2010 Cook County, Illinois, elections
November 2, 2010
Turnout52.68%

The Cook County, Illinois, general election was held on November 2, 2010.[1]

Primaries were held February 2, 2010.[2]

Elections were held for Assessor, Clerk, Sheriff, Treasurer, President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, all 17 seats of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, Cook County Board of Review district 1, three seats on the Water Reclamation District Board, and judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County.

Election information

2010 was a midterm election year in the United States. The primaries and general elections for Cook County races coincided with those for federal (House and Senate) and those for state elections.

Voter turnout

Voter turnout in Cook County during the primaries was 26.41%, with 761,626 ballots cast. The city of Chicago saw 27.282% turnout and suburban Cook County saw 25.54% turnout.[3][4]

The general election saw 52.68% turnout, with 1,424,959 ballots cast. The city of Chicago saw 52.88% turnout and suburban Cook County saw 52.48% turnout.[5][6]

Assessor

2010 Cook County Assessor election
November 2, 2010
Turnout49.88%[5][6]
 
Candidate Joseph Berrios Forrest Claypool Sharon Strobeck-Eckersall
Party Democratic Independent Republican
Popular vote 648,053 427,842 237,955
Percentage 48.03% 31.71% 17.64%
Assessor before election

James Houlihan
Democratic

 Elected Assessor

Joseph Berrios
Democratic

In the 2010 Cook County Assessor election, incumbent Assessor James Houlihan, a Democrat, first appointed in 1997 who was thrice reelected, did not seek reelection to what would have been a fourth full term.[7] Joseph Berrios was elected to succeed him.

Primaries

Democratic

Candidates

Additionally, Andrea Raila had been a candidate before withdrawing from the race.[9]

Endorsements
Raymond A. Figueroa
Newspapers
Organizations
  • Democratic Party of the 49th Ward[14]
Politicians
Robert Shaw
Newspapers
  • Citizen Newspaper Group[16]
Results
Cook County Assessor Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joseph Berrios 203,397 39.14
Democratic Robert Shaw 177,155 34.09
Democratic Raymond A. Figueroa 139,164 26.78
Total votes 519,716 100

Republican

Evanston Township assessor Sharon Strobeck-Eckersall won the Republican primary.[17]

Cook County Assessor Republican primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Sharon Strobeck-Eckersall 120,889 100
Total votes 120,889 100

Green

Cook County Assessor Green primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Green Robert C. Grota 2,098 100
Total votes 2,098 100

General election

Cook County Assessor election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joseph Berrios 648,053 48.03
Independent Forrest Claypool 427,842 31.71
Republican Sharon Strobeck-Eckersall 237,955 17.64
Green Robert C. Grota 35,378 2.62
Total votes 1,349,228 100

Clerk

2010 Cook County Clerk election
November 2, 2010
Turnout49.79%[5][6]
 
Candidate David Orr Angel Garcia
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,047,462 299,449
Percentage 77.77% 22.23%
Clerk before election

David Orr
Democratic

 Elected Clerk

David Orr
Democratic

In the 2010 Cook County Clerk election, incumbent fifth-term Clerk David Orr, a Democrat, was reelected.

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Clerk Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic David D. Orr (incumbent) 502,817 100
Total votes 502,817 100

Republican

Cook County Clerk Republican primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Angel Garcia 122,570 100
Total votes 122,570 100

Green

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

General election

Cook County Clerk election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic David D. Orr (incumbent) 1,047,462 77.77
Republican Angel Garcia 299,449 22.23
Total votes 1,346,911 100

Sheriff

2010 Cook County Sheriff election
November 2, 2010
Turnout49.85%[5][6]
 
Candidate Tom Dart Frederick Collins
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,041,696 257,682
Percentage 77.26% 19.11%
Sheriff before election

Tom Dart
Democratic

 Elected Sheriff

Tom Dart
Democratic

In the 2010 Cook County Sheriff election, incumbent first-term Sheriff Tom Dart, a Democrat, was reelected.

