2010 Cook County, Illinois, elections Turnout 52.68%
The Cook County, Illinois , general election was held on November 2, 2010.[ 1]
Primaries were held February 2, 2010.[ 2]
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 district 1, three seats on the Water Reclamation District Board , and judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County .
2010 was a midterm election year in the United States. The primaries and general elections for Cook County races coincided with those for federal (House and Senate ) and those for state elections .
Voter turnout
Voter turnout in Cook County during the primaries was 26.41%, with 761,626 ballots cast. The city of Chicago saw 27.282% turnout and suburban Cook County saw 25.54% turnout.[ 3] [ 4]
The general election saw 52.68% turnout, with 1,424,959 ballots cast. The city of Chicago saw 52.88% turnout and suburban Cook County saw 52.48% turnout.[ 5] [ 6]
Assessor
In the 2010 Cook County Assessor election , incumbent Assessor James Houlihan , a Democrat, first appointed in 1997 who was thrice reelected, did not seek reelection to what would have been a fourth full term.[ 7] Joseph Berrios was elected to succeed him.
Primaries
Democratic
Candidates Additionally, Andrea Raila had been a candidate before withdrawing from the race.[ 9]
Endorsements Raymond A. Figueroa
Newspapers Organizations Democratic Party of the 49th Ward[ 14] Politicians Robert Shaw
Newspapers Citizen Newspaper Group[ 16] Results
Republican
Evanston Township assessor Sharon Strobeck-Eckersall won the Republican primary.[ 17]
Green
General election
Clerk
In the 2010 Cook County Clerk election , incumbent fifth-term Clerk David Orr , a Democrat, was reelected.
Primaries
Democratic
Republican
Green
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Green primary.[ 2]
General election
Sheriff
In the 2010 Cook County Sheriff election , incumbent first-term Sheriff Tom Dart , a Democrat, was reelected.
Primaries
Democratic
Republican
Green
General election
Treasurer
In the 2010 Cook County Treasurer election , incumbent third-term Treasurer Maria Pappas , a Democrat, was reelected.
Primaries
Democratic
Republican
Green
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Green primary.[ 2]
General election
President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners
In the 2010 President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners election , incumbent President Todd Stroger , a Democrat appointed in 2006 and elected outright to a full term later that year, lost reelection, being unseated in the Democratic primary by Toni Preckwinkle , who went on to win the general election.
Her victory in this election would make Preckwinkle the first woman to be popularly elected to the office of president of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, and the second woman overall to hold the position after Bobbie L. Steele .[ 18]
Primaries
Democratic
Candidates Withdrew Polls
Poll source
Date(s)
Sample
Margin
Dorothy
Forrest
Terrence J.
Toni
Todd
Other
Undecided
WGN-TV /Chicago Tribune [ 19] January 16–20, 2010
503
± 4.4%
24%
–
16%
36%
11%
–
12%
WGN-TV /Chicago Tribune [ 22] [ 23] December 2–8, 2009
502
± 4.4%
29%
–
11%
20%
14%
2%
11%
Cooper & Secrest Associates[ 24]
November 11–17, 2009
605
± 4.0%
29%
—
15%
16%
13%
—
27%
Fako & Associates for Supporters of Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown[ 25]
April 21–22, 2009
295
± 5.70%
21%
33%
—
10%
7%
—
Bennett, Petts, & Normington for SEIU [ 26] [ 27] [ 28]
March 23—25 2009
± 4.3
–
28%
–
18%
23%
–
36%
Toni Preckwinkle celebrating her Democratic primary victory Results
Republican
Candidates Results
Green
Candidates Thomas Tresser, activist[ 31] Results
General election
Cook County Board of Commissioners
2010 Cook County Board of Commissioners election
First party
Second party
Party
Democratic
Republican
Seats before
12
5
Seats won
13
4
Seat change
Popular vote
875,019
356,573
Percentage
67.30%
27.42%
Swing
Third party
Party
Green
Seats before
0
Seats won
0
Seat change
Popular vote
68,644
Percentage
5.28%
Swing
The 2010 Cook County Board of Commissioners election
Cook County Board of Review
2010 Cook County Board of Review election
First party
Second party
Party
Democratic
Republican
Seats before
3
0
Seats after
2
1
Seat change
Seats up
1
0
Races won
0
1
In the 2010 Cook County Board of Review election , one seat, Democratic-held, out of its three seats was 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.[ 32]
1st district
Incumbent first-term member Brendan Houlihan , a Democrat who had been elected in 2006 , lost reelection to Republican Dan Patlak. This election was to a two-year term.[ 32]
Primaries
Democratic
Republican
Green
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Green primary.[ 2]
General election
Water Reclamation District Board
2010 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago election
First party
Second party
Third party
Party
Democratic
Republican
Green
Seats before
9
0
0
Seats after
9
0
0
Seat change
Seats up
3
0
0
Races won
3
0
0
In the 2010 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]
Two of the incumbents for the three seats were seeking reelection, Democrats Barbara McGowan and Mariyana Spyropoulos .[ 33]
Primaries
Democratic
Republican
Green
General election
Judicial elections
8 judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County were up for partisan elections due to vacancies.[ 1] retention elections .
13 subcircuit courts judgeships were also up for partisan elections due to vacancies.[ 1]
Other elections
Coinciding with the primaries, elections were held to elect the Democratic, Republican, and Green committeemen for the suburban townships .[ 34]
See also
References
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