	311,552	23.89
Total votes			1,303,993	100

Sheriff

2002 Cook County Sheriff election

November 5, 2002
Turnout	46.89%[1][2]
Candidate Michael F. Sheahan Ronald Swick Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 984,348 296,062 Percentage 76.88% 23.12%
Sheriff before election Michael F. Sheahan Democratic Elected Sheriff Michael F. Sheahan Democratic

In the 2002 Cook County Sheriff election, incumbent third-term Sheriff Michael F. Sheahan, a Democrat, was reelected.

Democratic

Cook County Sheriff Democratic primary[3][4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael F. Sheahan (incumbent)	558,682	100
Total votes			558,682	100

Republican

Cook County Sheriff Republican primary[3][4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ronald Swick	135,355	100
Total votes			135,355	100

General election

Cook County Sheriff election[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael F. Sheahan (incumbent)	984,348	76.88
	Republican	Ronald Swick	296,062	23.12
Total votes			1,280,410	100

Treasurer

2002 Cook County Treasurer election

November 5, 2002
Turnout	47.98%[1][2]
Candidate Maria Pappas Richard J. Daniels Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 998,480 311,787 Percentage 76.20% 23.80%
Treasurer before election Maria Pappas Democratic Elected Treasurer Maria Pappas Democratic

In the 2002 Cook County Treasurer election, incumbent first-term Treasurer Maria Pappas, a Democrat, was reelected.

Democratic

Cook County Treasurer Democratic primary[3][4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maria Pappas (incumbent)	586,494	100
Total votes			586,494	100

Republican

Cook County Treasurer Republican primary[3][4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard J. Daniels	137,151	100
Total votes			137,151	100

General election

Cook County Treasurer election[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maria Pappas (incumbent)	998,480	76.20
	Republican	Richard J. Daniels	311,787	23.80
Total votes			1,310,267	100

President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners

2002 President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners election

November 5, 2002
Turnout	48.04%[1][2]
Candidate John Stroger Christopher A. Bullock Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 901,679 410,155 Percentage 68.73% 31.27
President before election John Stroger Democratic Elected President John Stroger Democratic

In the 2002 President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners election, incumbent second-term President John Stroger, a Democrat, was reelected.

Stroger was only the forth person ever to win three elections for president of the Cook County Board of Commissioners.[8]

Democratic

President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners Democratic primary[3][4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John H. Stroger, Jr. (incumbent)	587,440	100
Total votes			587,440	100

Republican

President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners Republican primary[3][4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Christopher A. Bullock	135,786	100
Total votes			135,786	100

General election

President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners election[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John H. Stroger, Jr. (incumbent)	901,679	68.73
	Republican	Christopher A. Bullock	410,155	31.27
Total votes			1,311,834	100

Cook County Board of Commissioners

2002 Cook County Board of Commissioners election

November 5, 2002
All 17 seats on the Cook County Board of Commissioners 9 seats needed for a majority
Party Democratic Republican Seats before 13 5 Seats won 13 5 Seat change

The 2002 Cook County Board of Commissioners election saw all seventeen seats of the Cook County Board of Commissioners up for election to four-year terms.

As these were the first elections held following the 2000 United States Census, the seats faced redistricting before this election.

1st district

Incumbent first-term Commissioner Earlean Collins, a Democrat, was reelected.

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 1st district Democratic primary[3][4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Earlean Collins (incumbent)	31,784	66.18
	Democratic	Iola McGowan	9,737	20.28
	Democratic	Ivan V. Williams	3,765	7.84
	Democratic	Luther Franklin Spence	2,738	5.70
Total votes			48,024	100

Republican

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[3][5] The Republican Party ultimately nominated Robin Lee Meyer.[1][2]

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 1st district election[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Earlean Collins (incumbent)	68,055	89.83
	Republican	Robin Lee Meyer	7,707	10.17
Total votes			75,762	100

2nd district

Incumbent fourth-term Commissioner Bobbie L. Steele, a Democrat, was reelected, running unopposed in both the primary and general election.

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 2nd district Democratic primary[3][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bobbie L. Steele (incumbent)	35,617	100
Total votes			35,617	100

Republican

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[3][5]

General election

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bobbie L. Steele (incumbent)	59,011	100
Total votes			59,011	100

3rd district

Incumbent Commissioner Jerry Butler, a Democrat who first assumed the office in 1985, was reelected, running unopposed in both the primary and general election.

