2010 Cook County, Illinois elections

2010 Cook County Clerk election
	November 2, 2010
	November 2, 2010
Turnout	49.79%[5][6]
Clerk before election; David Orr; Democratic	Elected Clerk ; David Orr; Democratic

2010 Cook County Assessor election
	November 2, 2010
	November 2, 2010
Turnout	49.88%[5][6]
Assessor before election; James Houlihan; Democratic	Elected Assessor ; Joseph Berrios; Democratic

2010 Cook County, Illinois elections
	November 2, 2010
	November 2, 2010
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 in the Circuit Court of Cook County and its subcircuits.

Election information

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.

Democratic

Candidates

Joseph Berrios, member of the Cook County Board of Review
Raymond A. Figueroa
Robert Shaw, former member of the Cook County Board of Review and former Chicago alderman

Additionally, Andrea Raila had been a candidate before withdrawing from the race.[8]

Endorsements

Raymond A. Figueroa

Newspapers

Organizations

Democratic Party of the 49th Ward[13]

Politicians

Roberto Maldonado, Chicago alderman[14]

Robert Shaw

Newspapers

Citizen Newspaper Group[15]

Results

Cook County Assessor Democratic primary[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joseph Berrios	203,397	39.14
	Democratic	Robert Shaw	177,155	34.09
	Democratic	Raymond A. Figueroa	139,164	26.78
Total votes			519,716	100

Republican

Evanston Township assessor Sharon Strobeck-Eckersall won the Republican primary.[16]

Cook County Assessor Republican primary[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sharon Strobeck-Eckersall	120,889	100
Total votes			120,889	100

Green

Cook County Assessor Green primary[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Robert C. Grota	2,098	100
Total votes			2,098	100

General election

Cook County Assessor election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joseph Berrios	648,053	48.03
	Independent	Forrest Claypool	427,842	31.71
	Republican	Sharon Strobeck-Eckersall	237,955	17.64
	Green	Robert C. Grota	35,378	2.62
Total votes			1,349,228	100

Clerk

In the 2010 Cook County Clerk election, incumbent fifth-term Clerk David Orr, a Democrat, was reelected.

Democratic

Cook County Clerk Democratic primary[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David D. Orr (incumbent)	502,817	100
Total votes			502,817	100

Republican

Cook County Clerk Republican primary[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Angel Garcia	122,570	100
Total votes			122,570	100

Green

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

General election

Cook County Clerk election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David D. Orr (incumbent)	1,047,462	77.77
	Republican	Angel Garcia	299,449	22.23
Total votes			1,346,911	100

Sheriff

2010 Cook County Sheriff election

November 2, 2010

Turnout

49.85%[5][6]


Candidate	Tom Dart	Frederick Collins
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	1,041,696	257,682
Percentage	77.26%	19.11%

Sheriff before election

Tom Dart
Democratic

Elected Sheriff

Tom Dart
Democratic

In the 2010 Cook County Sheriff election, incumbent first-term Sheriff Tom Dart, a Democrat, was reelected.

Democratic

Cook County Sheriff Democratic primary[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thomas J. Dart (incumbent)	397,844	76.37
	Democratic	Sylvester E. Baker Jr.	123,096	23.63
Total votes			520,940	100

Republican

Cook County Sheriff Republican primary[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frederick Collins	124,228	100
Total votes			124,228	100

Green

Cook County Sheriff Green primary[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Marshall P. Lewis	2,104	100
Total votes			2,104	100

General election

Cook County Sheriff election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thomas J. Dart (incumbent)	1,041,696	77.26
	Republican	Frederick Collins	257,682	19.11
	Green	Marshall P. Lewis	48,930	3.63
Total votes			1,348,308	100

Treasurer

2010 Cook County Treasurer election

November 2, 2010

Turnout

49.91%[5][6]


Candidate	Maria Pappas	Carol A. Morse
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	1,042,318	307,612
Percentage	77.21%	22.79%

Treasurer before election

Maria Pappas
Democratic

Elected Treasurer

Maria Pappas
Democratic

In the 2010 Cook County Treasurer election, incumbent third-term Treasurer Maria Pappas, a Democrat, was reelected.