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Sheriff Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Thomas J. Dart (incumbent) 397,844 76.37
Democratic Sylvester E. Baker Jr. 123,096 23.63
Total votes 520,940 100

Republican

Cook County Sheriff Republican primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frederick Collins 124,228 100
Total votes 124,228 100

Green

Cook County Sheriff Green primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Green Marshall P. Lewis 2,104 100
Total votes 2,104 100

General election

Cook County Sheriff election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Thomas J. Dart (incumbent) 1,041,696 77.26
Republican Frederick Collins 257,682 19.11
Green Marshall P. Lewis 48,930 3.63
Total votes 1,348,308 100

Treasurer

2010 Cook County Treasurer election
November 2, 2010
Turnout49.91%[5][6]
 
Candidate Maria Pappas Carol A. Morse
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,042,318 307,612
Percentage 77.21% 22.79%
Treasurer before election

Maria Pappas
Democratic

 Elected Treasurer

Maria Pappas
Democratic

In the 2010 Cook County Treasurer election, incumbent third-term Treasurer Maria Pappas, a Democrat, was reelected.

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Treasurer Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Maria Pappas (incumbent) 493,724 100
Total votes 493,724 100

Republican

Cook County Treasurer Republican primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Carol A. Morse 123,408 100
Total votes 123,408 100

Green

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

General election

Cook County Treasurer election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Maria Pappas (incumbent) 1,042,318 77.21
Republican Carol A. Morse 307,612 22.79
Total votes 1,349,930 100

President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners

2010 President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners election
November 2, 2010
Turnout49.92%[5][6]
 
Candidate Toni Preckwinkle Roger A. Keats
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 939,056 357,070
Percentage 69.54% 26.44
President before election

Todd Stroger
Democratic

 Elected President

Toni Preckwinkle
Democratic

In the 2010 President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners election, incumbent President Todd Stroger, a Democrat appointed in 2006 and elected outright to a full term later that year, lost reelection, being unseated in the Democratic primary by Toni Preckwinkle, who went on to win the general election.

Her victory in this election would make Preckwinkle the first woman to be popularly elected to the office of president of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, and the second woman overall to hold the position after Bobbie L. Steele.[18]

Primaries

Democratic

Candidates
Polls
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin
of error		 Dorothy A.
Brown		 Forrest
Claypool		 Terrence J.
O'Brien		 Toni
Preckwinkle		 Todd
Stroger		 Other Undecided
WGN-TV/Chicago Tribune[20] January 16–20, 2010 503 ± 4.4% 24% – 16% 36% 11% – 12%
WGN-TV/Chicago Tribune[21][22] December 2–8, 2009 502 ± 4.4% 29% – 11% 20% 14% 2% 11%
Cooper & Secrest Associates[23] November 11–17, 2009 605 ± 4.0% 29% — 15% 16% 13% — 27%
Fako & Associates for Supporters of Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown[24] April 21–22, 2009 295 ± 5.70% 21% 33% — 10% 7% —
Bennett, Petts, & Normington for SEIU[25][26][27] March 23—25 2009 ± 4.3 – 28% – 18% 23% – 36%
Toni Preckwinkle celebrating her Democratic primary victory
Results
President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Toni Preckwinkle 281,905 48.99
Democratic Terrence J. O'Brien 131,896 22.92
Democratic Dorothy A. Brown 83,150 14.45
Democratic Todd H. Stroger (incumbent) 78,532 13.65
Total votes 575,483 100

Republican

Candidates
Results
President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners Republican primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Roger A. Keats 94,398 68.71
Republican John Garrido III 42,986 31.29
Total votes 575,483 100

Green

Candidates
  • Thomas Tresser, activist[30]
Results
President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners Green primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Green Thomas Tresser 2,001 100
Total votes 2,001 100

General election

President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Toni Preckwinkle 939,056 69.54
Republican Roger A. Keats 357,070 26.44
Green Thomas Tresser 54,273 4.02
Total votes 1,350,399 100

Cook County Board of Commissioners

2010 Cook County Board of Commissioners election
November 2, 2010
All 17 seats on the Cook County Board of Commissioners
9 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before 12 5
Seats won 13 4
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 875,019 356,573
Percentage 67.30% 27.42%
Swing Decrease 9.15% Increase 4.53%
  Third party
 
Party Green
Seats before 0
Seats won 0
Seat change Steady
Popular vote 68,644
Percentage 5.28%
Swing Increase 4.62%

The 2010 Cook County Board of Commissioners election saw all seventeen seats of the Cook County Board of Commissioners up for election to four-year terms.

