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Results: Democratic hold Republican hold Vote Share: 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% 50–60% 60–70% >90% |
The 2002 Cook County Board of Commissioners election was held on November 5, 2002.[1] It was preceded by a primary election held on March 19, 2002.[2] It coincided with other 2002 Cook County, Illinois, elections (including the election for president of the Cook County Board of Commissioners). It 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.
Primaries
Democratic
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][2] The Republican Party ultimately nominated Robin Lee Meyer.[5][1]
General election
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.
Primaries
Democratic
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][2]
General election
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.
Primaries
Democratic
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][2]
General election
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.
Primaries
Democratic
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John H. Stroger, Jr. (incumbent) | 63,687 | 100 | |
Total votes | 63,687 | 100 |
Republican
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Nathan Peoples | 1,434 | 100 | |
Total votes | 1,434 | 100 |
General election
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.
Primaries
Democratic
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
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.
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.[6][7]
Barclay "Bud" Fleming, who had been ousted in 1998, also unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for this election.
Primaries
Democratic
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.[2]
General election
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.
Primaries
Democratic
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][2] The Republican Party ultimately nominated Juan Moreno.[5][1]
General election
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.
Primaries
Democratic
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][2]
General election
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.
Primaries
Democratic
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Robert Martwick | 26,796 | 72.04 | |
Democratic | Fred Marshall | 10,399 | 27.96 | |
Total votes | 37,195 | 100 |
Republican
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Peter N. Silvestri (incumbent) | 14,098 | 100 | |
Total votes | 14,098 | 100 |
General election
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.
Primaries
Democratic
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][2]
General election
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.
Primaries
Democratic
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John P. Daley (incumbent) | 55,926 | 100 | |
Total votes | 55,926 | 100 |
Republican
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | William J. Walsh | 5,150 | 100 | |
Total votes | 5,150 | 100 |
General election
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[8] 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.
Primaries
Democratic
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][2]
General election
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.
Primaries
Democratic
In what was regarded to be an upset, Sutker unseated incumbent Suffredin.[9]
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][2] The Republican Party ultimately nominated Robert D. Shearer, Jr.[5][1]
General election
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.
Primaries
Democratic
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Allan M. Monat | 15,269 | 100 | |
Total votes | 15,269 | 100 |
Republican
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Gregg Goslin (incumbent) | 21,288 | 100 | |
Total votes | 21,288 | 100 |
General election
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[10] Commissioner Carl Hansen, a Republican, was reelected.
Primaries
Democratic
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Brian J. McPartlin | 11,611 | 100 | |
Total votes | 11,611 | 100 |
Republican
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
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.
Primaries
Democratic
Melrose Park Village President Ronald M. Serpico[11] won the Democratic primary, defeating lawyer[12] William Edward Gomolinski, Patrick "Chico" Hernandez and Stephen J. Mazur.
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
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
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[13] 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.
Primaries
Democratic
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Candice Marie Morrison | 20,630 | 100 | |
Total votes | 20,630 | 100 |
Republican
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.[1]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Elizabeth "Liz" Doody Gorman | 53,212 | 100 | |
Total votes | 53,212 | 100 |
Summarizing statistics
Party | Seats held before | Seats contested |
---|---|---|
Democratic | 12 | 16 |
Republican | 5 | 10 |
Party | Popular vote | Seats won |
---|---|---|
Democratic | 877,738 (74.55%) | 12 |
Republican | 299,652 (25.45%) | 5 |
Total | 1,177,390 | — |
Party | Total incumbents | Incumbents that sought reelection/retired | Incumbents that won/lost re-nomination in primaries | Incumbents that won/lost general election |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | 12 | 12 sought reelection 0 retired | 9 won re-nomination 3 lost re-nomination | 9 won 0 lost |
Republican | 5 | 5 sought reelection 0 retired | 3 won re-nomination 2 lost re-nomination | 3 won 0 lost |
Party | Returning members | Newly elected members |
---|---|---|
Democratic | 9 | 3 |
Republican | 3 | 2 |
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "SUBURBAN COOK COUNTY RESULTS". voterinfonet.com. Cook County Clerk. Archived from the original on 9 February 2005.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 "OFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS PRIMARY ELECTION TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2002 DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY" (PDF). Cook County, Illinois. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 "SUBURBAN COOK COUNTY RESULTS". voterinfonet.com. Cook County Clerk. Archived from the original on 9 February 2005.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "TABULATED STATEMENT OF THE RETURNS AND PROCLAMATION OF THE RESULTS OF THE CANVASS OF THE ELECTION RETURNS FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION HELD IN EACH OF THE PRECINCTS IN ALL THE WARDS IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2002 A.D." (PDF). Chicago Board of Election Commissioners. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
- ↑ "Editorial board questionnaires and endorsements -- chicagotribune.com". primaries2010.elections.chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 25 June 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ↑ "CHOICES FOR COOK COUNTY BOARD". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ↑ "Ex-Cook Commissioner 'Ted' Lechowicz dies". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. 5 January 2009. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ↑ Stewart, Russ (April 24, 2002). ""Alienator Factor" cuts down Lechowicz, Sutker". Russ Stewart, Attorney at Law. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
- ↑ Pohl, Kimberly (3 February 2010). "Longtime Cook Co. Board member Carl Hansen dies -- Daily Herald". prev.dailyherald.com. Daily Herald. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ↑ "Ronald M. Serpico". Village of Melrose Park. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
- ↑ Skolnik, Bob (17 October 2006). "Western Springs lawyer hopes to unseat Peraica in 16th District". www.rblandmark.com. Riverside and Brookfield Landmark. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
- ↑ "HERBERT T. SCHUMANN SR". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. 21 November 1990. Retrieved 23 June 2020.