2016 Illinois judicial elections

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2016 Illinois judicial elections
  2014 November 8, 2016 2018  

The 2016 Illinois judicial elections consisted of both partisan and retention elections, including those for seven seats in the Illinois Appellate Court. [1] Primary elections were held on March 15, 2016, and general elections were held on November 8, 2016. [1] These elections were part of the 2016 Illinois elections.

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Illinois Appellate Court

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

1st district (4th division)

A vacancy was created after the retirement of Stuart Palmer. Democrat Eileen O'Neill Burke was elected to fill it, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election. This was a regular election, as Palmer's term would have expired in 2016. [3]

Democratic primary

Illinois Appellate Court 1st district (4th division) Democratic primary [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Eileen O'Neill Burke (incumbent) 805,190 100
Total votes805,190 100

Republican primary

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

General election

Illinois Appellate Court 1st district (4th division) election [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Eileen O'Neill Burke (incumbent) 1,038,128 100
Total votes1,038,128 100

1st district (5th division)

Incumbent Bertina E. Lampkin, who was appointed on February 3, 2014 to fill the vacancy left after the death in office of Patrick Quinn, won reelection, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election. [1] [6] [7] This was a regular election, as Appeton's term would have ended in 2016. [7]

Democratic primary

Illinois Appellate Court 1st district (5th division) Democratic primary [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Bertina E. Lampkin (incumbent) 792,641 100
Total votes792,641 100

Republican primary

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

General election

Illinois Appellate Court 1st district (5th division) election [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Bertina E. Lampkin (incumbent) 1,507,691 100
Total votes1,507,691 100

5th district (Stewart vacancy)

A vacancy was created by the retirement of Bruce Stewart. Republican John B. Barberis Jr. was elected to fill the seat. [8] This was a regular election, as Stewart's term ended in 2016. [9]

Democratic primary

Illinois Appellate Court 5th district (Stewart vacancy) Democratic primary [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Brad K. Bleyer 106,079 100
Total votes106,079 100

Republican primary

Illinois Appellate Court 5th district (Stewart vacancy) Republican primary [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John B. Barberis, Jr. 139,650 100
Total votes139,650 100

General election

Illinois Appellate Court 5th district (Stewart vacancy) election [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John B. Barberis, Jr. 317,117 55.86
Democratic Brad K. Bleyer250,54444.14
Total votes567,661 100

5th district (Wexstten vacancy)

A vacancy was created by the January 29, 2014 retirement of James M. Wexstten. Republican James R. Moore was elected to fill the seat. This was a regular election, as Wexstten's term would have ended in 2016. [10]

Democratic primary

Illinois Appellate Court 5th district (Wexstten vacancy) Democratic primary [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jo Beth Weber 108,055 100
Total votes108,055 100

Republican primary

Illinois Appellate Court 5th district (Wexstten vacancy) Republican primary [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican James R. Randy Moore 142,599 100
Total votes142,599 100

General election

Illinois Appellate Court 5th district (Wexstten vacancy) election [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican James R. Randy Moore 307,926 53.84
Democratic Joe Beth Weber264,04146.16
Total votes571,967 100

Retention elections

DistrictIncumbentVoteCite
PartyNameIn office sincePrevious years elected/retainedYes
(Retain)
No
(Remove)
1st Democratic Joy Cunningham December 4, 20062006 (elected)1,161,051
(78.8%)
311,541
(21.2%)
[11] [12] [13]
3rd Democratic Vicki R. WrightDecember 4, 20062006 (elected)558,811
(79.9%)
140,347
(20.1)
[11] / [13] [14]
4th Republican James A. KnechtDecember 1, 19861986 (elected), 1996, 2006 (retained)403,223
(81.5%)
91,322
(18.47)
[11] [15] [16]

Lower courts

Lower courts also saw judicial elections.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Illinois judicial elections, 2016". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
  2. "Illinois Constitution - Article VI". www.ilga.gov. Illinois General Assembly. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
  3. "Eileen O'Neill Burke". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Election Results 2016 GENERAL PRIMARY". www.elections.il.gov. Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved April 3, 2020.[ permanent dead link ]
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Election Results 2016 GENERAL ELECTION". www.elections.il.gov. Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved April 2, 2020.[ permanent dead link ]
  6. "Cook County Judge Laura Liu appointed to 1st District Appellate vacancy | Illinois State Bar Association". www.isba.org. Illinois State Bar Association. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
  7. 1 2 "Bertina E. Lampkin". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
  8. "John B. Barberis Jr". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
  9. "Bruce Stewart". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
  10. "James R. Moore". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
  11. 1 2 3 "Downloadable Vote Totals". Illinois Secretary of State. Archived from the original on August 4, 2017.
  12. "Joy Cunningham". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
  13. 1 2 "Election Results 2006 GENERAL ELECTION". www.elections.il.gov. Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved April 3, 2020.[ permanent dead link ]
  14. "Vicki Wright". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
  15. "James Knecht". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
  16. Schoenburg, Bernard (October 26, 2019). "Bernard Schoenburg: Appellate Judge Knecht weighs in on impeachment". The State Journal-Register. Retrieved April 3, 2020.