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 3rd district Democratic primary[3][4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jerry "Iceman" Butler (incumbent)	52,307	100
Total votes			52,307	100

Republican

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[3][5]

General election

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jerry "Iceman" Butler (incumbent)	76,883	100
Total votes			76,883	100

4th district

Incumbent Commissioner John Stroger, a Democrat, was reelected.

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 4th district Democratic primary[3][4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John H. Stroger, Jr. (incumbent)	63,687	100
Total votes			63,687	100

Republican

Cook County Board of Commissioners 4th district Republican primary[3][4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Nathan Peoples	1,434	100
Total votes			1,434	100

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 4th district election[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John H. Stroger, Jr. (incumbent)	86,415	93.12
	Republican	Nathan Peoples	6,385	6.88
Total votes			92,800	100

5th district

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

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 5th district Democratic primary[3][4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Deborah Sims (incumbent)	35,249	66.67
	Democratic	Earl B. King	6,344	12.00
	Democratic	Robert E. Fox Jr.	6,093	11.53
	Democratic	Carolyn Alexander Croswell	5,182	9.80
Total votes			52,868	100

Republican

Cook County Board of Commissioners 5th district Republican primary[3][4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Daniel "Dan" Wooten	3,957
Total votes			3,957	100

General election

Republican primary winner Daniel "Dan" Wooten withdrew and was not replaced on the ballot.

Cook County Board of Commissioners 5th district election[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Deborah Sims (incumbent)	76,702	100
Total votes			76,702	100

6th district

Incumbent first-term Commissioner William Moran, a Democrat, unsuccessfully sought reelection. Joan Patricia Murphy defeated him for the Democratic nomination, and won the general election unopposed.

Incumbent Moran had been a perennial candidate who, in the 1998 general election, had won an upset victory over incumbent then-Republican Barclay "Bud" Fleming.[9][10]

Barclay "Bud" Fleming, who had been ousted in 1998, also unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for this election.

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 6th district Democratic primary[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joan Patricia Murphy	9,905	29.85
	Democratic	John A. Daly	7,846	23.65
	Democratic	Jerry Hurckes	6,756	20.36
	Democratic	Karla Ostantowski Fiaoni	3,024	9.11
	Democratic	Barclay "Bud" Fleming	2,843	8.57
	Democratic	William R. Moran (incumbent)	2,807	8.46
Total votes			33,181	100

Republican

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[5]

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 6th district election[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joan Patricia Murphy	66,238	100
Total votes			66,238	100

7th district

Incumbent second-term Commissioner Joseph Mario Moreno, a Democrat, was reelected.

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 7th district Democratic primary[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joseph Mario Moreno (incumbent)	19,417	100
Total votes			19,417	100

Republican

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[3][5] The Republican Party ultimately nominated Juan Moreno.[1][2]

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 7th district election[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joseph Mario Moreno (incumbent)	26,491	83.13
	Republican	Juan Moreno	5,377	16.87
Total votes			31,868	100

8th district

Incumbent second-term Commissioner Roberto Maldonado, a Democrat, was reelected, running unopposed in both the primary and general election.

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 8th district Democratic primary[3][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Roberto Maldonado (incumbent)	26,514	100
Total votes			26,514	100

Republican

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[3][5]

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 8th district election[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Roberto Maldonado (incumbent)	38,741	100
Total votes			38,741	100

9th district

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

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 9th district Democratic primary[3][4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Martwick	26,796	72.04
	Democratic	Fred Marshall	10,399	27.96
Total votes			37,195	100

Republican

Cook County Board of Commissioners 9th district Republican primary[3][4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Peter N. Silvestri (incumbent)	14,098	100
Total votes			14,098	100

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 9th district election[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Peter N. Silvestri (incumbent)	50,343	53.67
	Democratic	Robert Martwick	43,452	46.33
Total votes			93,795	100

10th district

Incumbent first-term Commissioner Mike Quigley, a Democrat, was reelected.

