2008 Cook County, Illinois, elections

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2008 Cook County, Illinois, elections
←  2006 November 4, 2008 2010  →
Turnout73.71%

The Cook County, Illinois, general election was held on November 4, 2008. [1] [2]

Contents

Primaries were held February 5, 2008. [3]

Elections were held for Clerk of the Circuit Court, Recorder of Deeds, State's Attorney, Board of Review districts 2 and 3, three seats on the Water Reclamation District Board, and judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County.

Election information

2012 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 and House) and those for state elections.

Voter turnout

Voter turnout in Cook County during the primaries was 47.95%, with 1,274,569 ballots cast. Among these, 1,091,008 Democratic, 200,750 Republican, 112 Green, 4 Moderate, and 2,125 nonpartisan primary ballots were cast. The city of Chicago saw 52.70% turnout and suburban Cook County saw 43.3% turnout. [3] [4] [5]

The general election saw 73.71% turnout, with 2,162,240 ballots cast. Chicago saw 73.87% turnout and suburban Cook County saw 73.54% turnout. [1] [2]

Clerk of the Circuit Court

2008 Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County election
←  2004 November 4, 2008 2012  →
Turnout65.68% [1] [2]
  DorothyBrownCookCountyClerkofCircuitIllinois (a).jpg 3x4.svg
Candidate Dorothy A. Brown Diane Shapiro
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote1,315,731517,115
Percentage68.29%26.84%
Clerk before election

Dorothy A. Brown
Democratic

Elected Clerk

Dorothy A. Brown
Democratic

In the 2008 Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County election, incumbent second-term Clerk Dorothy A. Brown, a Democrat, was reelected.

Primaries

Democratic

Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County Democratic primary [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Dorothy A. Brown (incumbent) 833,795 100
Total votes833,795 100

Republican

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary. [3] The Republican Party ultimately nominated Diane Shapiro.

Green

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Green primary. [3] The Green Party ultimately nominated Paloma Andrade.

General election

Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County election [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Dorothy A. Brown (incumbent) 1,315,731 68.29
Republican Diane Shapiro517,11526.84
Green Paloma Andrade93,9064.87
Total votes1,926,752 100

Recorder of Deeds

2008 Cook County Recorder of Deeds election
←  2004 November 4, 2008 2012  →
Turnout64.05% [1] [2]
 
Candidate Eugene Moore Gregory GoldsteinTerrence A. Gilhooly
Party Democratic Republican Green
Popular vote1,324,426451,452102,968
Percentage70.49%24.03%5.48%
Recorder of Deeds before election

Eugene Moore
Democratic

Elected Recorder of Deeds

Eugene Moore
Democratic

In the 2008 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 two full-terms.

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Recorder of Deeds Democratic primary [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Eugene "Gene" Moore (incumbent) 521,163 61.12
Democratic Ed H. Smith 331,51138.88
Total votes852,674 100
Republican

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary. [3] The Republican Party ultimately nominated Gregory Goldstein.

Green

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Green primary. [3] The Green Party ultimately nominated Terrence A. Gilhooly

General election

Cook County Recorder of Deeds election [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Eugene "Gene" Moore (incumbent) 1,324,426 70.49
Republican Gregory Goldstein451,45224.03
Green Terrence A. Gilhooly102,9685.48
Total votes1,878,846 100

State's Attorney

2008 Cook County State's Attorney election
←  2004 November 4, 2008 2012  →
Turnout67.23% [1] [2]
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Candidate Anita Alvarez Tony Peraica Thomas O'Brien
Party Democratic Republican Green
Popular vote1,378,452494,61199,101
Percentage69.90%25.08%5.03%
State's Attorney before election

Richard A. Devine
Democratic

Elected State's Attorney

Anita Alvarez
Democratic

In the 2008 Cook County State's Attorney election, incumbent third-term State's Attorney Richard A. Devine, a Democrat, did not seek reelection. Democrat Anita Alvarez was elected to succeed him.

Alvarez became the first Hispanic woman elected to this position, [6] after also having been the first Latina to win the Democratic nomination for the office. [7] [8]

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County State’s Attorney Democratic primary [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Anita Alvarez 244,538 25.73
Democratic Tom Allen 234,97624.72
Democratic Larry Suffredin 210,38122.14
Democratic Howard B. Brookins, Jr. 172,74618.18
Democratic Robert J. Milan55,3505.82
Democratic Tommy H. Brewer32,4303.41
Total votes950,421 100

Republican

Cook County State’s Attorney Republican primary [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Tony Peraica 137,767 100
Total votes137,767 100

Green

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Green primary. [3] The Green Party ultimately nominated Thomas O'Brien.

