2004 Cook County, Illinois, elections

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2004 Cook County, Illinois, elections
  2002 November 2, 2004 2006  
Turnout74.75%

The Cook County, Illinois, general election was held on November 2, 2004. [1] [2]

Contents

Primaries were held March 16, 2004. [3] [4]

Elections were held for Clerk of the Circuit Court, Recorder of Deeds, State's Attorney, Board of Review district 3, three seats on the Water Reclamation District Board, and judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County.

Election information

2004 was a presidential election year in the United States. The primaries and general elections for Cook County races coincided with those for federal races (President, House, and Senate) and those for state elections.

Voter turnout

Primary election

Voter turnout in Cook County during the primaries was 35.02%. The city of Chicago saw 38.58% turnout and suburban Cook County saw 31.34% turnout. [3] [4] [5] [6]

Vote totals of primaries [3] [4]
PrimaryChicago vote totalsSuburban Cook County vote totalsTotal Cook County vote totals
Democratic 484,622279,538764,160
Republican 27,893117,554145,447
Green 72476
Libertarian 71374
Nonpartisan2,3109,01611,326
Total514,971406,115921,086

General election

The general election saw 74.75% turnout, with 2,088,727 ballots cast. Chicago saw 75.13% turnout and suburban Cook County saw 74.36% turnout. [1] [2]

Clerk of the Circuit Court

2004 Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County election
  2000 November 2, 2004 2008  
Turnout65.98% [1] [2]
  DorothyBrownCookCountyClerkofCircuitIllinois (a).jpg 3x4.svg
Candidate Dorothy A. Brown Judith A. Kleiderman
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote1,365,285478,222
Percentage74.06%25.94%

Clerk before election

Dorothy A. Brown
Democratic

Elected Clerk

Dorothy A. Brown
Democratic

In the 2004 Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County election, incumbent first-term Clerk Dorothy A. Brown, a Democrat, was reelected.

Primaries

Democratic

Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County Democratic primary [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Dorothy A. Brown (incumbent) 479,438 74.52
Democratic Jerry Orbach163,89625.48
Total votes643,334 100

Republican

Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County Republican primary [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Judith A. Kleiderman 116,238 100
Total votes116,238 100

General election

Endorsements
Dorothy Brown (D)
Newspapers
Results
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County election [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Dorothy A. Brown (incumbent) 1,365,285 74.06
Republican Judith A. Kleiderman478,22225.94
Total votes1,843,507 100

Recorder of Deeds

2004 Cook County Recorder of Deeds election
  2000 November 2, 2004 2008  
Turnout64.94% [1] [2]
  3x4.svg John H. Cox (1) (a).jpg
Candidate Eugene Moore John H. Cox
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote1,283,762530,945
Percentage70.74%29.26%

Recorder of Deeds before election

Eugene Moore
Democratic

Elected Recorder of Deeds

Eugene Moore
Democratic

In the 2004 Cook County Recorder of Deeds election, incumbent Recorder of Deeds Eugene Moore, a Democrat, was reelected. Moore had first been appointed in 1999 (after Jesse White resigned to become Illinois Secretary of State), and had been elected to a full-term in 2000.

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Recorder of Deeds Democratic primary [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Eugene "Gene" Moore (incumbent) 325,906 100
Total votes325,906 100

Republican

Cook County Recorder of Deeds Republican primary [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John H. Cox 117,731 100
Total votes117,731 100

General election

Republican nominee Cox had declared that his intent in seeking the office was to push for its elimination, as he argued that the office was an unnecessary duplication of services and had become a "model of waste and corruption". [7] [8] [9]

Endorsements
John H. Cox (R)
Newspapers
Results
Cook County Recorder of Deeds election [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Eugene "Gene" Moore (incumbent) 1,283,762 70.74
Republican John H. Cox 530,94529.26
Total votes1,814,707 100

State's Attorney

2004 Cook County State's Attorney election
  2000 November 2, 2004 2008  
Turnout66.83% [1] [2]
 
Candidate Richard A. Devine Phillip Spiwak
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote1,483,280384,082
Percentage79.43%20.57%

State's Attorney before election

Richard A. Devine
Democratic

Elected State's Attorney

Richard A. Devine
Democratic

In the 2004 Cook County State's Attorney election, incumbent second-term State's Attorney Richard A. Devine, a Democrat, was reelected.

Primaries

Democratic

In the Democratic primary, incumbent Dick Devine defeated challenger Tommy H. Brewer (who had previously, in 1994, run unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination Cook County Sheriff). [10] [11]

Cook County State’s Attorney Democratic primary [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Richard A. Devine (incumbent) 505,791 79.06
Democratic Tommy H. Brewer133,97820.94
Total votes639,769 100

Republican

Cook County State’s Attorney Republican primary [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Philip Spiwak 116,365 100
Total votes116,365 100

General election

Endorsements
Richard Devine (D)
Newspapers
Results
Cook County State’s Attorney election [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Richard A. Devine (incumbent) 1,483,280 79.43
Republican Philip Spiwak384,08220.57
Total votes1,867,362 100

Cook County Board of Review

2004 Cook County Board of Review election
  2002 November 2, 2004 2006  

2 of 3 seats on the Cook County Board of Review
2 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before21
Seats after21
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Seats up10
Races won10

In the 2004 Cook County Board of Review election, one seat, Democratic-held, was up for election. The incumbent won reelection.

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. [12]

3rd district

Incumbent second-term member Robert Shaw, a Democrat last reelected in 2002, lost reelection, being unseated by in the Democratic primary by Larry R. Rogers, Jr., who went on to win the general election unopposed. Rogers' margin-of-victory over Shaw in the Democratic primary was narrow, at 1,087 votes (equal to 0.37 of votes cast). This election was to a four-year term. [12]

Primaries

Democratic
Cook County Board of Review 3rd district Democratic primary [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Larry R. Rogers, Jr. 148,987 50.18
Democratic Robert Shaw (incumbent)147,90049.81
Total votes296,887 100
Republican

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary. [3] [4]

General election

Cook County Board of Review 3rd district election [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Larry R. Rogers, Jr. 518,543 100
Total votes518,543 100

Water Reclamation District Board

2004 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago election
  2002 November 2, 2004 2006  

3 of 9 seats on the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
5 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Democratic Republican Green
Seats before900
Seats after900
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Seats up300
Races won300

In the 2004 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 election.

Judicial elections

Pasrtisan elections were held for judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County due to vacancies. Retention elections were also held for the Circuit Court. [1] [2]

Partisan elections were also held for subcircuit courts judgeships due to vacancies. [1] [2] Retention elections were held for other judgeships.

Other elections

Coinciding with the primaries, elections were held to elect both the Democratic and Republican committeemen for the wards of Chicago. [4]

See also

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