The Democratic Party of Illinois is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is the oldest extant state party in Illinois and one of just two recognized parties in the state,along with the Republican Party. It is currently the dominant party in the state,controlling the majority of Illinois' U.S. House seats,both U.S. Senate seats,both houses of the state legislature,and the governorship.
The Cook County Democratic Party is an American county-level political party organization which represents voters in 50 wards in the city of Chicago and 30 suburban townships of Cook County. The organization has dominated Chicago politics since the 1930s. It relies on an organizational structure of a ward or township committeeperson to elect candidates. At the height of its influence under Richard J. Daley in the 1960s when political patronage in employment was endemic in American cities,it was one of the most powerful political machines in American history. By the beginning of the 21st century the party had largely ceased to function as a machine due to the legal dismantling of the patronage system under the Shakman Decrees issued by the federal court in Chicago. The current Chair is Toni Preckwinkle,who is also the elected Cook County Board president.
Anthony J. "Tony" Peraica is an American politician from Chicago,Illinois. He was the Cook County Commissioner for the 16th district,and was the unsuccessful Republican nominee for Cook County treasurer in 1998,for president of the Cook County Board of Commissioners in 2006,for Cook County state's attorney in 2008,and for Cook County clerk in 2022.
Paul D. Froehlich was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives representing the 56th district,where he served from 2003 to 2011.
Ward Committeepeople and Township Committeepeople are political party officials who serve many standard committeemen duties on behalf of their political party in Cook County,Illinois.
Cecil Armillo Partee was an American attorney and politician. He was the first African American to serve as president of the Illinois Senate and the first to serve as Cook County State's Attorney. He served in both the Illinois House of Representatives and the Illinois State Senate. He also served three terms as City Treasurer of Chicago.
Thomas G. Lyons was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party active in Chicago.
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.
James Patrick Hickey is the President of the Orland Fire Protection District,(OFPD),one of the largest Fire Protection Districts in the State of Illinois and the Midwest. The Orland Fire Protection District covers Orland Township,the Village of Orland Park,the Village of Orland Hills,unincorporated areas of Orland Township,and parts of Tinley Park.
Kimberly M. Foxx is an American politician,who is currently the State's Attorney for Cook County,Illinois. She manages the second largest prosecutor's office in the United States,consisting of approximately 700 attorneys and 1,100 employees. In 2016,she won the Democratic nomination for State's Attorney against incumbent Anita Alvarez and went on to win the general election. She was re-elected in 2020. In 2023,she announced that she would not run for re-election in 2024.
The 2018 Illinois Attorney General election took place on November 6,2018,to elect the Attorney General of Illinois. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Lisa Madigan,who had served since 2003,did not seek re-election to a fifth term. Democrat Kwame Raoul won the election with 55 percent of the vote,while Republican Erika Harold took 43 percent of the vote.
On January 29,2019,American actor Jussie Smollett approached the Chicago Police Department and reported a hate crime that he had staged earlier that morning. He planned the fake hate crime with two Nigerian-American brothers,Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundairo,who had worked as extras on the set of television drama Empire,in which Smollett was a cast member. During the staged attack,which took place on East Lower North Water Street in Chicago's Streeterville neighborhood,the disguised brothers shouted racial and homophobic slurs while one poured bleach on Smollett and the other placed a noose around his neck. In addition to falsely reporting that he had been attacked by two unknown individuals,Smollett described one of them as a white male. He also told police the men shouted "This is MAGA country" during the attack,a reference to the Trumpist political slogan "Make America Great Again". The brothers later testified that Smollett staged the attack near a surveillance camera so that video of it could be publicized.
The Cook County,Illinois,general election was held on November 3,2020. 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.
The 2022 Illinois gubernatorial election took place on November 8,2022,to elect the governor of Illinois,concurrently with the 2022 Illinois general election. Gubernatorial candidates ran on tickets with candidates for lieutenant governor. The incumbent governor and lieutenant governor,first-term Democrats J. B. Pritzker and Juliana Stratton,sought re-election together against Republican nominees Illinois State Senator Darren Bailey and his running mate Stephanie Trussell.
The Cook County,Illinois,general election was held on November 3,1992.
The Cook County,Illinois,general election was held on November 6,1990.
In the 1980 Cook County State's Attorney election,incumbent second-term state's attorney Bernard Carey,a Republican,was unseated by Democrat Richard M. Daley.
Jack O'Malley was an American politician who served as Cook County State's Attorney from 1990 through 1996 and as a judge on the Second District of the Illinois Appellate Court from 2000 through 2010.
Sean M. Morrison is an American politician currently serving as Cook County commissioner from the 17th district and the chair of the Cook County Republican Party.
Herbert T. Schumann,Jr. is an American politician who formerly served as a Cook County commissioner from 1990 to 2002.
