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The Cook County, Illinois, general election was held on November 3, 2020. [1] Elections were held for Clerk of the Circuit Court, State's Attorney, Cook County Board of Review district 1, three seats on the Water Reclamation District Board, and judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County. [2]
Primary elections, held using the open primary system, took place on March 17, 2020. [1] [3]
The primaries and general elections for Cook County races coincided with those for federal races (President, House, and Senate) and those for state elections.
For the primaries, turnout was 33.54%, with 1,037,951 ballots cast. The ballots cast comprised 957,791 Democratic, 79,669 Republican, and 491 nonpartisan primary ballots. Turnout in the city of Chicago was 37.78%, while turnout in suburban Cook County was 29.42%. [4] [5]
Turnout in the primaries was considered to be low for a presidential primary. [6] The low turnout was attributed by many to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. [6] The potentially suppressed turnout of election-day voting as a result of virus concerns was partially offset by high in-person early voting and mail-in ballot numbers. [6] 339,000 people cast early votes, a record number, with Chicago seeing 172,000, and the rest of Cook County seeing 167,000 early votes, a record for each jurisdiction. [6] The election also saw a record number of requests made for mail-in ballots, with both Chicago and the rest of Cook County seeing numbers of requests surpassing any previous election. [6] In Chicago there were 118,000 such requests, with over 80,000 mail-in ballots ultimately being returned and counted. [7] In suburban Cook County, 47,652 mail-in ballots were returned, setting a record. [8] In Chicago, 45% of votes cast were either early votes or votes by mail. [7] In suburban Cook County, 56% of votes cast were either early votes or votes by mail. [8]
The county's turnout was higher than the statewide turnout rate of 28.36%. [9]
For the general election, turnout was 72.20%, with 2,349,010 ballots cast. Turnout in the city of Chicago was 73.28%, while turnout in suburban Cook County was 71.18%. [10] [11] [12]
The county, as a whole, saw a turnout that was slightly below the statewide turnout rate of 72.92%. [9]
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Turnout | 65.22% [10] [11] | |||||||||||||||
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The incumbent fifth-term clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Dorothy Brown, announced in 2019 that she would not run for re-election. [13] Brown had been the subject of a federal corruption investigation when she made the announcement. [13] Democrat Iris Martinez was elected to succeed her. [14]
The last Republican to hold this office was Brown's immediate predecessor Aurelia Pucinski, who, while elected a Democrat in each of her elections to the office, had switched parties in her final term. [15] [16]
All four candidates in the Democratic Party primary for the office pledged to modernize the office and to address corruption. [17] [18]
The following candidates ran for the Democratic Party nomination for Clerk of the Circuit Court:
Candidate | Experience | Campaign | Ref | |
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![]() | Michael Cabonargi | Member of Cook County Board of Review for the 2nd district | Website | [19] |
![]() | Richard Boykin | Former member of Cook County Board of Commissioners for the 1st district | Website | [19] |
![]() | Iris Martinez | Illinois State Senator for the 20th district | Website | [19] |
![]() | Jacob Meister | Civil rights lawyer Candidate for Clerk of the Cook County Circuit Court in 2016 Candidate for U.S. Senate in 2010 | Website Archived 2020-02-01 at the Wayback Machine | [13] [19] |
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Richard Boykin | Michael Cabonargi | Iris Y. Martinez | Jacob Meister | Undecided |
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ALG Research [24] | February 9–12, 2020 | 500 | ± 4.4 | 12% | 4% | 15% | 3% | 65% |
Fako Research & Strategies (Boykin) [24] | Late-January, 2020 | 13% | 4% | 11% | 3% | 69% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Iris Y. Martinez | 269,578 | 33.67 | |
Democratic | Michael M. Cabonargi | 216,180 | 27.00 | |
Democratic | Richard R. Boykin | 199,526 | 24.92 | |
Democratic | Jacob Meister | 113,855 | 14.22 | |
Write-in | Others | 1,511 | 0.19 | |
Total votes | 800,650 | 100 |
The following candidates ran for the Republican party nomination for Clerk of the Circuit Court:
Candidate | Experience | Campaign | Ref |
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Barbara Ruth Bellar | Candidate for Illinois State Senate in 2012 Candidate for Illinois House of Representatives in 2010 | [19] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Barbara Bellar | 64,160 | 99.42 | |
Write-in | Richard Mayers | 1 | 0.00 | |
Write-in | Others | 374 | 0.58 | |
Total votes | 64,535 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Iris Y. Martinez | 1,549,615 | 73.03 | |
Republican | Barbara Bellar | 572,169 | 26.97 | |
Total votes | 2,121,784 | 100 |
Martinez's 73.03% share of the vote was the most that any candidate had received for this office since the 2004. Bellar's 26.97% vote share was the worst performance by a major party (Democratic or Republican) nominee since that same election.
