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The incumbent first-term clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Iris Martinez, ran for re-election, but was defeated for re-nomination by Mariyana T. Spyropoulos. In the Republican and Libertarian party primaries, one candidate each ran uncontested. Spyropoulos won the general election with 68% of the vote.
Rene Cruz, Judge of the Kane County Circuit Court (16th Judicial Circuit) [10] Elizabeth Rochford , Judge of the Lake County Circuit Court (19th Judicial Circuit) [ 11 ] Nancy Rotering, mayor of Highland Park , candidate for Illinois Attorney General in 2018 , candidate for Illinois's 10th congressional district in 2016 [ 9 ]
The election also saw a record number of requests made for mail-in ballots, with both Chicago and the rest of Cook County seeing numbers of requests surpassing any previous election. [6] In Chicago there were 118,000 such requests, with over 80,000 mail-in ballots ultimately being returned and counted. [ 7 ]
The inartfully named Metropolitan Water Reclamation District long has been the mystery agency for many voters when they enter the polling station. After wading through state lawmakers, municipal ...
The Governor's Council has a low-profile but a mighty job — giving its advice and consent on pardons, and judicial and parole board nominations. 'Ensures our governor didn't become a king ...
The 2022 Cook County Board of Commissioners election saw all 17 seats of the Cook County Board of Commissioners up for election to four-year terms. As this was the first election held following the 2020 United States Census, the seats faced redistricting before this election. [15]
Hatfield pointed to a 1972 Missouri Supreme Court ruling involving former Republican Gov. Kit Bond, whose residency was challenged in his bid for governor after he resided in several different ...
The clerk is a citywide elected office, and is one of three city-wide elected officials in the City of Chicago, along with the Mayor and the Treasurer. The current city clerk is Anna Valencia. One former city clerk is more famous for his non-political activities: The late Baseball Hall of Famer Cap Anson served one term from 1905-1907.