2014 Illinois judicial elections

The 2014 Illinois judicial elections consisted of both partisan and retention elections, including those one seat of the Supreme Court of Illinois for ten seats in the Illinois Appellate Court.[1] Primary elections were held on March 18, 2014, and general elections were be held on November 4, 2014.[1] These elections were part of the 2014 Illinois elections.

2014 Illinois judicial elections
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Supreme Court of Illinois

Justices of the Supreme Court of Illinois are elected by district. One seat held a retention election.

The court has seven seats total separated into five districts. The first district contains three seats (making it a multi-member district), while other four districts are single-member districts.[2] Justices hold ten year terms.[2]

Retention elections

To be retained, judges were required to have 60% of their vote be "yes".

District Incumbent Vote Cite
Party Name In office since Previous years elected/retained Yes
(Retain)		 No
(Remove)
5th Republican Lloyd A. Karmeier December 6, 2000 2004 (elected) 230,122
(60.8%)		 148,546
(39.2%)		 [3]

Illinois Appellate Court

Illinois Appellate Court justices hold ten-year terms.[2]

1st district (Gordon vacancy)

A vacancy was created by the retirement of Joseph Gordon. Shelly A. Harris was elected to fill it.[3][4] This was a special election as Gordon's term would have ended in 2014.[5]

Democratic primary
Illinois Appellate Court 1st district (Gordon vacancy) Democratic primary[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Shelly A. Harris 91,556 37.44
Democratic Fredrenna M. Lyle 86,607 35.41
Democratic Susan Kennedy Sullivan 66,389 27.15
Total votes 244,552 100

Republican primary

The Republican primary was cancelled, as no candidates filed to run.

General election
Illinois Appellate Court 1st district (Gordon vacancy) election[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Shelly A. Harris 925,590 100
Total votes 925,590 100

1st district (Murphy vacancy)

A vacancy was created by the death of Michael J. Murphy. Democrat John B. Simon was elected to fill the vacancy. This was a regular election, as Murphy's term would have ended in 2014.[6][7]

Democratic primary
Illinois Appellate Court 1st district (Murphy vacancy) Democratic primary[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic David Ellis 210,866 100
Total votes 210,866 100

Republican primary

The Republican primary was cancelled, as no candidates filed to run.

General election
Illinois Appellate Court 1st district (Murphy vacancy) election[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic David Ellis 904,949 100
Total votes 904,949 100

1st district (Steele vacancy)

After the retirement of John O. Steele in January 2013, Shelly A. Harris as appointed to fill the vacancy. However, Harris did not seek reelection in 2014, instead running for the seat left vacant by the retirement of Joseph Gordon.[4][8] Democrat John B. Simon was elected to fill the seat.[3] This was a special election, as Steele's term ended in 2018.[8]

Democratic primary
Illinois Appellate Court 1st district (Steele vacancy) Democratic primary[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John B. Simon 126,796 54.15
Democratic Sharon Oden Johnson 107,360 45.85
Total votes 234,156 100

Republican primary

The Republican primary was cancelled, as no candidates filed to run.

General election
Illinois Appellate Court 1st district (Steele vacancy) election[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John B. Simon 900,379 100
Total votes 900,379 100

2nd district (Bowman vacancy)

A vacancy was created by the 2012 death of John J. Bowman.[9] Michael J. Burke was elected to fill the vacancy, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election.[3] This was a special election, as Bowman's term ended in 2020.[9]

Democratic primary
Illinois Appellate Court 2nd district (Bowman vacancy) Democratic primary[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Michael J. Burke 213,613 100
Total votes 213,613 100

Republican primary

The Republican primary was cancelled, as no candidates filed to run.

General election
Illinois Appellate Court 2nd district (Bowman vacancy) election[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Michael J. Burke 713,483 100
Total votes 713,483 100

4th district (McCullough vacancy)

Incumbent Republican was appointed December 19, 2012 to fill the vacancy left by the death of John T. McCullough.[10] She was reelected, running unopposed in both the Republican primary and general election.[3] This was a regular election, as McCullough's term ended in 2014.[10]

Democratic primary

The Democratic primary was cancelled, as no candidates filed to run.

Republican primary
Illinois Appellate Court 4th district (McCullough vacancy) Republican primary[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lisa Holder White 115,841 100
Total votes 115,841 100

General election
Illinois Appellate Court 4th district (McCullough vacancy) election[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lisa Holder White 335,693 100
Total votes 335,693 100

Retention elections

To be retained, judges were required to have 60% of their vote be "yes".

District Incumbent Vote Cite
Party Name In office since Previous years elected/retained Yes
(Retain)		 No
(Remove)
1st Democratic Joy Virginia Cunningham 1993 1994 (elected) 2004 (retained) 729,137
(78.3%)		 202,531
(21.7%)		 [3][11][12]
2nd Republican Susan Fayette Hutchinson December 5, 1994 1994 (elected), 2004 (retained) 616,660
(80.5%)		 149,486
(19.5%)		 [3][13]
3rd Republican William E. Holdridge December 5, 1994 1994 (elected), 2004 (retained) 378,330
(78.9%)		 101,216
(21.1%)		 [3][14][15]
3rd Democratic Mary K. O'Brien December 26, 2003 2004 (elected) 380,700
(79.3%)		 99,635
(20.7%)		 [3]
4th Republican Robert J. Steigmann July 1989 1994 (elected), 2004 (retained) 288,136
(79.9%)		 72,441
(20.1%)		 [3][16][17]

Lower courts
See also: 2014 Cook County, Illinois elections ยง Judicial elections

Lower courts also saw judicial elections.

References
  1. "Illinois judicial elections, 2014". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  2. "Illinois Constitution - Article VI". www.ilga.gov. Illinois General Assembly. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  3. "Downloadable Vote Totals". Illinois Secretary of State. Archived from the original on 4 August 2017.
  4. "Sheldon Harris". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  5. "Joseph Gordon". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  6. "Michael J. Murphy (Illinois)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  7. "David Ellis (Illinois)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  8. "John O. Steele". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  9. "John Bowman". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  10. "Lisa Holder White". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  11. "HOPEFULS SAY KISSING OFF COURT RACES A MISTAKE". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. 1 October 1994. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  12. "Thomas Hoffman". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  13. "WOMAN, EX-BEAR ALL BUT ON APPEALS COURT". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. 20 March 1994. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  14. "William Holdridge". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  15. "IN JUDICIAL RACE, IT PAYS TO BE IRISH". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. 22 March 1990. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  16. "Robert Steigmann". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  17. Schoenburg, Bernard (7 August 2017). "Appellate Judge Steigmann accused of using office to book lectures". The State Journal-Register. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
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