Democratic

Cook County Treasurer Democratic primary[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maria Pappas (incumbent)	493,724	100
Total votes			493,724	100

Republican

Cook County Treasurer Republican primary[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carol A. Morse	123,408	100
Total votes			123,408	100

Green

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

General election

Cook County Treasurer election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maria Pappas (incumbent)	1,042,318	77.21
	Republican	Carol A. Morse	307,612	22.79
Total votes			1,349,930	100

President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners

2010 President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners election

November 2, 2010

Turnout

49.92%[5][6]


Candidate	Toni Preckwinkle	Roger A. Keats
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	939,056	357,070
Percentage	69.54%	26.44

President before election

Todd Stroger
Democratic

Elected President

Toni Preckwinkle
Democratic

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.[17]

Democratic

Candidates

Dorothy A. Brown, Clerk of the Cook County Circuit Court
Terrence J. O'Brien, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago President[18]
Toni Preckwinkle, Chicago alderman
Todd Stroger, incumbent President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners

Polls

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Dorothy A. Brown	Forrest Claypool	Terrence J. O'Brien	Toni Preckwinkle	Todd Stroger	Other	Undecided
WGN-TV/Chicago Tribune[19]	January 16–20, 2010	503	± 4.4%	24%	–	16%	36%	11%	–	12%
WGN-TV/Chicago Tribune[20][21]	December 2–8, 2009	502	± 4.4%	29%	–	11%	20%	14%	2%	11%
Cooper & Secrest Associates[22]	November 11–17, 2009	605	± 4.0%	29%	—	15%	16%	13%	—	27%
Fako & Associates for Supporters of Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown[23]	April 21–22, 2009	295	± 5.70%	21%	33%	—	10%	7%	—
Bennett, Petts, & Normington for SEIU[24][25][26]	March 23—25 2009		± 4.3	–	28%	–	18%	23%	–	36%

Toni Preckwinkle celebrating her Democratic primary victory

Results

President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners Democratic primary[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Toni Preckwinkle	281,905	48.99
	Democratic	Terrence J. O'Brien	131,896	22.92
	Democratic	Dorothy A. Brown	83,150	14.45
	Democratic	Todd H. Stroger (incumbent)	78,532	13.65
Total votes			575,483	100

Republican

Candidates

John Garrido III, Chicago Police Department officer[27][28]
Roger A. Keats, former Illinois State Senator and former Illinois State Representative

Results

President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners Republican primary[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Roger A. Keats	94,398	68.71
	Republican	John Garrido III	42,986	31.29
Total votes			575,483	100

Green

Candidates

Thomas Tresser, activist[29]

Results

President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners Green primary[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Thomas Tresser	2,001	100
Total votes			2,001	100

General election

President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Toni Preckwinkle	939,056	69.54
	Republican	Roger A. Keats	357,070	26.44
	Green	Thomas Tresser	54,273	4.02
Total votes			1,350,399	100

Cook County Board of Commissioners

2010 Cook County Board of Commissioners election

November 2, 2010

All 17 seats on the Cook County Board of Commissioners
9 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Democratic	Republican	Green
Seats before	12	5	0
Seats won	13	4	0
Seat change	1	1

The 2010 Cook County Board of Commissioners election saw all seventeen seats of the Cook County Board of Commissioners up for election to four-year terms.

1st district

Incumbent third-term Commissioner Earlean Collins, a Democrat, was reelected.

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 1st district Democratic primary[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Earlean Collins (incumbent)	16,909	47.41
	Democratic	Adekunle "Ade" B. Onayemi	10,599	29.71
	Democratic	Derrick Smith	5,370	15.06
	Democratic	Chris Harris	2,791	7.82
Total votes			35,669	100

Republican

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

Green

Cook County Board of Commissioners 1st district Green primary[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Ronald Lawless	96	100
Total votes			96	100

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 1st district election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Earlean Collins (incumbent)	68,890	86.13
	Green	Ronald Lawless	11,095	13.87
Total votes			79,985	100

2nd district

Incumbent first-term commissioner Robert Steele, a Democrat, was reelected.

