2022 Cook County Board of Commissioners election

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2022 Cook County Board of Commissioners election
  2018 November 8, 20222026 

All 17 seats on the Cook County Board of Commissioners
9 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before152
Seats won161
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 1
Popular vote1,013,467299,095
Percentage74.88%22.10%
SwingDecrease2.svg 6.91%Increase2.svg 3.88%

2022 Cook County Board of Commissioners election G&H Map.svg
2022 Cook County Board of Commissioners election VS Map.svg
Results:
     Democratic gain
     Democratic hold     Republican hold
Vote Share:
     50–60%     60–70%     80–90%     >90%
     50–60%

The 2022 Cook County Board of Commissioners election saw all seventeen seats of the Cook County Board of Commissioners up for election to four-year terms. The election coincided with other 2022 Cook County, Illinois, elections (including an election for the president of the Board of Commissioners) with the primary elections held on June 28, 2022 [1] and the general election held on November 8, 2022. [2]

Contents

As this was the first elections held following the 2020 United States Census, the seats faced redistricting before this election. [3] A new map was unanimously adopted by the Cook County Board of Commissioners in September 2021. [4]

Democrats won an increased majority with 16 seats, while Republicans won only a single seat (a net gain of one seat for Democrats and net loss of one seat for Republicans). Thirteen incumbent members won reelection (12 Democrats and 1 Republican). Three incumbent members did not seek reelection (2 Democrats and 1 Republican). One member (a Democrat) was unseated in their primary. A single seat, held by a retiring Republican, changed parties. The Democratic Party ran nominees for all seventeen seats. The Republican Party ran nominees for eleven seats, an increase from the eight seats they ran nominees for in 2018. The Libertarian Party, which had run no nominees in the 2018 election, ran nominees for four seats in 2022.

1st district

Incumbent 1st district commissioner Brandon Johnson, a Democrat, was reelected to a second term.

Democratic primary

2022 Cook County Board of Commissioners 1st district Democratic primary [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Brandon Johnson (incumbent) 30,702 100
Total votes30,702 100

Republican primary

No candidate ran in the Republican primary. [1]

Libertarian primary

2022 Cook County Board of Commissioners 1st district Libertarian primary [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Libertarian James Humay 108 100
Total votes108 100

General election

2022 Cook County Board of Commissioners 1st district election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Brandon Johnson (incumbent) 71,077 92.87
Libertarian James Humay5,4577.13
Total votes76,534 100

2nd district

The incumbent 2nd district commissioner is Dennis Deer, a Democrat who was first appointed in 2017, was reelected to a second full term and third overall term.

Democratic primary

2022 Cook County Board of Commissioners 2nd district Democratic primary [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Dennis Deer (incumbent) 11,852 55.01
Democratic Andre Smith9,67844.99
Total votes21,510 100

Republican primary

No candidate ran in the Republican primary. [1] The Republican Party ultimately nominated Evan Kasal. [2]

General election

2022 Cook County Board of Commissioners 2nd district election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Dennis Deer (incumbent) 53,053 87.92
Republican Evan Kasal7,29212.08
Total votes60,345 100

3rd district

Incumbent 3rd district commissioner Bill Lowry, a Democrat, was reelected to a second term. He was unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election.

Democratic primary

2022 Cook County Board of Commissioners 3rd district Democratic primary [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Bill Lowry (incumbent) 34,896 100
Total votes34,896 100

Republican primary

No candidate ran in the Republican primary. [1]

General election

2022 Cook County Board of Commissioners 3rd district election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Bill Lowry (incumbent) 75,868 100
Total votes75,868 100

4th district

The incumbent 4th District commissioner is Stanley Moore, a Democrat, was reelected to a third full (fourth overall) term.

Democratic primary

2022 Cook County Board of Commissioners 4th district Democratic primary [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Stanley Moore (incumbent) 34,408 100
Total votes34,408 100

Republican primary

No candidate ran in the Republican primary. [1] Republicans ultimately nominated Lynn Franco. [2]

General election

2022 Cook County Board of Commissioners 4th district election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Stanley Moore (incumbent) 67,481 90.56
Republican Lynn Franco7,0369.44
Total votes74,517 100

5th district

Democrat Monica Gordon was elected to the 5th district seat. The incumbent 5th district commissioner was Deborah Sims, a seventh-term Democrat who did not seek reelection.

Democratic primary

Monica Gordon, a trustee of Prairie State College, won the primary. She was endorsed by retiring incumbent Debora Sims. [5]

2022 Cook County Board of Commissioners 5th district Democratic primary [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Monica M. Gordon 10,465 35.54
Democratic Kierra Williams7,53325.58
Democratic Jaylin D. McClinton5,73919.49
Democratic Vernard L. Alsberry Jr.5,71219.40
Total votes26,449 100

Republican primary

No candidate ran in the Republican primary. [1]

Libertarian nomination

The Libertarian Party nominated Jason Decker. [2]

General election

2022 Cook County Board of Commissioners 5th district election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Monica M. Gordon 63,385 91.35
Libertarian Jason Decker6,0058.65
Total votes69,390 100

6th district

Incumbent 6th district commissioner Donna Miller, a Democrat, was reelected to a second term.

