2006 Cook County, Illinois, elections
November 7, 2006
Turnout49.85%

The Cook County, Illinois, general election was held on November 7, 2006.[1]

Primaries were held March 21, 2006.[2][3]

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, Cook County Board of Review districts 1 and 2, three seats on the Water Reclamation District Board, judgeships in the Circuit Court of Cook County.

Election information

2006 was a midterm election year in the United States. The primaries and general elections for Cook County races coincided with those for congressional and those for state elections.

Voter turnout

Primary election

Voter turnout in Cook County during the primaries was 28.44%, with 762,273 ballots cast. The city of Chicago saw 32.05% turnout and suburban Cook County saw 26.70% turnout.[4][5]

Vote totals of primaries[2][3]
PrimaryChicago vote totalsSuburban Cook County vote totalsTotal Cook County vote totals
Democratic390,891228,418619,309
Republican24,599113,583138,182
Green088
Libertarian6915
Honesty & Integrity066
Nonpartisan8074,7535,560
Total416,303346,777763,080

General election

The general election saw 49.85% turnout, with 1,350,918 ballots cast. The city of Chicago saw 49.25% turnout and suburban Cook County saw 50.45% turnout.[1][6][7]

Assessor

2006 Cook County Assessor election
November 7, 2006
Turnout46.37%[1][8][7]
 
Candidate James Houlihan Ralph Conner
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,010,400 246,186
Percentage 80.41% 19.59%
Assessor before election

James Houlihan
Democratic

 Elected Assessor

James Houlihan
Democratic

In the 2006 Cook County Assessor election, incumbent Assessor James Houlihan, a Democrat first appointed in 1997 who was reelected in 1998 and 2002, was again reelected.[9]

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Assessor Democratic primary[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James Houlihan (incumbent) 492,077 100
Total votes 492,077 100

Republican

Cook County Assessor Republican primary[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ralph Conner 101,053 100
Total votes 101,053 100

General election

Cook County Assessor election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James Houlihan (incumbent) 1,010,400 80.41
Republican Ralph Conner 246,186 19.59
Total votes 1,256,586 100

Clerk

2006 Cook County Clerk election
November 7, 2006
Turnout47.24%[1][8][7]
 
Candidate David Orr Nancy Carlson
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,034,263 246,044
Percentage 80.78% 19.22%
Clerk before election

David Orr
Democratic

 Elected Clerk

David Orr
Democratic

In the 2006 Cook County Clerk election, incumbent fourth-term Clerk David Orr, a Democrat, was reelected.

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Clerk Democratic primary[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic David D. Orr (incumbent) 520,407 100
Total votes 520,407 100

Republican

Cook County Clerk Republican primary[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Nancy Carlson 103,878 100
Total votes 103,878 100

General election

Cook County Clerk election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic David D. Orr (incumbent) 1,034,263 80.78
Republican Nancy Carlson 246,044 19.22
Total votes 1,280,307 100

Sheriff

2006 Cook County Sheriff election
November 7, 2006
Turnout46.53%[1][8][7]
 
Candidate Tom Dart Peter Garza
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 942,113 319,011
Percentage 74.70% 25.30%
Sheriff before election

Michael F. Sheahan
Democratic

 Elected Sheriff

Tom Dart
Democratic

In the 2006 Cook County Sheriff election, incumbent fourth-term Sheriff Michael F. Sheahan, a Democrat, did not seek reelection.[10] Democrat Tom Dart was elected to succeed him.

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Sheriff Democratic primary[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Thomas J. Dart 331,318 61.91
Democratic Sylvester E. Baker, Jr. 133,944 25.03
Democratic Richard L. Remus 69,899 13.06
Total votes 535,161 100

Republican

Cook County Sheriff Republican primary[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Peter Garza 102,795 100
Total votes 102,795 100

General election

Cook County Sheriff election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Thomas J. Dart 942,113 74.70
Republican Peter Garza 319,011 25.30
Total votes 1,261,124 100

Treasurer

2006 Cook County Treasurer election
November 7, 2006
Turnout47.38%[1][8][7]
 
Candidate Maria Pappas Erik Peck
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,074,756 209,253
Percentage 83.70% 16.30%
Treasurer before election

Maria Pappas
Democratic

 Elected Treasurer

Maria Pappas
Democratic

In the 2006 Cook County Treasurer election, incumbent second-term Treasurer Maria Pappas, a Democrat, was reelected.