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 10th district Democratic primary[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Quigley (incumbent)	22,357	72.04
	Democratic	Mary Ellen E. Daly	12,127	27.96
Total votes			34,484	100

Republican

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[3][5]

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 10th district election[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Quigley (incumbent)	60,457	100
Total votes			60,457	100

11th district

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

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 11th district Democratic primary[3][4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John P. Daley (incumbent)	55,926	100
Total votes			55,926	100

Republican

Cook County Board of Commissioners 11th district Republican primary[3][4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William J. Walsh	5,150	100
Total votes			5,150	100

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 11th district election[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John P. Daley (incumbent)	69,422	75.85
	Republican	William J. Walsh	22,099	24.15
Total votes			91,521	100

12th district

Incumbent fourth-term[11] Commissioner Ted Lechowicz, a Democrat, sought reelection, but was defeated in the Democratic primary by Forrest Claypool, who went on to win the general election.

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 12th district Democratic primary[3][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Forrest Claypool	20,663	51.13
	Democratic	Thaddeus "Ted" Lechowicz (incumbent)	19,748	48.87
Total votes			40,411	100

Republican

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[3][5]

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 12th district election[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Forrest Claypool	53,457	100
Total votes			53,457	100

13th district

Incumbent second-term Commissioner Calvin Sutker, a Democrat, sought reelection, but was defeated in the Democratic primary by Larry Suffredin, who went on to win the general election.

Democratic

In what was regarded to be an upset, Sutker unseated incumbent Suffredin.[12]

Cook County Board of Commissioners 13th district Democratic primary[3][4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Larry Suffredin	20,994	55.89
	Democratic	Calvin R. Sutker (incumbent)	16,567	44.11
Total votes			37,561	100

Republican

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[3][5] The Republican Party ultimately nominated Robert D. Shearer, Jr.[1][2]

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 13th district election[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Larry Suffredin (incumbent)	59,151	69.92
	Republican	Robert D. Shearer, Jr.	25,450	30.08
Total votes			84,601	100

14th district

Incumbent first-term Commissioner Gregg Goslin, a Republican, was reelected.

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 14th district Democratic primary[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Allan M. Monat	15,269	100
Total votes			15,269	100

Republican

Cook County Board of Commissioners 14th district Republican primary[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gregg Goslin (incumbent)	21,288	100
Total votes			21,288	100

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 14th district election[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gregg Goslin (incumbent)	51,691	61.15
	Democratic	Allan M. Monat	32,836	38.85
Total votes			84,527	100

15th district

Incumbent seventh-term[13] Commissioner Carl Hansen, a Republican, was reelected.

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 15th district Democratic primary[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brian J. McPartlin	11,611	100
Total votes			11,611	100

Republican

Cook County Board of Commissioners 15th district Republican primary[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carl R. Hansen (incumbent)	7,698	43.45
	Republican	Michael S. Olszewski	5,837	32.95
	Republican	Timothy O. Schneider	4,181	23.60
Total votes			17,716	100

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 15th district election[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carl R. Hansen (incumbent)	38,530	59.56
	Democratic	Brian J. McPartlin	26,165	40.44
Total votes			64,695	100

16th district

Incumbent Commissioner Allan C. Carr, a Republican, sought reelection, but was defeated in the Republican primary by Tony Peraica, who went on to win the general election.

Democratic

Melrose Park Village President Ronald M. Serpico[14] won the Democratic primary, defeating lawyer[15] William Edward Gomolinski, Patrick "Chico" Hernandez and Stephen J. Mazur.

Cook County Board of Commissioners 16th district Democratic primary[3][4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ronald M. Serpico, Sr.	9,865	37.58
	Democratic	William Edward Gomolinski	8,634	32.89
	Democratic	Patrick "Chico" Hernandez	4,648	17.71
	Democratic	Stephen J. Mazur	3,105	11.83
Total votes			26,252	100

Republican

Cook County Board of Commissioners 16th district Republican primary[3][4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tony Peraica	11,813	57.46
	Republican	Allan C. Carr (incumbent)	8,746	42.54
Total votes			20,559	100

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 16th district election[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tony Peraica	38,858	53.14
	Democratic	Ronald M. Serpico, Sr.	34,262	46.86
Total votes			73,120	100

17th district

Incumbent fourth-term[16] Commissioner Herb Schumann, a Republican, sought reelection, but was defeated in the Republican primary by Elizabeth Ann Doody Gorman, who went on to win the general election.