Democratic primary

2022 Cook County Board of Commissioners 7th district Democratic primary [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Donna Miller (incumbent) 22,628 100
Total votes22,628 100

Republican primary

No candidate ran in the Republican primary. [1]

Libertarian nomination

The Libertarian Party nominated Anna Biedrzycki. [2]

General election

2022 Cook County Board of Commissioners 6th district election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Donna Miller (incumbent) 55,250 62.28
Libertarian Anna Biedrzycki25,66431.72
Total votes80,914 100

7th district

Incumbent 7th district commissioner is Alma Anaya, a Democrat, was reelected to a second term. She was unopposed in both the Democratic primary and the general election.

Democratic primary

2022 Cook County Board of Commissioners 7th district Democratic primary [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Alma E. Anaya (incumbent) 10,439 100
Total votes10,439 100

Republican primary

No candidate ran in the Republican primary. [1]

General election

2022 Cook County Board of Commissioners 7th district election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Alma E. Anaya (incumbent) 29,480 100
Total votes29,480 100

8th district

Anthony Joel Quezada was elected to the 8th district seat, being unopposed in the general election. Incumbent 8th district commissioner is Luis Arroyo Jr., a second-term Democrat, was defeated for renomination in the Democratic primary by Quezada.

Democratic primary

2022 Cook County Board of Commissioners 8th district Democratic primary [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Anthony Joel Quezada 8,882 35.00
Democratic Luis Arroyo Jr. (incumbent)4,90219.31
Democratic Natalie Toro4,13016.27
Democratic Rory McHale3,89015.33
Democratic Edwin Reyes3,57614.09
Total votes25,380 100

Republican primary

No candidate ran in the Republican primary. [1]

General election

2022 Cook County Board of Commissioners 8th district election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Anthony Joel Quezada 53,400 100
Total votes53,400 100

9th district

Democratic nominee Maggie Trevor won the 9th district seat, flipping the longtime Republican seat to the Democratic Party. Incumbent 9th district commissioner is Peter N. Silvestri, a seventh-term Republican, did not seek reelection. [6]

Democratic primary

Maggie Trevor won the Democratic nomination. Trevor had previously been the unsuccessful Democratic 2018 and 2020 Democratic nominee for the 54th district seat in the Illinois House of Representatives. [7]

2022 Cook County Board of Commissioners 9th district Democratic primary [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Maggie Trevor 9,053 38.56
Democratic Sam Kukadia7,18430.60
Democratic Heather Anne Boyle5,11121.77
Democratic Frank L. McPartlin2,1319.08
Total votes23,479 100

Republican primary

2022 Cook County Board of Commissioners 9th district Republican primary [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Matt Podgorski 12,804 73.32
Republican Mark Hosty2,40313.76
Republican Frank L. Cocante2,25512.91
Total votes17,462 100

General election

2022 Cook County Board of Commissioners 9th district election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Maggie Trevor 53,531 50.32
Republican Matt Podgorski52,85149.68
Total votes106,382 100

10th district

Incumbent 10th district commissioner Bridget Gainer, a Democrat, was reelected to a third full (fourth overall) term.

Democratic primary

2022 Cook County Board of Commissioners 10th district Democratic primary [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Bridget Gainer (incumbent) 41,891 100
Total votes41,891 100

Republican primary

No candidates ran in the Republican primary. [1] The Republican Party ultimately nominated Laura Mary Kotelman. [2]

General election

2022 Cook County Board of Commissioners 10th district election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Bridget Gainer (incumbent) 90,627 80.76
Republican Laura Mary Kotelman21,58719.24
Total votes112,214 100

11th district

Incumbent 11th district commissioner John P. Daley, a Democrat, was reelected to a seventh full (eighth overall) term.

Democratic primary

2022 Cook County Board of Commissioners 11th district Democratic primary [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic John P. Daley (incumbent) 22,207 100
Total votes22,207 100

Republican primary

2022 Cook County Board of Commissioners 11th district Republican primary [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Declan J. Smith 6,997 100
Total votes6,997 100

Libertarian primary

2022 Cook County Board of Commissioners 11th district Libertarian primary [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Libertarian Brandon Sizelove 114 100
Total votes114 100

General election

2022 Cook County Board of Commissioners 11th district election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic John P. Daley (incumbent) 48,435 62.68
Republican Declan J. Smith26,02933.68
Libertarian Brandon Sizelove2,8153.64
Total votes77,279 100

12th district

Incumbent 12th district commissioner Bridget Degnen, a Democrat, was reelected to a second term.