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Turnout | 67.72% [10] [11] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Results: Foxx: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% O'Brien: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Incumbent Cook County state's attorney Kim Foxx won reelection to a second term. [45]
Foxx defeated three opponents in the Democratic primary and Republican Pat O'Brien in the general election.
Only Democrats have held this office ever since Richard A. Devine unseated Republican Jack O'Malley in 1996. [46]
Incumbent Kim Foxx faced three opponents in the, two former Assistant State's Attorneys, Bill Conway and Donna More, and former Chicago alderman Bob Fioretti.
The money spent in the Democratic primary made this the most expensive State's Attorney election in Cook County to date. [47] Conway raised $11.9 million in campaign funds, most of which was from his father William E. Conway's cumulative donations of $10.5 million. [48] Foxx raised $2.8 million, and her biggest donors include Fred Eychaner and the political action committee of SEIU Illinois. [49] [Note 1] More raised $406,000 and Fioretti raised $20,000. [50] [51] [Note 2]
The following candidates ran for the Democratic Party nomination for State's Attorney:
Candidate | Experience | Campaign | Ref | |
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![]() | Bill Conway | Former Navy Intelligence officer Former Cook County Assistant State's Attorney | Website | [52] |
![]() | Bob Fioretti | Former Chicago alderman for the 2nd ward Candidate for Mayor of Chicago in the 2015 and 2019 elections Candidate for Cook County Board President in 2018 Candidate for Illinois State Senate in 2016 | Website Archived 2020-01-05 at the Wayback Machine | [52] |
![]() | Kim Foxx | Incumbent Former Chief of Staff for Cook County Board President Former Cook County Assistant State's Attorney | Website | [52] |
![]() | Donna More | Candidate for Cook County State's Attorney in 2016 Former U.S. Attorney and Cook County Assistant State's Attorney | Website Archived 2020-02-01 at the Wayback Machine | [52] |
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Bill Conway | Bob Fioretti | Kim Foxx | Donna More | Undecided |
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WGN-TV/Emerson College/Nexstar [73] [74] | March 11–12, 2020 | 567 | ± 4.1 | 20.3% | 4.3% | 36.3% | 4.8% | 34.2% |
Ogden & Fry [75] | March 7, 2020 | 466 | ± 4.63 | 31.7% | 9.0% | 48.2% | 11.1% | – |
19.5% | 4.2% | 33.0% | 5.8% | 37.5% | ||||
Anzalone Liszt Grove Research [76] | February 13–16, 2020 | 600 | ± 4.0 | 26% | 5% | 28% | 4% | |
Anzalone Liszt Grove Research [76] | January 22, 2020 | 16% | 8% | 32% | 5% | |||
Anzalone Liszt Grove Research [76] | December 8, 2019 | 14% | 11% | 36% | 6% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Kim Foxx (incumbent) | 447,974 | 50.19 | |
Democratic | Bill Conway | 276,341 | 30.96 | |
Democratic | Donna More | 122,528 | 13.73 | |
Democratic | Bob Fioretti | 44,794 | 5.02 | |
Write-in | Others | 955 | 0.11 | |
Total votes | 892,592 | 100 |
Pat O'Brien defeated Christopher Pfannkuche. Pfannkuche had been the Republican nominee for State's Attorney in 2016.
The following candidates ran for the Republican party nomination for State's Attorney:
Candidate | Experience | Campaign | Ref |
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Pat O'Brien | Former Judge, Cook County Circuit Court 1st Municipal District | Website | [52] |
Christopher Pfannkuche | Lawyer | Website | [52] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Patrick W. "Pat" O'Brien | 51,610 | 72.53 | |
Republican | Christopher E. K. Pfannkuche | 19,122 | 26.87 | |
Write-in | Richard Mayers | 1 | 0.00 | |
Write-in | Others | 426 | 0.60 | |
Total votes | 71,159 | 100 |
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Kim Foxx | Pat O'Brien | Undecided |
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Ogden & Fry / Cook County Republican Party [upper-alpha 1] [80] [81] | October 18, 2020 | 473 | ± 3.69 | 47.1% | 40.6% | 9.8% |
Ogden & Fry [82] | September 5, 2020 | 447 | ± 3.77 | 48.1% | 33.8% | 18.1% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Kim Foxx (incumbent) | 1,194,299 | 54.21 | |
Republican | Patrick W. "Pat" O'Brien | 861,108 | 39.08 | |
Libertarian | Brian Dennehy | 147,769 | 6.71 | |
Total votes | 2,203,176 | 100 |
Kim Fox's performance 54.21% vote share was the lowest performance by a Democratic nominee in a Cook County state's attorney election since 1996. It was also the worst that a re-nominated incumbent has performed in a general election for Cook County state's attorney since the same election, which saw Republican incumbent Jack O'Malley lose reelection. Conversely, O'Brien's 39.08% share of the vote was the best performance by a Republican since 1996 and Dennehy's 6.71% share of the vote was best performance by as third-party candidate since 1996.