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Treasurer Democratic primary[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Maria Pappas (incumbent) 521,488 100
Total votes 521,488 100

Republican

Cook County Treasurer Republican primary[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Erik Peck 101,372 100
Total votes 101,372 100

General election

Cook County Treasurer election[1][8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Maria Pappas (incumbent) 1,074,756 83.70
Republican Erik Peck 209,253 16.30
Total votes 1,284,009 100

President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners

2006 President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners election
November 7, 2006
Turnout47.50%[1][8][7]
 
Candidate Todd Stroger Tony Peraica
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 690,945 596,212
Percentage 53.68% 46.32%
President before election

John Stroger (before primary)/
Bobbie L. Steele (before general election)
Democratic

 Elected President

Todd Stroger
Democratic

In the 2006 President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners election, incumbent President Todd Stroger, a Democrat appointed following the resignation of his father John Stroger, was elected to a full term. Originally, then-incumbent John Stroger had been running for reelection, winning the Democratic primary, before backing-out and also resigning from the presidency.

Primaries

Democratic

President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners Democratic primary[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John H. Stroger, Jr. (incumbent) 318,634 53.52
Democratic Forrest Claypool 276,682 46.48
Total votes 595,316 100

Republican

President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners Republican primary[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tony Peraica 104,807 100
Total votes 104,807 100

General election

Suffering health ailments, John Stroger was removed from the ticket in June and replaced by his son Todd Stroger.[11] John Stroger retired in August, and Bobbie L. Steele was appointed to fill out the remainder of his term.[12]

President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Todd H. Stroger 690,945 53.68
Republican Tony Peraica 596,212 46.32
Total votes 1,287,157 100

Cook County Board of Commissioners

2006 Cook County Board of Commissioners election
November 7, 2006
All 17 seats on the Cook County Board of Commissioners
9 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before 12 5
Seats won 12 5
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 924,939 276,925
Percentage 76.45% 22.89%
Swing Increase 1.90% Decrease 2.56%

The 2006 Cook County Board of Commissioners election saw all seventeen seats of the Cook County Board of Commissioners up for election to four-year terms.

Fifteen members were reelected. One incumbent Democrat withdrew from their election after being renominated, while one incumbent Republican lost his primary. No seat changed parties.[2][3][1]

Cook County Board of Review

2006 Cook County Board of Review election
November 7, 2006
2 of 3 seats on the Cook County Board of Review
2 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before 2 1
Seats after 3 0
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1
Seats up 1 1
Races won 2 0

In the 2006 Cook County Board of Review election, two seats, one Democratic-held and one Republican-held, out of its three seats were up for election.

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.[13]

1st district

Incumbent second-term member Maureen Murphy, a Republican last reelected in 2002, lost reelection to Democrat Brendan F. Houlihan. This election was to a four-year term.[13]

Primaries

Democratic

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Democratic primary.[2][3] Incumbent Republican Maureen Murphy successfully challenged the nomination petitions of the only Democrat running, Brendan Houlihan, meaning that he was removed from the Democratic primary ballot. However, since, consequentially no candidate appeared on the ballot in the Democratic primary, state law enabled the Democratic committeemen from the Board of Review's 1st district to pick a nominee. They ultimately selected Houlihan as their nominee.[14]

Republican
Cook County Board of Review 1st district Republican primary[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Maureen Murphy (incumbent) 76,100 100
Total votes 76,100 100

General election

Cook County Board of Review 1st district election[1][8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Brendan F. Houlihan 245,227 51.48
Republican Maureen Murphy (incumbent) 231,153 48.52
Total votes 476,380 100

2nd district

Incumbent second-term member Joseph Berrios, a Democrat last reelected in 2002, was reelected. 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 two-year term.[13]

Primaries

Democratic
Cook County Board of Review 2nd district Democratic primary[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joseph Berrios (incumbent) 132,358 100
Total votes 132,358 100
Republican

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[2][3]

General election

Cook County Board of Review 2nd district election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joseph Berrios (incumbent) 294,148 100
Total votes 294,148 100

Water Reclamation District Board

2006 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago election
November 7, 2006
3 of 9 seats on the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
5 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before 9 0
Seats after 9 0
Seat change Steady Steady
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.[2][3] Since three six-year seats were up for election, voters could vote for up to three candidates and the top-three finishers would win.

