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Judicial elections to the Circuit Court of Cook County were also held. All 61 justices up for retention elections were retained. [1] [20] There were 29 partisan elections to fill judicial vacancies. Democratic nominees won all of these, with only one judicial race having a competitive general election (featuring a Republican Party opponent).
Judicial Candidates Seeking to Fill Judicial Vacancies September 14, 2012 The Chicago Council of Lawyers, in this report, releases its evaluation of the judges seeking retention in the November 6th general election. We also include in this report our evaluation of the candidates who won their primary election held in March 2012 and who are on
13 judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County were up for partisan elections due to vacancies. [1] 57 judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County were up for retention elections. [17] 22 subcircuit courts judgeships were up for partisan elections due to vacancies. [1] Other judgeships had retention elections.
A judge is deemed to have been retained if ballots cast in favor of retention outnumber those against. By way of example, judicial retention elections are used in the U.S. state of Illinois. In the 2008 general election, the voters of Cook County, Illinois were asked to vote on the following: [2]
10 judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County were up for partisan elections due to vacancies. In each of these races, Democratic nominees went unchallenged in the general election. [1] Retention elections were also held for judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County. For the first time in three decades, a Circuit Court of Cook County ...
Daniel B. Shanes, Judge of the Lake County Circuit Court (19th Judicial Circuit) [11] Mark C. Curran, former Lake County sheriff (2006–2018), Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in 2020 [13] Susan F. Hutchinson, Justice of the Illinois Appellate Court (2nd District) [14] John A. Noverini, Judge of the Kane County Circuit Court (16th Judicial ...
In suburban Cook County, 47,652 mail-in ballots were returned, setting a record. [8] In Chicago, 45% of votes cast were either early votes or votes by mail. [7] In suburban Cook County, 56% of votes cast were either early votes or votes by mail. [8] The county's turnout was higher than the statewide turnout rate of 28.36%. [9]
The 2020 Illinois judicial elections consisted of both partisan and retention elections, including those for three seats on the Supreme Court of Illinois and 10 seats in the Illinois Appellate Court. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Primary elections were held on March 17, 2020, and the general election was held on November 3, 2020.