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 2nd district Democratic primary[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert B. Steele (incumbent)	15,777	56.71
	Democratic	Desiree Grode	7,852	28.23
	Democratic	Frank M. Bass	3,461	12.44
	Democratic	Erold Elysee	729	2.62
Total votes			27,819	100

Republican

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

Green

Cook County Board of Commissioners 2nd district Green primary[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Michael Smith	82	100
Total votes			82	100

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 2nd district election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert B. Steele (incumbent)	61,499	87.53
	Green	Michael Smith	8,761	12.47
Total votes			70,260	100

3rd district

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

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 3rd district Democratic primary[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jerry "Iceman" Butler (incumbent)	33,128	74.43
	Democratic	Monica Torres-Linares	8,216	18.46
	Democratic	Ronald Oliver	3,163	7.11
Total votes			44,507	100

Republican

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

Green

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Green primary.[2] The Green Party ultimately nominated Marie J. "Jenny" Wohadlo.

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 3rd district election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jerry "Iceman" Butler (incumbent)	78,106	88.84
	Green	Marie J. "Jenny" Wohadlo	9,809	11.16
Total votes			87,915	100

4th district

Incumbent first-term Commissioner William Beavers, a Democrat, was reelected.

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 4th district Democratic primary[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William Beavers (incumbent)	26,025	55.32
	Democratic	Elgie R. Sims, Jr.	21,016	44.68
Total votes			47,041	100

Republican

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

Green

Cook County Board of Commissioners 4th district Green primary[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Joseph A. Barton	88	100
Total votes			88	100

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 4th district election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William Beavers (incumbent)	81,046	90.58
	Green	Joseph A. Barton	8,431	9.42
Total votes			89,477	100

5th district

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

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 5th district Democratic primary[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Deborah Sims (incumbent)	29,923	74.96
	Democratic	Sheila Y. Chalmers-Currin	9,998	25.04
Total votes			39,921	100

Republican

Cook County Board of Commissioners 5th district Republican primary[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Miriam Shabo	1,170	51.98
	Republican	James Thigpen	1,081	48.02
Total votes			2,251	100

Green

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

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 5th district election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Deborah Sims (incumbent)	79,566	90.38
	Republican	Miriam Shabo	8,471	9.62
Total votes			88,037	100

6th district

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

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 6th district Democratic primary[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joan Patricia Murphy (incumbent)	16,449	53.69
	Democratic	Nick Valadez	9,248	30.19
	Democratic	John Fairman	4,939	16.12
Total votes			30,636	100

Republican

Sandra Czyznikiewicz defeated former 6th district Commissioner William Moran[30] and Michael Hawkins in the Republican primary.

Cook County Board of Commissioners 6th district Democratic primary[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sandra K Czyznikiewicz	4,330	46.19
	Republican	William R. Moran	3,062	32.66
	Republican	Michael Hawkins	1,982	21.14
Total votes			9,374	100

Green

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

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 6th district election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joan Patricia Murphy (incumbent)	54,227	65.37
	Republican	Sandra K Czyznikiewicz	28,727	34.63
Total votes			82,954	100

7th district

Incumbent fifth-term Commissioner Joseph Mario Moreno, a Democrat, lost reelection, being unseated in the Democratic primary by Jesús "Chuy" García, who went on to win the general election.

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 7th district Democratic primary[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jesus G. Garcia	9,651	54.68
	Democratic	Joseph Mario Moreno (incumbent)	8,000	45.32
Total votes			17,651	100

Republican

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

Green

Cook County Board of Commissioners 7th district Green primary[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Paloma Andrade	102	100
Total votes			102	100

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 7th district election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jesus G. Garcia	24,820	86.26
	Green	Paloma Andrade	3,952	13.74
Total votes			28,772	100

8th district

Incumbent Commissioner Edwin Reyes, a Democrat, who been appointed in 2009 after Roberto Maldonado resigned to serve a Chicago alderman, was elected to a full term.

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 8th district Democratic primary[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edwin Reyes (incumbent)	9,256	51.21
	Democratic	Javier "Xavier" Nogueras	6,075	33.61
	Democratic	Ariel Rosa	2,742	15.17
Total votes			18,073	100

Republican

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

Green

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

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 8th district election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edwin Reyes (incumbent)	37,147	100
Total votes			37,147	100

9th district

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

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 9th district Democratic primary[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cary Capparelli	24,898	100
Total votes			24,898	100

Republican

Cook County Board of Commissioners 9th district Republican primary[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Peter N. Silvestri (incumbent)	13,196	100
Total votes			13,196	100

Green

Cook County Board of Commissioners 9th district Green primary[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Brock Merck	151	100
Total votes			151	100

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 9th district election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Peter N. Silvestri (incumbent)	47,333	55.29
	Democratic	Cary Capparelli	31,186	36.43
	Green	Brock Merck	7,084	8.28
Total votes			81,330	100

10th district

Incumbent Commissioner Bridget Gainer, a Democrat first appointed in 2009 (to fill the vacancy left after Mike Quigley resigned to assume office as the United States congressman), was elected to a full term.