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1 of 3 seats on the Cook County Board of Review 2 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In the 2020 Cook County Board of Review election, one seat, Republican-held, out of its three seats, was up for election. Incumbent Dan Patlak was seeking 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. [88]
Incumbent second-term Cook County Board of Review Commissioner for the 1st district, Dan Patlak, a third-term Republican last reelected in 2016, was unseated by Democrat Tammy Wendt.
This election was to a two-year term. [88]
The following candidates ran for the Democratic Party nomination:
Candidate | Experience | Campaign | Ref |
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Abdelnasser Rashid | Former Deputy Chief of Staff for former Cook County Clerk David Orr Former Chief Policy Officer for Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi 2018 Democratic nominee for Cook County Board of Commissioners district 17 | Website | [89] [90] [91] |
Tammy Wendt | Attorney and real estate agent Former Cook County assistant state's attorney Trial attorney for Jason Van Dyke in the Laquan McDonald case | Website | [89] [92] [93] [94] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Tammy Wendt | 110,559 | 54.45 | |
Democratic | Abdelnasser Rashid | 92,493 | 45.55 | |
Total votes | 203,052 |
The following candidates ran for the Republican party nomination:
Candidate | Experience | Campaign | Ref |
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Dan Patlak | Incumbent Former Assessor of Wheeling Township | Website | [89] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Dan Patlak (incumbent) | 43,625 | 100 | |
Total votes | 43,625 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Tammy Wendt | 394,202 | 50.75 | |
Republican | Dan Patlak (incumbent) | 382,509 | 49.25 | |
Total votes | 776,711 | 100 |
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3 of 9 seats on the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago 5 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Three of the nine seats on the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago board were up for election in 2020. Each winning candidate was to serve a six-year term on the board. All candidates appeared together on the ballot, and voters could vote for up to three candidates (in both the primary and the general). [30] [97]
All three incumbents were Democrats. [97] Incumbents Kimberly Neely du Buclet and Cam Davis won reelection, while Frank Avila lost renomination. Democrat Eira L. Corral also won election.
The following candidates ran for the Democratic Party nomination: [97]
The following candidates were removed from the ballot:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Kimberly Neely du Buclet (incumbent) | 346,370 | 18.02 | |
Democratic | M. Cameron “Cam” Davis (incumbent) | 288,471 | 15.01 | |
Democratic | Eira L. Corral Sepúlveda | 242,055 | 12.59 | |
Democratic | Patricia Theresa Flynn | 222,191 | 11.56 | |
Democratic | Heather Boyle | 216,447 | 11.26 | |
Democratic | Frank Avila (incumbent) | 215,741 | 11.22 | |
Democratic | Michael G. Grace | 157,088 | 8.17 | |
Democratic | Mike Cashman | 99,319 | 5.17 | |
Democratic | Shundar Lin | 65,757 | 3.42 | |
Democratic | Deyon Dean | 61,102 | 3.18 | |
Write-in | Others | 7,627 | 0.40 | |
Total votes | 1,922,168 |
No candidates were included on the ballot in the Republican primary. While two official write-in candidates did run, neither received a sufficient share of the vote to win nomination.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Write-in | Frank Rowder | 7 | 0.21 | |
Write-in | Richard Mayers | 4 | 0.12 | |
Write-in | Others | 3,305 | 99.67 | |
Total votes | 3,316 | 100 |
The Green Party nominated Troy Hernandez, Tammie Vinson, and Rachel Wales. [97]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Kimberly Neely du Buclet (incumbent) | 1,288,586 | 28.89 | |
Democratic | M. Cameron “Cam” Davis (incumbent) | 1,141,803 | 25.60 | |
Democratic | Eira L. Corral Sepúlveda | 1,028,057 | 23.05 | |
Green | Tammie Felicia Vinson | 324,905 | 7.28 | |
Green | Troy Antonio Hernandez | 339,633 | 7.61 | |
Green | Rachel Wales | 337,272 | 7.56 | |
Total votes | 4,460,256 | 100 |
Partisan elections were held to fill 13 judgeships in the Circuit Court of Cook County and 21 judgeships in subcircuits of the court. There were Democratic candidates for all 34 elections, whereas the Republican primary had been canceled for all but two vacancies. [99] Retention elections were also held for judgeships on these courts.
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