1994 Cook County, Illinois elections

Turnout in the primaries was 34.58%, with 911,577 ballots cast.[1][2] Chicago saw 555,937 ballots cast and suburban Cook County saw 23.95% turnout (with 355,620 ballots cast).[1][3]

The general election saw turnout of 48.16%, with 1,267,152 ballots cast.[4] Chicago saw 586,235 ballots cast, while suburban Cook County saw 50.54% turnout (with 680,917 ballots cast).[3][4]

Democrat Hynes won by a roughly 35-point margin.[5] He defeated Republican nominee Sandra C. Wilson-Muriel, as well as Harold Washington Party nominee Donald Pamon and Populist Party nominee Loretha Weisinger.[5]

David Orr was reelected by a roughly 30-point margin.[5] He defeated Republican nominee Edward Howlett, as well as Harold Washington Party nominee Herman W. Baker, Jr. and Populist Party nominee Curtis Jones.[5]

No candidate ran in the Republican primary for Sheriff.[1] The party ultimately nominated John D. Tourtelot.[5]

Michael F. Sheahan was reelected by a roughly 40-point margin.[5] He defeated Republican nominee John D. Tourtelot, as well as Harold Washington Party nominee William A. Brown and Populist Party nominee William J. Benson.[5]

Rosweell was reelected by a more than 20-point margin. He defeated Republican nominee Jean Reyes Pechette, as well as Harold Washington Party nominee Robert J. Pettis and Populist Party nominee John Justice.[5]

Joe Morris received the Republican nomination, running unopposed on the ballot in the Republican primary.

Originally, Palatine village president Rita Mullins was running for the nomination, but she withdrew her candidacy.[7]

Stroger won by a more than 25-point margin over Republican Joe Morris. He also defeated Harold Washington Party nominee Aloysius Majerczyk and Populist Party nominee Jerome Carter.[5]

Danny K. Davis, an incumbent Democrat who had served a single term as a commissioner from Chicago at-large, was elected to the 1st district.[11]

Davis faced no opponents in the Democratic primary.[1][7]

No candidates ran in the Republican Party primary.[1]

Bobbie L. Steele, an incumbent Democrat who had served two-terms as a commissioner from Chicago at-large, was elected to the 2nd district.[11]

No candidates ran in the Republican primary.[1]

Jerry Butler, an incumbent Democrat who had served as a commissioner from Chicago at-large for two terms, was elected to the 3rd district.[11]

The Republican primary was won by Clara Simms-Johnson, a child protective investigator for the Department of Children and Family Services, who ran unopposed.[11]

No candidates ran in the Harold Washington Party primary.[11]

John Stroger, an incumbent Democrat who had served six terms as a commissioner from Chicago at-large, was elected to the 4th district.[12]

No candidates ran in the Republican primary.[11]

The Harold Washington Party primary was won by Bruce Crosby, a community activist.[11][13]

Deborah Sims, a Democrat, was elected to the 5th district.[14]

Deborah Sims defeated Governors State University political science professor Robert Donaldson in the Democratic primary.[7]

Lawrence Ragland, an accountant, won the Republican primary.[1][11]

Barclay "Bud" Fleming, a Republican, was elected to the 6th district.

Worth Township supervisor Joan Patricia Murphy won the Democratic primary.[1][11][15] Joan Patricia Murphy had defeated state senator Richard F. Kelly in the Democratic primary.[7]

Barclay "Bud" Fleming, an engineer who was the village president of Lynwood, won the Republican primary, defeating lawyer Helen Elizabeth Kelly as well as lawyer and East Hazel Crest village president Thomas Brown in the Republican primary.[7][16]

The district was regarded as a potential "swing district", with both major parties seeing a potential for victory in its election.[7]

Joseph Mario Moreno, a Democrat, was elected to the 7th district.[17]

No candidates ran in the Republican primary.[1]

No candidates ran in the Harold Washington Party primary.[1]

Roberto Maldonado, a Democrat, was elected to the 8th district.

No candidates ran in the Republican primary.[1]

No candidates ran in the Harold Washington Party primary.[1]

Peter N. Silvestri, a Republican, was elected to the 9th district.

Domico had beaten five other candidates in the Democratic primary.[7]

Silvestri faced no opponents in the Republican primary.[7]

Marco Domico, who had served two terms as a commissioner from Chicago at-large, won the Democratic primary over seven opponents.

Elmwood Park village president Peter N. Silvestri won the Republican primary, running unopposed.[1][9]

No candidates ran in the Harold Washington Party primary.[1]

This district had been regarded as a "swing district", with both major parties being seen as having a chance of winning it.[11]

Maria Pappas, an incumbent Democrat who had served a single term as a commissioner from Chicago at-large, was elected to the 10th district.[11]

Pappas defeated three opponents to win the Democratic primary.

Republican Party nominee John McNeal ,an attorney and 48th Ward Republican committeeman, won the Republican primary, running unopposed.[1][11]

John P. Daley, an incumbent Democrat that had been appointed a commissioner from Chicago at-large in 1992, was elected to the 11th district.

John P. Daley defeated communications consultant Dennis Baker in the Democratic primary.[1][7]

No candidates ran in the Republican primary.[1]

No candidates ran in the Harold Washington Party primary.[1]

Ted Lechowicz, an incumbent Democrat who had served two terms as a commissioner from Chicago at-large, was elected to the 12th district.[18]

Ted Lechowicz defeated two opponents in the Democratic primary.

No candidates ran in the Republican primary.[1]

No candidates ran in the Harold Washington Party primary.[1]

Calvin Sutker, a Democrat, was elected to the 13th district.[11][19]

Former state representative Calvin Sutker defeated two opponents in the Democratic primary.

Lourdes Gagui Mon, an educator, won Republican primary.[1][11][19]

No candidates ran in the Harold Washington Party primary.[1]

Richard Siebel, an incumbent Republican who had served several terms as a commissioner from suburban Cook County at-large, was elected to the 14th district. He defeated Democratic nominee Kelly Ann Sheehan.[11]

In the Republican primary, Siebel defeated Palatine village president Rita Mullins.[7]

Carl Hansen, an incumbent Republican who had served five terms as a commissioner from suburban Cook County at-large, was elected to the 15th district.[20]

No candidates ran in the Democratic primary.[1]

No candidates ran in the Harold Washington Party primary.[1]

Allan C. Carr, a incumbent Republican who had served as a commissioner from suburban Cook County at-large.[11]

Attorney Tony Peraica won the Democratic primary, running unopposed.[1][11]

No candidates ran in the Harold Washington Party primary.[1]

Herb Schumann, an incumbent Republican who had served two terms as a commissioner from suburban Cook County at-large, was elected to the 17th district.[21]

William Hurley, an insurance agent, won the Democratic primary, running unopposed.[1][11]

Herb Schumann defeated lawyer Teressa Nuccio in the Republican primary.[1][7]