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 10th district Democratic primary[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bridget Gainer (incumbent)	24,957	100
Total votes			24,957	100

Republican

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[2] The Republican Party ultimately nominated Wes Fowler.

Green

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

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 10th district election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bridget Gainer (incumbent)	56,723	74.65
	Republican	Wes Fowler	19,264	25.35
Total votes			75,987	100

11th district

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

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 11th district Democratic primary[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John P. Daley (incumbent)	37,222	100
Total votes			37,222	100

Republican

Cook County Board of Commissioners 11th district Republican primary[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carl Segvich	5,519	100
Total votes			5,519	100

Green

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

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 11th district election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John P. Daley (incumbent)	56,711	69.97
	Republican	Carl Segvich	24,340	30.03
Total votes			81,051	100

12th district

Incumbent second-term Commissioner Forrest Claypool, a Democrat, did not seek reelection. John Fritchey was elected to succeed him.

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 12th district Democratic primary[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John A. Fritchey	19,878	75.32
	Democratic	Ted Matlak	6,512	24.68
Total votes			26,390	100

Republican

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[2] The Republican Party ultimately nominated William C. "Bill" Miceli.

Green

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

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 12th district election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John A. Fritchey (incumbent)	50,219	74.72
	Republican	William C. "Bill" Miceli	16,987	25.28
Total votes			67,206	100

13th district

Incumbent second-term Commissioner Larry Suffredin, a Democrat, was reelected.

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 13th district Democratic primary[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Larry Suffredin (incumbent)	28,751	78.21
	Democratic	John Michael Keefe	8,012	21.79
Total votes			36,763	100

Republican

Cook County Board of Commissioners 13th district Republican primary[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Linda Thompson LaFianza	9,866	100
Total votes			9,866	100

Green

Cook County Board of Commissioners 13th district Green primary[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	George E. Milkowski	165	100
Total votes			165	100

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 13th district election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Larry Suffredin (incumbent)	62,562	67.71
	Republican	Linda Thompson LaFianza	24,597	26.62
	Green	George E. Milkowski	5,241	5.67
Total votes			92,400	100

14th district

Incumbent third-term Commissioner Gregg Goslin, a Republican, was reelected.

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 14th district Democratic primary[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jennifer Bishop Jenkins	17,605	100
Total votes			17,605	100

Republican

Cook County Board of Commissioners 14th district Republican primary[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gregg Goslin (incumbent)	15,583	63.82
	Republican	Patrick O'Donoghue	8,836	36.18
Total votes			24,419	100

Green

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

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 14th district election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gregg Goslin (incumbent)	60,664	61.89
	Democratic	Jennifer Bishop Jenkins	37,357	38.11
Total votes			98,021	100

15th district

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

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 15th district Democratic primary[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Steven Dasakis	12,629	100
Total votes			12,629	100

Republican

Cook County Board of Commissioners 15th district Republican primary[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Timothy O. Schneider (incumbent)	13,405	100
Total votes			13,405	100

Green

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Green primary.[2] The Green Party ultimately nominated Laura Ehorn.

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 15th district election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Timothy O. Schneider (incumbent)	41,106	57.55
	Democratic	Jim Steven Dasakis	25,976	36.37
	Green	Lara Ehorn	4,342	6.08
Total votes			71,424	100

16th district

Incumbent second-term Commissioner Tony Peraica, a Republican, lost reelection to Democrat Jeff Tobolski.

