2018 Cook County Board of Commissioners election

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2018 Cook County Board of Commissioners election
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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 won152
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 2
Popular vote1,292,420287,854
Percentage81.79%18.22%
SwingIncrease2.svg 4.67%Decrease2.svg 4.62%
2018 Cook County Board of Commissioners election G&H Map.svg
2018 Cook County Board of Commissioners election VS Map.svg
Results:
     Democratic gain
     Democratic hold     Republican hold
Vote Share:
     50–60%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
     50–60%

The 2018 Cook County Board of Commissioners election was held on November 6, 2018, [1] and was preceded by primary elections held on March 20, 2018. [2] It saw all seventeen seats of the Cook County Board of Commissioners up for election to four-year terms and coincided with other 2018 Cook County, Illinois, elections (including the election for president of the Cook County Board of Commissioners).

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Anticipating a potential wave election year for Democrats, President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners and Cook County Democratic Party Chairwoman Toni Preckwinkle made a focused effort to increase the Democrats' majority on the Cook County Board of Commissioners, focusing these efforts on three of the Board's four Republican-held seats. Preckwinkle-backed Democratic nominees ultimately succeeded in ousting Republican incumbents in the 14th and 15th districts, but fell roughly a mere 2,000 votes shy of unseating the 17th district's Republican incumbent. [3] Preckwinkle did not target the Republican-held 9th district seat, as the incumbent Republican, Peter N. Silvestri, was both popular and a political centrist and had a reputation for being a peacemaker on the Board at times when conflict arose between its members. [4] Democrats ran candidates for all seventeen seats, compared to the fifteen seats that the party had contested in the preceding 2014 election. Meanwhile, Republicans ran candidates for eight seats, and increase from the five seats they had contested in the 2014 election.

Seven new members were elected, [5] and ten incumbents were reelected. Three incumbents did not seek reelection. Four incumbents lost reelection, with two being defeated in primaries and the other two losing their general elections.

Two races saw seats change party, in both instances seeing an incumbent Republican losing to a Democratic challenger, creating a net gain of two seats for Democrats and a net loss of two seats for Republicans. Nine races saw a Democrat unchallenged in the general election.

1st district

Incumbent first-term Commissioner Richard Boykin, a Democrat, lost reelection, being unseated in the Democratic primary by Brandon Johnson by a margin of 0.88%. Johnson went on to win the general election unopposed.

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 1st district Democratic primary [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Brandon Johnson 24,863 50.44
Democratic Richard Boykin (incumbent)24,42649.56
Total votes49,289 100

Republican

Only write-in candidates ran in the Republican primary. No certified write-in received enough votes to win the nomination.

Cook County Board of Commissioners 1st district Republican primary [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Write-in Others74100
Total votes74 100

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 1st district election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Brandon Johnson 88,590 100
Total votes88,590 100

2nd district

Incumbent Commissioner Dennis Deer, who was appointed in 2017 to fill the vacancy left by the death in office of Robert Steele, won election to his first full term.

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 2nd district Democratic primary [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Dennis Deer (incumbent) 11,522 32.59
Democratic Eddie Johnson III7,48221.16
Democratic Darryl D. Smith6,82419.30
Democratic Lupe Aguirre5,35315.14
Democratic Paul J. Montes II3,97611.25
Write-in Others1960.55
Total votes35,353 100

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 Dennis Deer (incumbent) 78,380 100
Total votes78,380 100

3rd district

Incumbent Commissioner Jerry Butler, a Democrat who first assumed the office in 1985, did not seek reelection. Democrat Bill Lowry was elected to succeed him.

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 3rd district Democratic primary [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Bill Lowry 17,814 33.29
Democratic Patricia Horton11,51821.52
Democratic Charise A. Williams9,37317.51
Democratic Joshua Gray5,1459.61
Democratic Horace "Washington" Howard4,7748.92
Democratic Steven R. Wolfe4,1247.71
Democratic Erick M. Nickerson7691.44
Total votes53,517 100

Republican

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary. [2] Republicans ultimately nominated George Blakemore.

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 3rd district election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Bill Lowry 101,576 89.57
Republican George Blakemore11,83410.43
Total votes113,410 100

4th district

Incumbent Commissioner Stanley Moore, a Democrat who was appointed to the office in 2013 and was elected outright to a full term in 2014, won reelection to a second full term.

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 4th district Democratic primary [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Stanley S. Moore (incumbent) 24,117 48.11
Democratic Maria M. Barlow17,95135.81
Democratic Marcel Bright4,7309.44
Democratic Gaylon Alcaraz3,3266.64
Total votes50,124 100

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) 88,736 100
Total votes88,736 100

5th district

Incumbent sixth-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) 33,790 76.69
Democratic Timothy "Tim" Parker6,73215.28
Democratic Audrey Lynn Tanksley3,4277.78
Write-in Others1130.26
Total votes44,062 100

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) 81,711 100
Total votes81,711 100

6th district

Incumbent Commissioner Edward Moody, a Democrat who was appointed to the seat in 2016 following the death in office of Joan Patricia Murphy, [6] did not seek reelection. Democrat Donna Miller was elected to succeed him.

Primaries

Democratic

Donna Miller defeated Patricia Joan Murphy, the daughter of deceased former 6th district commissioner Joan Patricia Murphy and Crestwood mayor Louis Presta. [7]

Cook County Board of Commissioners 6th district Democratic primary [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Donna Miller 17,907 43.38
Democratic Patricia Joan Murphy16,76240.61
Democratic Louis Presta6,61116.02
Total votes41,280 100

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 Donna Miller 82,556 100
Total votes82,556 100

7th district

Incumbent second-term Commissioner Jesús "Chuy" García, a Democrat, did not seek reelection, instead opting to run for election to Illinois's 4th congressional district. Democrat Alma Anaya was elected to succeed him.