General election

Cook County State’s Attorney election [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Anita Alvarez 1,378,452 69.90
Republican Tony Peraica 494,61125.08
Green Thomas O'Brien99,1015.03
Total votes1,972,164 100

Cook County Board of Review

2008 Cook County Board of Review election
←  2006 November 4, 2008 2010  →
2 of 3 seats on the Cook County Board of Review
2 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before30
Seats after30
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Seats up20
Races won20

In the 2008 Cook County Board of Review election, two seats, both Democratic-held, were up for election. Both incumbents 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. [9]

2nd district

Incumbent third-term member Joseph Berrios, a Democrat last reelected in 2006, was reelected. Berrios had served since the Board of Review was constituted in 1998, and had served on its predecessor organization, the Cook County Board of Appeals, for another ten years. This election was to a four-year term. [9]

Primaries

Democratic
Cook County Board of Review 2nd district Democratic primary [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Joseph Berrios (incumbent) 153,053 58.65
Democratic Jay Paul Deratany107,88941.35
Total votes260,942 100
Republican

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary. [3] The Republican Party ultimately nominated Lauren Elizabeth McCracken-Quirk.

Green

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Green primary. [3] The Green Party ultimately nominated Howard Kaplan.

General election

Cook County Board of Review 2nd district election [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Joseph Berrios (incumbent) 370,380 69.94
Republican Lauren Elizabeth McCracken-Quirk108,13820.42
Green Howard Kaplan51,0889.65
Total votes529,606 100

3rd district

Incumbent first-term member Larry Rogers, Jr., a Democrat elected in 2004, was reelected. This election was to a four-year term. [9]

Primaries

Democratic
Cook County Board of Review 3rd district Democratic primary [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Larry R. Rogers, Jr. (incumbent) 323,842 100
Total votes323,842 100
Republican

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary. [3] The Republican Party ultimately nominated Lionel Garcia.

Green

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Green primary. [3] The Green Party ultimately nominated Antonne "Tony" Cox.

General election

Cook County Board of Review 3rd district election [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Larry R. Rogers, Jr. (incumbent) 573,194 88.69
Republican Lionel Garcia49,6807.69
Green Antonne "Tony" Cox23,4553.63
Total votes646,329 100

Water Reclamation District Board

2008 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago election
←  2006 November 4, 2008 2010  →
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 2008 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.

Three incumbent Democrats were reelected to their seats.

Democratic primary

All three incumbents were renominated.

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Democratic primary [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Frank Avila (incumbent) 367,867 17.01
Democratic Kathleen Therese Meany (incumbent) 336,047 15.54
Democratic Cynthia M. Santos (incumbent) 334,427 15.47
Democratic Mariyana T. Spyropoulos 307,06714.20
Democratic Daine Jones284,62313.16
Democratic Dean T. Maragos212,9679.85
Democratic Derrick David Stinson188,5068.72
Democratic Matthew Podgorski130,7486.05

Republican primary

No candidates ran in the Republican primary. [3]

Green primary

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Green primary [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Green Nadine Bopp 572 34.48
Green John "Jack" Alley 567 34.18
Green Rita Bogolub 520 31.34

General election

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District election [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Frank Avila (incumbent) 1,091,542 25.49
Democratic Cynthia M. Santos (incumbent) 937,529 21.89
Democratic Kathleen Therese Meany (incumbent) 896,119 20.93
Republican David Clearwater343,5168.02
Republican Paul Chialdikas317,0817.40
Republican Daniel Flores315,9777.38
Green Nadine Bopp166,2893.88
Green John "Jack" Alley109,4242.56
Green Rita Bogolub104,6062.44

Judicial elections

Partisan elections were held for judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County due to vacancies. [1] [2] Other judgeships had retention elections.

Partistan elections were also held for subcircuit courts judgeships due to vacancies. [1] [2] Other judgeships had retention elections.

Other elections

Coinciding with the primaries, elections were held to elect both the Democratic and Republican committeemen for the wards of Chicago. [10]

See also

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