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2010 Cook County, Illinois, elections

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Turnout	52.68%

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

Primaries were held February 2, 2010.

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.

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.

Assessor

2010 Cook County Assessor election

← 2006 November 2, 2010 2014 →
Turnout	49.88%
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. Joseph Berrios was elected to succeed him.

Primaries

Democratic

Candidates

• Joseph Berrios, member of the Cook County Board of Review
• Raymond A. Figueroa, former judge of the Cook County Circuit Court and former Chicago alderman
• Robert Shaw, former member of the Cook County Board of Review and former Chicago alderman

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

Endorsements

Newspapers

• Chicago Sun-Times
• Chicago Tribune
• Daily Herald

Organizations

• Democratic Party of the 49th Ward

Politicians

• Roberto Maldonado, Chicago alderman

Newspapers

• Citizen Newspaper Group

Results

Republican

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

Green

General election

Clerk

2010 Cook County Clerk election

← 2006 November 2, 2010 2014 →
Turnout	49.79%
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

Republican

Green

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

General election

Sheriff

2010 Cook County Sheriff election

← 2006 November 2, 2010 2014 →
Turnout	49.85%
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

Republican

Green

General election

Treasurer

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

Primaries

Democratic

Republican

Green

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

General election

President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners

2010 President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners election

← 2006 November 2, 2010 2014 →
Turnout	49.92%
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.

Primaries

Democratic

Candidates

• Dorothy A. Brown, Clerk of the Cook County Circuit Court
• Terrence J. O'Brien, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago President
• Toni Preckwinkle, Chicago alderman
• Todd Stroger, incumbent President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners

Polls

Results

Republican

Candidates

• John Garrido III, Chicago Police Department officer
• Roger A. Keats, former Illinois State Senator and former Illinois State Representative

Results

Green

Candidates

• Thomas Tresser, activist

Results

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners

2010 Cook County Board of Commissioners election

← 2006 November 2, 2010 2014 →
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 1 1 Popular vote 875,019 356,573 Percentage 67.30% 27.42% Swing 9.15% 4.53%   Third party   Party Green Seats before 0 Seats won 0 Seat change Popular vote 68,644 Percentage 5.28% Swing 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

← 2008 November 2, 2010 2012 →
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 1 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.

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.

Primaries

Democratic

Republican

Green

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

General election

Water Reclamation District Board

2010 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago election

← 2008 November 2, 2010 2012 →
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 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. 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 Spyropoulos. Each won reelection, joined by fellow Democrat Michael A. Alvarez in winning election.

Primaries

Democratic

Republican

Green

General election

Judicial elections

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

13 subcircuit courts judgeships were also up for partisan elections due to vacancies. 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.

See also

• 2010 Illinois elections

References

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