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2024 Cook County, Illinois, elections

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  • 2021

The Cook County, Illinois, general election will be held on November 5, 2024. Elections will be held for Clerk of the Circuit Court, State's Attorney, Board of Commissioners district 1, Cook County Board of Review district 1, four seats on the Water Reclamation District Board, and judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County.

Primary elections, held using the open primary system, will take place on March 19, 2024.

Clerk of the Circuit Court

2024 Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County election
← 2020 November 5, 2024 2028 →
 
Candidate Mariyana T. Spyropoulos Lupe Aguirre Michael Murphy
Party Democratic Republican Libertarian
Popular vote 1,322,315 498,205 124,368
Percentage 67.99% 25.62% 6.39%

Clerk before election

Iris Martinez
Democratic

Elected Clerk

Mariyana T. Spyropoulos
Democratic

The incumbent first-term clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Iris Martinez, is running for re-election. She is facing a challenger in the Democratic party primary. In the Republican and Libertarian party primaries, one candidate each is running uncontested.

Democratic party primary

In the Democratic primary election, Martinez is facing a challenge from Mariyana Spyropoulos, who has served as Metropolitan Water Reclamation District commissioner since 2016.

Candidates

Candidate Experience Campaign Ref
Iris Martinez Incumbent Website
Mariyana T. Spyropoulos Metropolitan Water Reclamation District commissioner (2016-present) Website
Results
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County Democratic primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mariyana T. Spyropoulos 329,635 65.17
Democratic Iris Y. Martinez (incumbent) 176,195 34.83
Total votes 505,830 100.0

Republican party primary

Lupe Aguirre is running uncontested in the Republican primary election.

Libertarian party primary

Michael Murphy is running uncontested in the Libertarian primary election.

General election

Results
Cook County Clerk of the Circuit Court election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Mariyana T. Spyropoulos 1,322,315 67.99 −5.04%
Republican Lupe Aguirre 498,205 25.62 −1.35%
Libertarian Michael Murphy 124,368 6.39 N/A
Total votes 1,944,888 100.0
Democratic hold

State's Attorney

Incumbent second-term Cook County State's Attorney, Kim Foxx, retired at the end of her term on December 1, 2024. Two candidates were running in the Democratic primary election, and one candidate each is running uncontested in the Republican and Libertarian primary elections.

2024 Cook County State's Attorney election
← 2020 November 5, 2024 2028 →
 
Candidate Eileen O'Neill Burke Bob Fioretti
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,315,970 551,617
Percentage 67.36% 28.23%

State's Attorney before election

Kim Foxx
Democratic

Elected State's Attorney

Eileen O'Neill Burke
Democratic

Democratic party primary

Candidates

Candidate Experience Campaign Ref
Clayton Harris III Lecturer in public policy at the University of Chicago
Former assistant state's attorney
Website
Eileen O'Neill Burke Former judge on the Illinois First District Appellate Court (2016-2023) and Cook County Circuit Court (2008-2016) Website
Results
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County Democratic primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Eileen O'Neill Burke 264,428 50.15
Democratic Clayton Harris III 262,857 49.85
Total votes 527,285 100.0

Republican party primary

Bob Fioretti, former Chicago City Council member and perennial candidate, was running uncontested in the Republican primary election.

Libertarian party primary

Andrew Charles Kopinski is running uncontested in the Libertarian primary election.

General election

Results
Cook County State’s Attorney election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Eileen O'Neill Burke 1,315,970 67.36 +13.15%
Republican Bob Fioretti 551,617 28.23 −10.85%
Libertarian Andrew Charles Kopinski 86,154 4.41 −2.30%
Total votes 1,953,761 100.0
Democratic hold

Clerk

2024 Cook County Clerk special election
← 2022 November 5, 2024 2026 →
 
Candidate Monica Gordon Michelle Pennington
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,320,946 530,680
Percentage 68.30% 27.44%

Clerk before election

Cedric Giles
Democratic

Elected Clerk

Monica Gordon
Democratic

General election

2024 Cook County Clerk special election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Monica Gordon 1,320,946 68.30 −3.28
Republican Michelle Pennington 530,680 27.44 +1.18
Libertarian Joseph Schreiner 82,526 4.26 +2.10
Total votes 1,934,152 100.0

Board of Commissioners, 1st district (special election)

2024 Cook County Board of Commissioners 1st district special election
← 2022 November 5, 2024 2026 →
 
Candidate Tara Stamps James Humay
Party Democratic Libertarian
Popular vote 94,353 10,828
Percentage 89.71% 10.29%

Commissioner before election

Tara Stamps
Democratic

Elected Commissioner

Tara Stamps
Democratic

In the 2022 election, Brandon Johnson was re-elected as commissioner for the 1st district on the Cook County Board of Commissioners. After his election as Mayor of Chicago in 2023, Tara Stamps was appointed to replace him. Stamps is running for re-election to a full term, and faces a challenger in the Democratic primary election.

Democratic party primary

Candidates

Candidate Experience Campaign Ref
Tara Stamps Incumbent Website
Zerlina Smith-Members Political consultant and perennial candidate Website

General election

2024 Cook County Board of Commissioners 1st district special election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Tara Stamps (incumbent) 94,353 89.71 −3.16
Libertarian James Humay 10,828 10.29 +3.16
Total votes 105,181 100.0

References

  1. ^ Illinois State Board of Elections (September 7, 2023). "State of Illinois 2024 Election Campaign & Finance Calendar" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Municipal elections in Cook County, Illinois (2024)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
  3. "State Primary Election Types". www.ncsl.org. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
  4. ^ "Democratic Party politics loom large over fight for Cook County Circuit Court Clerk". WBEZ Chicago. 2024-02-16. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
  5. ^ Myers, Quinn (2024-03-06). "Meet The 2 Democrats Running For Cook County State's Attorney". Block Club Chicago. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
  6. Novelo, Allison (2023-06-21). "Democrats choose community activist and CTU worker Tara Stamps to fill Mayor Brandon Johnson's old County Board seat". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
  7. ^ "CTU staffer fights to keep Mayor Johnson's former seat on the Cook County Board". Chicago Sun-Times. 2024-02-28. Retrieved 2024-03-18.


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