2014 Cook County Board of Commissioners election

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2014 Cook County Board of Commissioners election
←  2010 November 4, 2014 2018  →
All 17 seats on the Cook County Board of Commissioners
9 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before134
Seats won134
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote809,692239,746
Percentage77.12%22.84%
SwingIncrease2.svg 9.82%Decrease2.svg 4.58%
2014 Cook County Board of Commissioners election G&H Map.svg
2014 Cook County Board of Commissioners election VS Map.svg
Results:
     Democratic hold     Republican hold
Vote Share:
     60–70%     >90%
     50–60%     60–70%     >90%

The 2014 Cook County Board of Commissioners election was held on November 4, 2014. [1] It was preceded by a primary election held on March 18, 2014. [2] It coincided with other 2014 Cook County, Illinois, elections (including the election for president of the Cook County Board of Commissioners). It saw all seventeen seats of the Cook County Board of Commissioners up for election to four-year terms.

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Fifteen members were reelected. One member did not seek reelection and one member was defeated in their party's primary, which meant that a total of two individuals were newly elected. The Democratic Party ran nominees for fifteen of the seventeen seats, while Republicans ran nominees for only five of the seats.

As these were the first elections held following the 2010 United States Census, the seats faced redistricting before this election. [3]

Democrats ran nominees in races for fifteen of the seventeen seats. Republicans ran nominees in races for five seats. In races for twelve seats, Democratic nominees faced no opponents on the ballot. In races for two seats, Republican nominees faced no opponents on the ballot. As a result, only three general election races were contested between Democratic and Republican nominees.

1st district

Incumbent fourth-term Commissioner Earlean Collins, a Democrat, did not seek reelection. Democrat Richard Boykin was elected to succeed him.

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 1st district Democratic primary [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Richard R. Boykin 7,288 30.38
Democratic Blake Sercye6,11825.51
Democratic Isaac "Ike" Carothers5,60223.35
Democratic Brenda Smith4,11117.14
Democratic Ronald Lawless8683.62
Total votes23,987 100

Republican

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary. [2]

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 1st district election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Richard R. Boykin 68,305 99.36
Write-in Others4410.64
Total votes68,746 100

2nd district

Incumbent second-term commissioner Robert Steele, a Democrat, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election.

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 2nd district Democratic primary [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Robert B. Steele (incumbent) 13,365 100
Total votes13,365 100

Republican

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary. [2]

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 2nd district election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Robert B. Steele (incumbent) 57,091 100
Total votes57,091 100

3rd district

Incumbent Commissioner Jerry Butler, a Democrat who first assumed the office in 1985, was reelected.

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 3rd district Democratic primary [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jerry "Iceman" Butler (incumbent) 19,830 81.79
Democratic Rosemary Reeves4,41518.21
Total votes24,245 100

Republican

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary. [2]

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 3rd district election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jerry "Iceman" Butler (incumbent) 77,354 100
Total votes77,354 100

4th district

Incumbent Commissioner Stanley Moore, a Democrat who was appointed to the office in 2013, was reelected to a full term.

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 4th district Democratic primary [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Stanley S. Moore (incumbent) 15,649 65.24
Democratic Nicholas "Nick" Smith4,93020.55
Democratic Robert R. McKay3,29013.72
Write-in Others1160.48
Total votes23,985 100

Republican

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary. [2]

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 4th district election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Stanley S. Moore (incumbent) 75,192 100
Total votes75,192 100

5th district

Incumbent fifth-term Commissioner Deborah Sims, a Democrat, was reelected.

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 5th district Democratic primary [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Deborah Sims (incumbent) 17,320 84.21
Democratic Timothy "Tim" Parker3,20315.57
Write-in Others40.21
Total votes20,567 100

Republican

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary. [2]

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 5th district election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Deborah Sims (incumbent) 70,542 100
Total votes70,542 100

6th district

Incumbent third-term Commissioner Joan Patricia Murphy, a Democrat, was reelected.

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 6th district Democratic primary [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Joan Patricia Murphy (incumbent) 12,359 100
Total votes12,359 100

Republican

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary. [2]

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 6th district election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Joan Patricia Murphy (incumbent) 65,796 100
Total votes65,796 100

7th district

Incumbent first-term Commissioner Jesús "Chuy" García, a Democrat, was reelected.

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 7th district Democratic primary [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jesus G. Garcia (incumbent) 6,416 100
Total votes6,416 100

Republican

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary. [2]

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 7th district election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jesus G. Garcia (incumbent) 25,320 100
Total votes25,320 100

8th district

Incumbent Commissioner Edwin Reyes, a Democrat, lost reelection, being unseated in the Democratic primary by Luis Arroyo Jr., who went on to win the general election unopposed.

Reyes had first been appointed in 2009 (after Roberto Maldonado resigned to serve a Chicago alderman), and had been elected to a full term in 2010.

