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However, Thomas retired on February 29, 2020. On March 1, 2020, Michael J. Burke, a Republican, was appointed to his seat and held it until a special election in 2022. [7] [8] The redrawn 2nd district comprises the 16th, 19th, 22nd, and 23rd Judicial Circuits, with the 15th, 17th, and 18th Judicial Circuits removed. Since Justice Burke's ...
In the 2006 general election, McGlynn lost to Democratic candidate and trial judge Bruce Stewart. [6] In 2010, on the recommendation of Lloyd A. Karmeier, the Illinois Supreme Court appointed McGlynn to a judgeship in the 20th Judicial Circuit to succeed Michael O’ Malley, who retired to return to private practice. [7]
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.
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). [1]
The 2-1 decision from the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago affirms a ruling from U.S. District Judge John Kness last year that five-term U.S. Rep. Mike Bost of Murphysboro and two GOP ...
Elections in Illinois are directly administered by 109 election authorities. Seven municipalities each have an election commission as the local election authority only within that municipality. Outside of those, the county clerk is the local election authority in 100 counties, and 2 counties have a separate election commission. [3]
Illinois’ election board on Tuesday kept former President Donald Trump on the state’s primary ballot, a week before the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on whether the Republican’s role in ...
The Illinois Supreme Court appointed Porter, a Democrat, to the circuit court in 2021 to fill a vacancy. She won election the following year. Cook County, which includes Chicago, is the state's ...