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 16th district Democratic primary[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jeff Tobolski	10,635	54.88
	Democratic	Eddy Garcia	4,262	21.99
	Democratic	Bill Russ	4,482	23.13
Total votes			19,379	100

Republican

Cook County Board of Commissioners 16th district Republican primary[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tony Peraica (incumbent)	9,290	75.07
	Republican	Brian A. Sloan	3,085	24.93
Total votes			12,375	100

Green

Cook County Board of Commissioners 16th district Green primary[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Alejandro Reyes	65	59.63
	Green	Alex Matos	44	40.37
Total votes			109	100

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 16th district election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jeff Tobolski	34,298	50.67
	Republican	Tony Peraica (incumbent)	28,661	42.34
	Green	Alejandro Reyes	4,735	6.99
Total votes			67,694	100

17th district

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

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 17th district Democratic primary[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Patrick Maher	12,535	52.05
	Democratic	Victor A. Forys	6,360	26.41
	Democratic	Donna Sanders	5,187	21.54
Total votes			24,082	100

Republican

Cook County Board of Commissioners 17th district Republican primary[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Elizabeth "Liz" Doody Gorman (incumbent)	11,955	56.18
	Republican	Mark Thompson	9,323	43.82
Total votes			21,278	100

Green

Cook County Board of Commissioners 17th district Green primary[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Matthew J. Ogean	57	52.78
	Green	Richard Dalka	51	47.22
Total votes			108	100

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 17th district election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Elizabeth "Liz" Doody Gorman (incumbent)	56,423	58.59
	Democratic	Patrick Maher	34,686	36.02
	Green	Matthew J. Ogean	5,194	5.39
Total votes			96,303	100

Cook County Board of Review

2010 Cook County Board of Review election

November 2, 2010

1 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	3	0
Seats after	2	1
Seat change	1	1
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.[31]

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.[31]

Democratic

Cook County Board of Review 1st district Democratic primary[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brendan F. Houlihan (incumbent)	109,750	100
Total votes			109,750	100

Republican

Cook County Board of Review 1st district Republican primary[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Patlak	48,218	52.51
	Republican	Sean M. Morrison	43,600	47.49
Total votes			91,818	100

Green

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

General election

Cook County Board of Review 1st district election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Patlak	256,891	51.69
	Democratic	Brendan F. Houlihan (incumbent)	240,070	48.31
Total votes			496,961	100

Water Reclamation District Board

2010 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago election

November 2, 2010

3 of 9 seats on the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
5 seats needed for a majority

	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] Since three six-year seats were up for election, voters could vote for up to three candidates and the top-three finishers would win.

Two of the incumbents for the three seats were seeking reelection, Democrats Barbara McGowan and Mariyana T. Spyropoulos.[32] Each won reelection, joined by fellow Democrat Michael A. Alvarez in winning election.

Democratic

Water Reclamation District Board election Democratic primary[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mariyana T. Spyropoulos (incumbent)	180,730	14.78
	Democratic	Barbara McGowan (incumbent)	179,955	14.72
	Democratic	Michael A. Alvarez	158,172	12.94
	Democratic	Kari K. Steele	141,649	11.59
	Democratic	Todd Connor	130,383	10.66
	Democratic	Maureen Kelly	123,590	10.11
	Democratic	Kathleen Mary O'Reilley	110,810	9.06
	Democratic	Wallace Davis, III	98,694	8.07
	Democratic	Stella B. Black	98,588	8.06
Total votes			1,222,571	100

Republican

Water Reclamation District Board election Republican primary[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Chialdikas	101,817	61.44
	Republican	Jimmy Lee Tillman II	63,914	38.56
Total votes			165,731	100

Green

Water Reclamation District Board election Green primary[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Diana Horton	1,611	37.08
	Green	John "Jack" Ailey	1,393	32.06
	Green	Nadine Bopp	1,341	30.86
Total votes			4,345	100

General election

Water Reclamation District Board election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael A. Alvarez	679,058	23.10
	Democratic	Mariyana T. Spyropoulos (incumbent)	669,036	22.76
	Democratic	Barbara McGowan (incumbent)	659,353	22.43
	Republican	Paul Chialdikas	380,787	12.95
	Republican	Jimmy Lee Tillman II	227,549	7.74
	Green	Diana Horton	141,943	4.83
	Green	John "Jack" Ailey	93,301	3.17
	Green	Nadine Bopp	88,834	3.02
Total votes			2,939,861	100

Judicial elections

8 judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County were up for partisan elections due to vacancies.[1] Other judgeships had retention elections.

13 subcircuit courts judgeships were also up for partisan elections due to vacancies.[1] Other judgeships had retention elections.

Other elections

Coinciding with the primaries, elections were held to elect the Democratic, Republican, and Green committeemen for the suburban townships.[33]

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