2020 Illinois judicial elections

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The 2020 Illinois judicial elections consisted of both partisan and retention elections, including those for three seats on the Supreme Court of Illinois and 10 seats in the Illinois Appellate Court. [1] [2] Primary elections were held on March 17, 2020, and the general election was held on November 3, 2020. These elections were part of the 2020 Illinois elections.

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Supreme Court of Illinois

Justices of the Supreme Court of Illinois are elected by district. Two seats will be holding partisan elections, while another will be holding a retention election. On the Supreme Court of Illinois, seats occupied by previously-elected justices will see retention elections, while races with justices not previously elected (whether the seat is vacant or filled by an appointee) will see competitive partisan elections.

The court has seven seats total separated into five districts. The first district, representing Cook County, contains three seats, making it a multi-member district, while other four districts are single-member districts. [3] Justices hold ten year terms. [3]

1st district

One of the three seats from the 1st district is up for a partisan election. Incumbent P. Scott Neville Jr. was appointed to the Supreme Court in 2018 to fill the vacancy left by the retirement of Charles E. Freeman. This is a regularly-scheduled election (Freeman's term would have ended in December 2020).

Democratic primary

Supreme Court of Illinois 1st district Democratic primary [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic P. Scott Neville Jr. (incumbent) 214,066 26.25
Democratic Jesse G. Reyes165,34420.27
Democratic Shelly A. Harris123,16615.10
Democratic Cynthia Y. Cobbs103,49712.69
Democratic Margaret Stanton McBride101,47512.44
Democratic Daniel Epstein66,7628.19
Democratic Nathaniel R. Howse41,2055.05
Total votes815,515

Republican primary

No candidates were included on the ballot in the Republican primary. While an official write-in candidate did run, he did not receive a sufficient number of votes to win nomination.

Results
Supreme Court of Illinois 1st district Republican primary [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Write-in Richard Mayers22100
Total votes22 100

General election

Supreme Court of Illinois 1st district election [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic P. Scott Neville Jr. (incumbent) 1,765,329 100
Write-in Richard Mayers310.00
Total votes1,765,360 100

5th district

Lloyd Karmeier, a Republican, retired on December 6, 2019, leaving the seat vacant until the election. This is a regularly-scheduled election (Karmeier's term would have ended in December 2020). Three members of the Illinois Appellate Court from the 5th district chose to run; John B. Barberis, Jr, Judy Cates, and David K. Overstreet. [6]

Democratic primary

Supreme Court of Illinois 5th district Democratic primary [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Judy Cates 85,117 100
Total votes85,117 100

Republican primary

Supreme Court of Illinois 5th district Republican primary [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican David K. Overstreet 77,438 76.51
Republican John B. Barberis Jr.23,77723.49
Total votes101,215

General election

Supreme Court of Illinois 5th district election [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican David K. Overstreet 388,12962.52
Democratic Judy Cates232,72237.48
Total votes620,851 100

Retention elections

The 3rd district seat was held by Thomas L. Kilbride, a Democrat first elected to the Supreme Court in 2000.

In the 2nd district, Robert R. Thomas, a Republican, was scheduled to have retention election. However, he retired February 29, 2020. On March 1, 2020, Michael J. Burke assumed his seat, and will hold it until a special election in 2022. [1] [7]

To be retained, judges are required to have 60% of their vote be "yes". Kilbride did not reach that mark and only receiving approximately 57% of the vote. He is the first justice of the Illinois Supreme Court to lose retention vote in the history of the state. [8] [9]

DistrictIncumbentVote [5]
PartyNameIn office sincePrevious years elected/retainedYes
(Retain)		No
(Remove)
3rd Democratic Thomas L. Kilbride December 4, 20002000 (elected), 2010 (retained)452,142 (56.52%)347,812 (43.48%)

Illinois Appellate Court

Illinois Appellate Court justices hold ten-year terms. [3]

1st district (1st division)

Incumbent John C. Griffin was appointed in May 2018 following the retirement of John B. Simon. [10] This is a special election for a four-year term, as Simon's term would not have ended until 2024. [10] Griffin ran for reelection, but was unseated in the Democratic primary by Sharon Oden-Johnson.

Democratic primary

Illinois Appellate Court 1st district (1st division) Democratic primary [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sharon Oden-Johnson 395,022 52.44
Democratic John C. Griffin (incumbent)358,22647.56
Total votes753,248 100

Republican primary

The Republican primary was cancelled. [2] No candidates had filed.

General election

Illinois Appellate Court 1st district (1st division) election [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sharon O. Johnson 1,603,179 100
Total votes1,603,179 100

1st district (3rd division)

Incumbent Michael Hyman was appointed in 2018 to fill the vacancy left when P. Scott Neville Jr. resigned this seat to assume a seat on the Supreme Court of Illinois. He was elected outright.

Democratic primary

Illinois Appellate Court 1st district (3rd division) Democratic primary [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Michael B. Hyman (incumbent) 273,898 35.51
Democratic Sandra Gisela Ramos207,98926.96
Democratic Maureen Patricia O'Leary159,42320.67
Democratic Carolyn Gallagher130,06716.86
Total votes771,377 100

Republican primary

No candidates were included on the ballot in the Republican primary. While an official write-in candidate did run, he did not receive a sufficient number of votes to win nomination.

Results
Illinois Appellate Court 1st district (3rd division) Republican primary [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Write-in Richard Mayers21100
Total votes21 100

General election

Illinois Appellate Court 1st district (3rd division) election [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Michael Hyman (incumbent) 1,633,319 100
Total votes1,633,319 100

5th district

Incumbent Mark M. Boie was appointed on May 1, 2019.

Democratic primary

Illinois Appellate Court 5th district Democratic primary [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sarah Smith 84,509 100
Total votes84,509 100

Republican primary

Illinois Appellate Court 5th district Republican primary [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mark M. Boie (incumbent) 52,619 54.4
Republican Katherine Ruocco44,01145.55
Total votes96,630

General election

Illinois Appellate Court 5th district election [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mark M. Boie (incumbent)367,03659.86%
Democratic Sarah Smith246,16640.14%
Total votes613,202 100%
Republican hold

Retention elections

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

DistrictIncumbentVoteCite
PartyNameIn office sincePrevious years elected/retainedYes
(Retain)		No
(Remove)
1st Democratic Aurelia Marie Pucinski December 6, 20102010 (elected)1,406,831 (77.37%)411,550 (22.63%) [5] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Democratic Mary Katherine RochfordDecember 6, 20102010 (elected)1,276,378 (75.40)%416,477 (24.60)% [5] [12] [13] [15] [16]
2nd Republican Ann B. JorgensenJuly 20082010 (elected)1,090,351 (80.97%)256,183 (19.03%) [5] [12] [13] [17] [18]
Republican Mary S. SchostokAugust 20082010 (elected)1,061,303 (80.01%)265,164 (19.99%) [5] [12] [13] [19] [20]
3rd Democratic Mary McDadeDecember 4, 20002000 (elected), 2010 (retained)580,382 (76.10%)182,318 (23.90%) [5] [21] [22]

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5th Republican Thomas M. WelchDecember 1, 19801980 (elected), 1990, 2000, 2010 (retained)416,928 (75.37%)136,244 (24.63%) [5] [24] [25]

Lower courts

Lower courts also saw judicial elections.

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