2014 Cook County Board of Commissioners election

November 4, 2014
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 13 4 Seats won 13 4 Seat change Popular vote 809,692 239,746 Percentage 77.12% 22.84% Swing 9.82% 4.58%
Results by gains and holds Results by winning party vote share Results:      Democratic hold      Republican hold Vote Share:      60–70%      >90%      50–60%      60–70%      >90%

The 2014 Cook County Board of Commissioners election was held on November 4, 2014.^[1] It was preceded by a primary election held on March 18, 2014.^[2] It coincided with other 2014 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.

Fifteen members were reelected. One member did not seek reelection and one member was defeated in their party's primary, which meant that a total of two individuals were newly elected. The Democratic Party ran nominees for fifteen of the seventeen seats, while Republicans ran nominees for only five of the seats.

As these were the first elections held following the 2010 United States Census, the seats faced redistricting before this election.^[3]

Democrats ran nominees in races for fifteen of the seventeen seats. Republicans ran nominees in races for five seats. In races for twelve seats, Democratic nominees faced no opponents on the ballot. In races for two seats, Republican nominees faced no opponents on the ballot. As a result, only three general election races were contested between Democratic and Republican nominees.

1st district

Incumbent fourth-term Commissioner Earlean Collins, a Democrat, did not seek reelection. Democrat Richard Boykin was elected to succeed him.

2nd district

Incumbent second-term commissioner Robert Steele, a Democrat, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election.

3rd district

Incumbent Commissioner Jerry Butler, a Democrat who first assumed the office in 1985, was reelected.

4th district

Incumbent Commissioner Stanley Moore, a Democrat who was appointed to the office in 2013, was reelected to a full term.

5th district

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

6th district

Incumbent third-term Commissioner Joan Patricia Murphy, a Democrat, was reelected.

7th district

Incumbent first-term Commissioner Jesús "Chuy" García, a Democrat, was reelected.

8th district

Incumbent Commissioner Edwin Reyes, a Democrat, lost reelection, being unseated in the Democratic primary by Luis Arroyo Jr., who went on to win the general election unopposed.

Reyes had first been appointed in 2009 (after Roberto Maldonado resigned to serve a Chicago alderman), and had been elected to a full term in 2010.

9th district

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

10th district

Incumbent Commissioner Bridget Gainer, a Democrat first appointed in 2009 and elected outright to a full-term in 2010, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election.

11th district

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

12th district

Incumbent first-term Commissioner John Fritchey, a Democrat, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election.

13th district

Incumbent third-term Commissioner Larry Suffredin, a Democrat, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election.

14th district

Incumbent fourth-term Commissioner Gregg Goslin, a Republican, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Republican primary and general election.

15th district

Incumbent second-term Commissioner Tim Schneider, a Republican, was reelected.

16th district

Incumbent first-term Commissioner Jeff Tobolski, a Democrat, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election.

17th district

Incumbent third-term Commissioner Elizabeth Ann Doody Gorman, a Republican, was reelected.

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