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 17th district Democratic primary[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Candice Marie Morrison	20,630	100
Total votes			20,630	100

Republican

Cook County Board of Commissioners 17th district Republican primary[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Elizabeth "Liz" Doody Gorman	11,345	51.41
	Republican	Herbert T. Schumann, Jr. (incumbent)	10,721	48.59
Total votes			22,066	100

General election

Democratic primary winner Candice Marie Morrison withdrew before the election.[2]

Cook County Board of Commissioners 17th district election[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Elizabeth "Liz" Doody Gorman	53,212	100
Total votes			53,212	100

Cook County Board of Review

2002 Cook County Board of Review election

November 5, 2002
3 of 3 seats on the Cook County Board of Review 2 seats needed for a majority
Party Democratic Republican Seats before 2 1 Seats after 2 1 Seat change Seats up 2 1 Races won 2 1

In the 2002 Cook County Board of Review election, all three seats, two Democratic-held and one Republican-held, were up for election.

Beginning with the 2002 elections, the Cook County Board of Review has had 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.[17]

As this was the first elections held following the 2000 United States Census, the seats faced redistricting before this election.

1st district

Incumbent first-term member Maureen Murphy, a Republican, was reelected, being unopposed in both the Republican primary and general election. This election was to a four-year term.[17]

Democratic

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Democratic primary.[3][5] The Democratic Party ultimately nominated Brendan F. Houlihan.[1]

Republican

Cook County Board of Review 1st district Republican primary[3][4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Maureen Murphy (incumbent)	102,690	100
Total votes			102,690	100

General election

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Maureen Murphy (incumbent)	381,157	100
Total votes			381,157	100

2nd district

Incumbent first-term member Joseph Berrios, a Democrat, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and the general election. Berrios had not only served since the Board of Review was constituted in 1998, but had also served on its predecessor organization, the Cook County Board of (Tax) Appeals, for ten years. This election was to a four-year term.[17]

Democratic

Cook County Board of Review 2nd district Democratic primary[3][4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joseph Berrios (incumbent)	86,160	100
Total votes			86,160	100

Republican

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[3][5]

General election

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joseph Berrios (incumbent)	303,159	100
Total votes			303,159	100

3rd district

Incumbent first-term member Robert Shaw, a Democrat, was reelected. This election was to a two-year term.[17]

Democratic

Cook County Board of Review 3rd district Democratic primary[4][3][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Shaw (incumbent)	143,317	51.71
	Democratic	Steven Burris	133,854	48.29
Total votes			277,171	100

Republican

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[4][3][5]

General election

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Shaw (incumbent)	374,527	100
Total votes			374,527	100

Water Reclamation District Board

2002 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago election

November 5, 2002
3 of 9 seats on the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago 5 seats needed for a majority
Party Democratic Republican Seats before 9 0 Seats after 9 0 Seat change Seats up 3 0 Races won 3 0

In the 2006 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.[3][4] 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 Democratic incumbents Kathy Meany and Cynthia Santos, won reelection. They were joined in being elected by fellow Democrat Frank Avila. One Democratic incumbent, Martin Sandoval, had withdrawn ahead of the Democratic primary.[1][2][18]

Democratic

Water Reclamation District Board election Democratic primary[3][4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kathleen Therese Meany (incumbent)	304,767	19.97
	Democratic	Cynthia M. Santos (incumbent)	300,142	19.67
	Democratic	Frank Avila	194,061	12.72
	Democratic	James P. Sheehan	191,456	12.54
	Democratic	Jesse J. Evans	185,684	12.17
	Democratic	Derrick David Stinson	120,318	7.88
	Democratic	Lewis W. Powell, III	94,963	6.22
	Democratic	Edward J. Schmit III	86,357	5.66
	Democratic	Turheran "TC" Crawford	48,470	3.18
Total votes			1,526,218	100

Republican

Water Reclamation District Board election Republican primary[3][4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Donald G. Hansen	110,253	35.18
	Republican	Patricia Vazquez	105,953	33.81
	Republican	Eric M. Nickerson	97,197	31.01
Total votes			313,403	100

General election

Water Reclamation District Board election[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kathleen Therese Meany (incumbent)	773,358	23.96
	Democratic	Cynthia M. Stantos (incumbent)	758,842	23.51
	Democratic	Frank Avila	690,043	21.38
	Republican	Donald G. Hansen	383,823	11.89
	Republican	Patricia Vazquez	330,607	10.24
	Republican	Erick M. Nickerson	291,073	9.02
Total votes			3,227,746	100

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.

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

Other elections

Coinciding with the primaries, elections were held to elect both the Democratic and Republican committeemen for the suburban townships.[4]

See also

• 2002 Illinois elections

References

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