Incumbent commissioner, Democrat Terrence J. O'Brien, was reelected.[15] Winners also included newly-elected Democrats Debra Shore and Patricia Horton.[16][17] The two incumbents who did not seek reelection were James Harris and Harry Yourell.[18]

Primaries

Democratic

Water Reclamation District Board election Democratic primary[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Debra Shore 225,051 17.30
Democratic Terrence J. O'Brien (incumbent) 215,757 16.59
Democratic Patricia Horton 165,669 12.74
Democratic James "Jim" Harris 162,951 12.53
Democratic Frank Avila 149,299 11.48
Democratic Dean T. Maragos 114,683 8.82
Democratic Lewis W. Powell, III 110,335 8.48
Democratic Barrett F. Pedersen 92,293 7.10
Democratic Boguslaw "Bogie" Stefanski 64,580 4.97
Total votes 1,300,618 100

Republican

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[2][3]

General election

Water Reclamation District Board election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Debra Shore 864,967 39.49
Democratic Terrence J. O'Brien (incumbent) 680,723 31.08
Democratic Patricia Horton 644,875 29.44
Total votes 2,190,565 100

Judicial elections

Partisan elections were held for 27 judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County, due to vacancies.[1] Other judgeships had retention elections.

Partisan elections were also held for 15 subcircuit courts judgeships due to vacancies.[1] 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.[2]

See also

References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 "2006 Primary Election March 21, 2006 Summary Report Suburban Cook County" (PDF). Cook County Clerk's Office. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 "TABULATED STATEMENT OF THE RETURNS AND PROCLAMATION OF THE RESULTS OF THE CANVASS OF THE ELECTION RETURNS FOR THE GENERAL PRIMARY ELECTION HELD IN EACH OF THE PRECINCTS IN ALL THE WARDS IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO ON TUESDAY MARCH 21, 2006 A.D." (PDF). Chicago Board of Election Commissioners. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  4. ↑ "2006 Primary Election March 21, 2006 Summary Report Suburban Cook County OFFICIAL REPORT" (PDF). Cook County Clerk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  5. ↑ "CITY OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS PRIMARY ELECTION TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2010 STATISTICS" (PDF). chicagoelections.com. Chicago Board of Election Commissioners. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  6. ↑ "TABULATED STATEMENT OF THE RETURNS AND PROCLAMATION OF THE RESULTS OF THE CANVASS OF THE ELECTION RETURNS FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION IN EACH OF THE PRECINCTS IN ALL THE WARDS IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2006 A.D." (PDF). Chicago Board of Elections. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
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  9. ↑ Cox, Ted (6 August 2009). "Houlihan won't seek reelection as Cook Co. assessor -- Daily Herald". prev.dailyherald.com. Daily Herald. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  10. ↑ Briggs, Johnathon E.; Ciokajlo, Mickey (27 November 2005). "GOP taps candidate for county sheriff". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  11. ↑ Todd Stroger wins dad's ballot spot Chicago Sun-Times, July 19, 2006.
  12. ↑ Pohl, Kimberly (3 February 2010). "Longtime Cook Co. Board member Carl Hansen dies -- Daily Herald". prev.dailyherald.com. Daily Herald. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  13. 1 2 3 "35 ILCS 200/5-5". ilga.gov. Government of Illinois. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
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  15. ↑ Fore, Allison (16 November 2012). "North Side Water Reclamation Plant is renamed to Terrence J. O'Brien Water Reclamation Plant". Chicago Heights, IL Patch. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  16. ↑ "Debra Shore". Ballotpedia.
  17. ↑ "City clerk candidate Patricia Horton". Chicago Sun-Times. 9 January 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  18. ↑ Hayes, Christopher (27 October 2005). "Running on Water". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
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