Cook County Board of Review

2010 Cook County Board of Review election
November 2, 2010
1 of 3 seats on the Cook County Board of Review
2 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before 3 0
Seats after 2 1
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 1
Seats up 1 0
Races won 0 1

In the 2010 Cook County Board of Review election, one seat, Democratic-held, out of its three seats was up for election.

The Cook County Board of Review has its three seats rotate the length of terms. In a staggered fashion (in which no two seats have coinciding two-year terms), the seats rotate between two consecutive four-year terms and a two-year term.[31]

1st district

Incumbent first-term member Brendan Houlihan, a Democrat who had been elected in 2006, lost reelection to Republican Dan Patlak. This election was to a two-year term.[31]

Primaries

Democratic
Cook County Board of Review 1st district Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Brendan F. Houlihan (incumbent) 109,750 100
Total votes 109,750 100
Republican
Cook County Board of Review 1st district Republican primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dan Patlak 48,218 52.51
Republican Sean M. Morrison 43,600 47.49
Total votes 91,818 100
Green

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

General election

Cook County Board of Review 1st district election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dan Patlak 256,891 51.69
Democratic Brendan F. Houlihan (incumbent) 240,070 48.31
Total votes 496,961 100

Water Reclamation District Board

2010 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago election
November 2, 2010
3 of 9 seats on the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
5 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Democratic Republican Green
Seats before 9 0 0
Seats after 9 0 0
Seat change Steady Steady Steady
Seats up 3 0 0
Races won 3 0 0

In the 2010 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago election, three of the nine seats on the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago board were up for election in an at-large race.[2] Since three six-year seats were up for election, voters could vote for up to three candidates and the top-three finishers would win.

Two of the incumbents for the three seats were seeking reelection, Democrats Barbara McGowan and Mariyana T. Spyropoulos.[32] Each won reelection, joined by fellow Democrat Michael A. Alvarez in winning election.

Primaries

Democratic

Water Reclamation District Board election Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mariyana T. Spyropoulos (incumbent) 180,730 14.78
Democratic Barbara McGowan (incumbent) 179,955 14.72
Democratic Michael A. Alvarez 158,172 12.94
Democratic Kari K. Steele 141,649 11.59
Democratic Todd Connor 130,383 10.66
Democratic Maureen Kelly 123,590 10.11
Democratic Kathleen Mary O'Reilley 110,810 9.06
Democratic Wallace Davis, III 98,694 8.07
Democratic Stella B. Black 98,588 8.06
Total votes 1,222,571 100

Republican

Water Reclamation District Board election Republican primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Paul Chialdikas 101,817 61.44
Republican Jimmy Lee Tillman II 63,914 38.56
Total votes 165,731 100

Green

Water Reclamation District Board election Green primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Green Diana Horton 1,611 37.08
Green John "Jack" Ailey 1,393 32.06
Green Nadine Bopp 1,341 30.86
Total votes 4,345 100

General election

Water Reclamation District Board election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Michael A. Alvarez 679,058 23.10
Democratic Mariyana T. Spyropoulos (incumbent) 669,036 22.76
Democratic Barbara McGowan (incumbent) 659,353 22.43
Republican Paul Chialdikas 380,787 12.95
Republican Jimmy Lee Tillman II 227,549 7.74
Green Diana Horton 141,943 4.83
Green John "Jack" Ailey 93,301 3.17
Green Nadine Bopp 88,834 3.02
Total votes 2,939,861 100

Judicial elections

8 judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County were up for partisan elections due to vacancies.[1] Other judgeships had retention elections.

13 subcircuit courts judgeships were also up for partisan elections due to vacancies.[1] Other judgeships had retention elections.

Other elections

Coinciding with the primaries, elections were held to elect the Democratic, Republican, and Green committeemen for the suburban townships.[33]

See also

References

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