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Turnout	54.61%

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The Cook County, Illinois, general election was held on November 3, 1998.

Primaries were held on March 17, 1998.

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, all 3 seats of the Cook County Board of Review, 4 seats on the Water Reclamation District Board, and judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County.

Election information

1998 was a midterm election year in the United States. The primaries and general elections for Cook County races coincided with those for federal (Senate and House) and those for state elections.

Voter turnout

Primary election

Voter turnout in Cook County during the primaries was 28.68%.

On its own, suburban Cook County saw 23.95% turnout.

General election

The general election saw 54.61% turnout, with 1,433,423 ballots cast. Chicago saw 752,506 ballots cast while suburban Cook County saw 53.95% turnout (with 680,917 ballots cast).

Assessor

In the 1998 Cook County Assessor election, incumbent assessor James Houlihan, a Democrat, was elected to his first full-term. Houlihan had been appointed to the office in 1997, after Thomas Hynes (who had served as Cook County assessor since 1978) opted to resign from the office.

Primaries

Democratic

Republican

General election

Clerk

1998 Cook County Clerk election

← 1994 November 3, 1998 2002 →
Turnout	48.70%
Candidate David Orr Judie A. Jones Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 988,136 290,256 Percentage 77.30% 22.70%
Clerk before election David Orr Democratic Elected Clerk David Orr Democratic

In the 1998 Cook County Clerk election, incumbent second-term clerk David Orr, a Democrat, was reelected.

Primaries

Democratic

Republican

General election

Sheriff

In the 1998 Cook County Sheriff election, incumbent second-term sheriff Michael F. Sheahan, a Democrat, was reelected.

Primaries

Democratic

Republican

Former Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department LeRoy Martin won the Republican primary.

General election

Treasurer

In the 1998 Cook County Treasurer election, incumbent sixth-term treasurer Edward J. Rosewell, a Democrat, did not seek reelection after having been indicted over a ghost jobs scheme (for which he would ultimately plead guilty). Cook County Commissioner Maria Pappas was elected to succeed him.

Primaries

Democratic

Republican

General election

President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners

1998 President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners election

← 1994 November 3, 1998 2002 →
Turnout	50.10%
Candidate John Stroger Aurelia Pucinski Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 834,972 480,191 Percentage 63.49% 36.61%
President before election John Stroger Democratic Elected President John Stroger Democratic

In the 1998 President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners election, incumbent first-term president John Stroger, a Democrat, was reelected.

Primaries

Democratic

Incumbent John H. Stroger, Jr. defeated Cook County commissioner Calvin R. Sutker.

Republican

Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County Aurelia Pucinski left the Democratic Party and joined the Republican party in December 1997 to run as its nominee for President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners.

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners

1998 Cook County Board of Commissioners election

← 1994 November 3, 1998 2002 →
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 11 6 Seats won 12 5 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 791,445 332,957 Percentage 70.39% 29.61%

The 1998 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

In the 1998 Cook County Board of Review election, all three seats were up for election. This was the first election for what would be a newly reconstituted body. In 1996, the Illinois Legislature successfully passed Public Act 89-671, which made it so that, in 1998, the Cook County Board of Appeals would be renamed Cook County Board of Review and be reconstituted as a three-member body.

All elections held in 1998 were for four-year terms.

1st district

Republican Maureen Murphy defeated Democrat David McAfee.

Primaries

Democratic

Republican

General election

2nd district

Joseph Berrios a ten incumbent on the predecessor organization, the Cook County Board of (Tax) Appeals, was elected, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election.

Primaries

Democratic

Republican

No candidates ran in the Republican primary.

General election

3rd district

Robert Shaw, a Democrat, was elected.

Primaries

Democratic

Republican

No candidates ran in the Republican primary.

General election

Water Reclamation District Board

In the 1998 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago election, four of the nine seats on the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago board were up for election. Three were regularly scheduled elections, and one was a special election due to a vacancy.

Democrats won all four seats up for election.

Democratic incumbents Gloria Alitto Majewski and Patricia Young were reelected in the at-large election.

At-large election

Three six-year term seats were up for an at-large election. Since three six-year seats were up for election, voters could vote for up to three candidates, and the top-three finishers would win.

Primaries

Democratic

Republican

General election

Unexpired term

A special election was held to fill a seat left vacant.

Primaries

Democratic

Republican

General election

Judicial elections

Partisan elections were held for judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County, due to vacancies. Other judgeships had retention elections.

Partisan elections were also held for subcircuit courts judgeships due to vacancies. Other judgeships had retention elections.

Ballot questions

One ballot question was included on ballots county-wide during the March primary election.

Managed Care Act advisory referendum

An advisory referendum was included on the March primary ballots on the Managed Care Act.

Other elections

Coinciding with the primaries, elections were held to elect both the Democratic and Republican committeemen for the suburban townships.

See also

• 1998 Illinois elections

References

1. ^ "OFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS GENERAL ELECTION COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1998" (PDF). results.cookcountyclerkil.gov.
2. ^ "OFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS PRIMARY ELECTION COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1998" (PDF). www.cookcountyclerkil.com. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
3. ^ "Voter Turnout". www.elections.il.gov. Illinois State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on 30 May 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
4. ^ "Voter Registration and Turnout 1990 - 2019 | Cook County Clerk's Office". www.cookcountyclerk.com. Cook County Clerk. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
5. Kass, John (10 March 1997). "SOME FEEL SLIGHTED IN HYNES' RESIGNATION". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
6. O'Connor, Matt (26 November 1998). "ROSEWELL MAKES DEAL IN GHOST-JOBS PROBE". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
7. Becker, Robert (11 December 1997). "AURELIA PUCINSKI JOINS GOP". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
8. "History of The Board of Review". Cook County Board Of Review. 23 May 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
9. ^ "35 ILCS 200/5-5". ilga.gov. Government of Illinois. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
10. "Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago". mwrd.org. Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
11. "Patricia Young: Candidate Profile". Daily Herald. 31 January 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2020.

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