Democratic primary

2022 Cook County Board of Commissioners 12th district Democratic primary [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Bridget Dengen (incumbent) 32,879 100
Total votes32,879 100

Republican primary

No candidates ran in the Republican primary. [1] Republicans ultimately nominated Alice Hu. [2]

General election

2022 Cook County Board of Commissioners 12th district election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Bridget Dengen (incumbent) 80,278 81.21
Republican Xiaoli "Alice" Hu18,57118.79
Total votes98,849 100

13th district

Democratic nominee Josina Morita was elected to the 13th district seat. Incumbent 13th district commissioner Larry Suffredin, a fifth-term Democrat, did not seek reelection. [8]

Democratic primary

2022 Cook County Board of Commissioners 13th district Democratic primary [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Josina Morita 30,379 100
Total votes30,379 100

Republican primary

No candidates ran in the Republican primary. [1] Republicans ultimately nominated Andrew Border. [2]

General election

2022 Cook County Board of Commissioners 13th district election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Josina Morita 70,431 80.16
Republican Andrew Border17,43519.84
Total votes87,867 100

14th district

Incumbent 14th district commissioner is Scott R. Britton, a Democrat, was reelected to a second term.

Democratic primary

2022 Cook County Board of Commissioners 14th district Democratic primary [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Scott R. Britton (incumbent) 24,976 100
Total votes24,976 100

Republican primary

2022 Cook County Board of Commissioners 14th district Republican primary [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Benton Howser 11,869 100
Total votes11,869 100

General election

2022 Cook County Board of Commissioners 14th district election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Scott R. Britton (incumbent) 67,575 61.28
Republican Benton Howser42,70338.72
Total votes110,278 100

15th district

Incumbent 15th district commissioner is Kevin B. Morrison, was reelected to a second term.

Democratic primary

2022 Cook County Board of Commissioners 15th district Democratic primary [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Kevin B. Morrison (incumbent) 16,286 100
Total votes16,286 100

Republican primary

2022 Cook County Board of Commissioners 15th district Republican primary [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Chuck Cerniglia 7,367 70.53
Republican Kevin A. Ake3,07829.47
Total votes10,445 100

General election

2022 Cook County Board of Commissioners 15th district election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Kevin B. Morrison (incumbent) 43,858 57.80
Republican Chuck Cerniglia32,02742.20
Total votes75,885 100

16th district

Incumbent 16th district commissioner is Frank Aguilar, a Democrat who was appointed in 2020, [9] was elected to a full term.

Democratic primary

2022 Cook County Board of Commissioners 16th district Democratic primary [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Frank J. Aguilar (incumbent) 9,715 54.27
Democratic Leticia "Letty" Garcia8,18545.73
Total votes17,900 100

Republican primary

2022 Cook County Board of Commissioners 16th district Republican primary [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Kimberly Jagielski 4,852 100
Total votes4,852 100

General election

2022 Cook County Board of Commissioners 16th district election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Frank J. Aguilar (incumbent) 38,100 67.75
Republican Kimberly Jagielski18,13832.25
Total votes56,238 100

17th district

Incumbent 17th district commissioner Sean M. Morrison, a Republican, was reelected to a second full (third overall) term. He was the only Republican nominee to win any Cook County partisan elections in 2022. [2]

Democratic primary

2022 Cook County Board of Commissioners 17th district Democratic primary [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Daniel T. Calandriello 11,501 53.90
Democratic Lou Gale9,83646.10
Total votes21,337 100

Republican primary

2022 Cook County Board of Commissioners 17th district Republican primary [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Sean M. Morrison (incumbent) 11,615 57.05
Republican Elizabeth "Liz" Doody Gorman 8,74542.95
Total votes20,360 100.0

General election

2022 Cook County Board of Commissioners 17th district election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Sean M. Morrison (incumbent) 55,426 51.29
Democratic Daniel T. Calandriello52,63848.71
Total votes108,064 100

Summarizing statistics

Contest summary
PartySeats held beforeSeats contested
Democratic1517
Republican211
Libertarian04
Vote summary
PartyPopular voteSeats won
Democratic1,013,467 (74.88%)17
Republican299,095 (22.10%)1
Libertarian39,491 (2.88%)0
Total1,352,053
Fate of incumbents
PartyTotal incumbentsIncumbents that sought reelection/retiredIncumbents that won/lost re-nomination in primariesIncumbents that won general election
Democratic1513 sought reelection
2 retired
12 won re-nomination
1 lost renomination
12 won
0 lost
Republican21 sought reelection
1 retired
1 won re-nomination
0 lost renomination
1 won
0 lost
LibertarianThere were no Libertarian incumbents
Composition of elected board (returning/newly-elected members)
PartyReturning membersNewly-elected members
Democratic124
Republican10
Libertarian00

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