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 8th district Democratic primary [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Luis Arroyo Jr. 8,084 54.91
Democratic Edwin "Eddie" Reyes (incumbent)6,56044.56
Write-in Others770.52
Total votes14,721 100

Republican

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary. [2]

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 8th district election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Luis Arroyo Jr. 37,529 100
Total votes37,529 100

9th district

Incumbent fifth-term Commissioner Peter N. Silvestri, a Republican, was reelected.

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 9th district Democratic primary [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Frank L. Mc Partlin 8,392 100
Total votes8,392 100

Republican

Cook County Board of Commissioners 9th district Republican primary [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Peter N. Silvestri (incumbent) 15,178 100
Total votes15,178 100

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 9th district election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Peter N. Silvestri (incumbent) 51,290 63.06
Democratic Frank L. Mc Partlin30,04036.94
Total votes81,330 100

10th district

Incumbent Commissioner Bridget Gainer, a Democrat first appointed in 2009 and elected outright to a full-term in 2010, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election.

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 10th district Democratic primary [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Bridget Gainer (incumbent) 12,640 100
Total votes12,640 100

Republican

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary. [2]

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 10th district election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Bridget Gainer (incumbent) 64,914 100
Total votes64,914 100

11th district

Incumbent Commissioner John P. Daley, a Democrat in office since 1992, was reelected.

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 11th district Democratic primary [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic John P. Daley (incumbent) 18,443 100
Total votes18,443 100

Republican

Cook County Board of Commissioners 11th district Republican primary [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Carl Segvich 7,178 100
Total votes7,178 100

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 11th district election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic John P. Daley (incumbent) 54,093 68.61
Republican Carl Segvich24,74431.39
Total votes78,837 100

12th district

Incumbent first-term Commissioner John Fritchey, a Democrat, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election.

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 12th district Democratic primary [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic John Fritchey (incumbent) 10,709 100
Total votes10,709 100

Republican

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary. [2]

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 12th district election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic John Fritchey (incumbent) 51,499 100
Total votes51,499 100

13th district

Incumbent third-term Commissioner Larry Suffredin, a Democrat, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election.

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 13th district Democratic primary [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Larry Suffredin (incumbent) 16,065 100
Total votes16,065 100

Republican

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary. [2]

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 13th district election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Larry Suffredin (incumbent) 68,715 100
Total votes68,715 100

14th district

Incumbent fourth-term Commissioner Gregg Goslin, a Republican, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Republican primary and general election.

Primaries

Democratic

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Democratic primary. [2]

Republican

Cook County Board of Commissioners 14th district Republican primary [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Gregg Goslin (incumbent) 16,258 100
Total votes16,258 100

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 14th district election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Gregg Goslin (incumbent) 66,217 100
Total votes66,217 100

15th district

Incumbent second-term Commissioner Tim Schneider, a Republican, was reelected.

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 15th district Democratic primary [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Michael A Urban 4,165 100
Total votes4,165 100

Republican

Cook County Board of Commissioners 15th district Republican primary [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Timothy O. Schneider (incumbent) 13,332 100
Total votes13,332 100

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 15th district election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Timothy O. Schneider (incumbent) 40,569 58.83
Democratic Michael A Urban28,39241.17
Total votes68,961 100

16th district

Incumbent first-term Commissioner Jeff Tobolski, a Democrat, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election.

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 16th district Democratic primary [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jeff Tobolski (incumbent) 9,183 100
Total votes9,183 100

Republican

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary. [2]

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 16th district election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jeff Tobolski (incumbent) 34,910 100
Total votes34,910 100

17th district

Incumbent third-term Commissioner Elizabeth Ann Doody Gorman, a Republican, was reelected.

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 17th district Democratic primary [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jim Hickey 7,693 100
Total votes7,693 100

Republican

Cook County Board of Commissioners 17th district Republican primary [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Elizabeth "Liz" Doody Gorman (incumbent) 13,292 59.25
Republican Barbara Bellar9,14240.75
Total votes22,434 100

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 17th district election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Elizabeth "Liz" Doody Gorman (incumbent) 56,926 100
Total votes56,926 100

Summarizing statistics

Contest summary
PartySeats held beforeSeats contested
Democratic1315
Republican45
Vote summary
PartyPopular voteSeats won
Democratic809,692 (77.12%)13
Republican239,746 (22.84%)4
Other (write-in)441 (0.04%)0
Total1,049,879—
Fate of incumbents
PartyTotal incumbentsIncumbents that sought reelection/retiredIncumbents that won/lost re-nomination in primariesIncumbents that won/lost general election
Democratic1311 sought reelection
2 retired		11 won re-nomination
0 lost renomination		11 won
0 lost
Republican44 sought reelection
0 retired		4 won re-nomination
0 lost renomination		4 won
0 lost
Composition of elected board (returning/newly elected members)
PartyReturning membersNewly elected members
Democratic112
Republican40

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  3. ↑ Leonard, Valerie (11 May 2012). "Redistricting of Cook County board to be determined in coming weeks". AustinTalks. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
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