Todd H. Stroger is the former president of the Cook County,Illinois Board and a former alderman for the 8th Ward in Chicago. Stroger is a member of the Democratic Party. In 2001,he was appointed to the Chicago City Council by Richard M. Daley. He is the son of John Stroger,who himself had served as Cook County Board president for 12 years until his death.
The John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County is a public hospital in Chicago,Illinois,United States. It is part of the Cook County Health and Hospital System,along with Provident Hospital of Cook County and several related centers,which provides public primary,specialty,and tertiary healthcare services to residents of Cook County,Illinois.
John P. Daley is an American politician and insurance broker. He is the 11th Ward Democratic Committeeman in Chicago,Illinois,a member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners,and the Chair of the Cook County Board Finance Committee. He has previously served in both the Illinois State Senate and the Illinois House of Representatives,as well as being employed as a school teacher. He is the son of former Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley and brother of former Mayor Richard M. Daley,as well as William M. Daley,former White House Chief of Staff under President Obama and United States Secretary of Commerce under President Bill Clinton. Unlike his brothers,he continues to live in the neighborhood the family was raised in.
John H. Stroger Jr. was an American politician who served from 1994 until 2006 as the first African-American president of the Cook County,Illinois Board of Commissioners. Stroger was a member of the Democratic Party. He was also a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity and from 1992 to 1993 served as president of the National Association of Counties. Cook County's Stroger Hospital was renamed in his honor.
William M. Beavers is a former Democratic politician from Illinois,US. He is a former Chicago alderman and former County Commissioner for the 4th district of Cook County,Illinois,which encompasses part of Chicago's South Side and southern suburbs. He has been convicted of federal tax evasion.
Joan Patricia Murphy was an American Democratic politician and member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners,representing the 6th district which is located in the Chicago Southland.
Roberto Maldonado is an American politician who served as the alderman of the 26th Ward of the City of Chicago,Illinois from 2009 to 2023.
Elizabeth "Liz" Doody Gorman is a Republican member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners from 2002 until her resignation in 2015 to accept a job in the private sector. Gorman served as Chairman of the Cook County Republican Party from 2007 to 2008,and was the Orland Township Republican Committeeman,until she was defeated by Cindy Katsenes in 2022.
Toni Lynn Preckwinkle is an American politician and the current County Board president in Cook County,Illinois,United States. She was elected to her first term as president of the Cook County Board of Commissioners,the executive branch of Cook County government,in November 2010,becoming the first woman elected to that position.
Robert Steele was Commissioner and President Pro Tempore for the 2nd district of Cook County,Illinois,covering the West Side of Chicago. As Cook County Board Commissioner,Steele voted to uphold a 1.5% 2008 Cook County sales tax increase,remaining the highest in the nation which led the Chicago Tribune to encourage voters to vote against him in the 2010 elections.
Calvin Sutker was an American politician and lawyer. Over his nearly four decades in politics,Sutker served as a Skokie Village Board member,Niles Township Democratic Committeeman,Democratic National Committeeman from Illinois,Chairman of the Illinois Democratic Party,a member of the Illinois House of Representatives and a Cook County Commissioner.
Michelle A. Harris is an American politician who is the alderman of Chicago's 8th ward and the chair of the Chicago City Council's rules committee.
Maria Pappas is a Greek American attorney and politician who has served as the Cook County Treasurer since 1998. Prior to that,she served two terms on the Cook County Board of Commissioners;first as one of ten members elected from Chicago and then,after the board moved to single-member constituencies,as the member from the 10th district.
Aurelia Marie Pucinski is a judge on the Illinois Appellate Court for the First District. She previously served as a trial judge and clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County. Her second term expires in 2030.
The Cook County,Illinois,general election was held on November 2,2010.
The Cook County,Illinois,general election was held on November 7,2006.
Dennis Deer was an American politician who served as the Cook County Commissioner for the 2nd district from 2017 until his death. He represented many neighborhoods in Chicago,including portions of the Loop,Near West Side,Near South Side,North Lawndale,Englewood,and Washington Park community areas. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
The Cook County,Illinois,general election was held on November 8,1994.
Herbert T. Schumann,Jr. is an American politician who formerly served as a Cook County commissioner from 1990 to 2002.
The 2006 Cook County Board of Commissioners election was held on November 7,2006. It was preceded by a primary election held on March 21,2006. It coincided with other 2006 Cook County,Illinois,elections. It saw all seventeen seats of the Cook County Board of Commissioners up for election to four-year terms.