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 7th district Democratic primary [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Alma E. Anaya 14,159 56.85
Democratic Angeles Sandoval10,66442.81
Write-in Others850.34
Total votes24,908 100

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 Alma E. Anaya 41,759 100
Total votes41,759 100

8th district

Incumbent first-term Commissioner Luis Arroyo Jr., a Democrat, was reelected.

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 8th district Democratic primary [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Luis Arroyo Jr. (incumbent) 30,512 99.11
Write-in Others2730.89
Total votes30,785 100

Republican

Cook County Board of Commissioners 8th district Republican primary [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Walter Zarnecki 1,253 67.80
Republican Renne "Tex" Chavez59532.20
Total votes1,848 100

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 8th district election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Luis Arroyo Jr. (incumbent) 73,296 89.29
Republican Walter Zarnecki8,79210.71
Total votes82,088 100

9th district

Incumbent sixth-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. McPartlin 28,673 100
Total votes28,673 100

Republican

Cook County Board of Commissioners 9th district Republican primary [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Peter N. Silvestri (incumbent) 13,988 100
Total votes13,988 100

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 9th district election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Peter N. Silvestri (incumbent) 55,612 52.24
Democratic Frank L. McPartlin50,83947.76
Total votes106,451 100

10th district

Incumbent Commissioner Bridget Gainer, a Democrat first appointed in 2009 and elected outright to two full-terms, was reelected.

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 10th district Democratic primary [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Bridget Gainer (incumbent) 37,529 74.22
Democratic Mary Ann Kosiak13,03425.78
Total votes50,563 100

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) 113,803 100
Total votes113,803 100

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) 44,236 100
Total votes44,236 100

Republican

Cook County Board of Commissioners 11th district Republican primary [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Steven S. Graves 3,381 51.70
Republican Carl Segvich3,15948.30
Total votes6,540 100

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 11th district election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic John P. Daley (incumbent) 71,997 73.56
Republican Steven S. Graves25,87226.44
Total votes97,869 100

12th district

Incumbent second-term Commissioner John Fritchey, a Democrat, lost reelection, being unseated in the Democratic primary by Bridget Degnen, who went on to win the general election unopposed.

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 12th district Democratic primary [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Bridget Degnen 23,703 55.36
Democratic John Fritchey (incumbent)19,11344.64
Total votes42,816 100

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 Bridget Degnen 93,561 100
Total votes93,561 100

13th district

Incumbent fourth-term Commissioner Larry Suffredin, a Democrat, was reelected.

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 13th district Democratic primary [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Larry Suffredin (incumbent) 30,009 57.00
Democratic Bushra Amiwala13,98826.57
Democratic Daniel Foster8,65316.43
Total votes52,650 100

Republican

Cook County Board of Commissioners 13th district Republican primary [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Chris J. Hanusiak 6,708 100
Total votes6,708 100

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 13th district election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Larry Suffredin (incumbent) 95,500 77.54
Republican Chris J. Hanusiak27,66222.46
Total votes123,162 100

14th district

Incumbent fifth-term Commissioner Gregg Goslin, a Republican, lost reelection to Democrat Scott R. Britton.

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 14th district Democratic primary [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Scott R. Britton 26,728 100
Total votes26,728 100

Republican

Cook County Board of Commissioners 14th district Republican primary [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Gregg Goslin (incumbent) 15,330 100
Total votes15,330 100

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 14th district election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Scott R. Britton 62,792 54.19
Republican Gregg Goslin (incumbent)53,07945.81
Total votes115,871 100

15th district

Incumbent third-term Commissioner Tim Schneider, a Republican, lost reelection to Democrat Kevin B. Morrison.

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 15th district Democratic primary [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Kevin B. Morrison 11,756 50.02
Democratic Ravi Raju11,74649.98
Total votes23,502 100

Republican

Cook County Board of Commissioners 15th district Republican primary [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Timothy Owen Schneider (incumbent) 13,157 100
Total votes13,157 100

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 15th district election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Kevin B. Morrison 52,807 54.93
Republican Timothy Owen Schneider (incumbent)43,33145.07
Total votes96,138 100

16th district

Incumbent second-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) 22,117 100
Total votes22,117 100

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) 54,322 100
Total votes54,322 100

17th district

Incumbent Commissioner Sean M. Morrison, a Republican appointed in 2015 following the resignation of Elizabeth Ann Doody Gorman, [8] was reelected, defeating his Democratic opponent, Abdelnasser Rashid, by a narrow 1.14% margin in the general election.

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 17th district Democratic primary [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Abdelnasser Rashid 29,154 100
Total votes29,154 100

Republican

Cook County Board of Commissioners 17th district Republican primary [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Sean M. Morrison (incumbent) 16,189 100
Total votes16,189 100

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 17th district election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Sean M. Morrison (incumbent) 61,572 50.57
Democratic Abdelnasser Rashid60,19549.43
Total votes121,767 100

Summarizing statistics

Contest summary
PartySeats held beforeSeats contested
Democratic1317
Republican48
Vote summary
PartyPopular voteSeats won
Democratic1,292,420 (81.79%)15
Republican287,854 (18.22%)2
Total1,580,274—
Fate of incumbents
PartyTotal incumbentsIncumbents that sought reelection/retiredIncumbents that won/lost re-nomination in primariesIncumbents that won/lost general election
Democratic1310 sought reelection
3 retired		8 won re-nomination
2 lost renomination		8 won
0 lost
Republican44 sought reelection
0 retired		4 won re-nomination
0 lost renomination		2 won
2 lost
Composition of elected board (returning/newly elected members)
PartyReturning membersNewly elected members
Democratic87
Republican20

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