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| Turnout | 75.21% |
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TheCook County, Illinois, general election was held on November 3, 1992.[1]
Primaries were held March 17, 1992.[2]
Elections were held forClerk of the Circuit Court,Recorder of Deeds,State's Attorney, three seats on theWater Reclamation District Board, and judgeships on theCircuit Court of Cook County.
1992 was apresidential election year in the United States. The primaries and general elections for Cook County races coincided with those for federal races (President,House, andSenate) and those forstate elections.
Turnout in the primaries was 30.39%, with 1,174,298 ballots cast.[3] Chicago saw 697,781 ballots cast, and suburban Cook County saw 40.20% turnout (with 476,517 ballots cast).[2][4][5]
| Primary | Chicago vote totals | Suburban Cook County vote totals | Total Cook County vote totals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 653,539 | 299,194 | 952,733 |
| Republican | 41,631 | 168,488 | 210,119 |
| Harold Washington Party | 296 | 0 | 296 |
| Nonpartisan | 2,315 | 8,835 | 11,150 |
| Total | 697,781 | 476,517 | 1,174,298 |
The general election saw turnout of 75.21%, with 2,199,608 ballots cast.[4] Chicago saw 1,137,379 ballots cast, and suburban Cook County saw 75.88% turnout (with 1,062,229 ballots cast).[1][5]
Ballots had astraight-ticket voting option in 1992.[1]
| Party | Number of straight-ticket votes[1] |
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| Democratic | 407,625 |
| Republican | 208,155 |
| Conservative | 4,118 |
| Economic Recovery | 5,219 |
| Harold Washington | 32,956 |
| Independent Congressional | 5,862 |
| Independent Progressive | 6 |
| Louanner Peters | 5,949 |
| Natural Law | 285 |
| New Alliance Party | 52 |
| Populist | 199 |
| Socialist Workers Party | 101 |
| Turnout | 67.49%[1][4] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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In the1992Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County election, incumbent first-term clerkAurelia Pucinski, a Democrat, was reelected.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Aurelia Marie Pucinski (incumbent) | 543,705 | 100 | |
| Total votes | 543,705 | 100 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Herbert T. Schumann, Jr. | 146,046 | 100 | |
| Total votes | 146,046 | 100 | ||
Pucinski defeatedCook County commissioner and Palos Township Republican Organization chairman Herbert T. Schumann, Jr. and Harold Washington Party nominee Dee Jones.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Aurelia Marie Pucinski | 1,349,837 | 68.39 | |
| Republican | Herbert T. Schumann, Jr. | 486,185 | 24.63 | |
| Harold Washington | Deloris "Dee" Jones | 137,642 | 6.97 | |
| Total votes | 1,973,664 | 100 | ||
| Turnout | 55.55%[1][4] | |||||||||||||||
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In the1992Cook County Recorder of Deeds election, incumbent first-term recorder of deedsCarol Mosely Braun, a Democrat, did not seek reelection, instead running for United States Senate. DemocratJesse White was elected to succeed her.
White's election made him the secondAfrican-American, after Moseley Braun herself, and first African-American man to hold the office of Cook County recorder of deeds.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jesse C. White, Jr. | 286,882 | 41.18 | |
| Democratic | Mary "O'Hara" Considine | 253,554 | 36.40 | |
| Democratic | Bobbie L. Steele | 156,156 | 22.42 | |
| Total votes | 696,592 | 100 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Susan Catania | 152,939 | 100 | |
| Total votes | 152,939 | 100 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Jesse White (incumbent) | 1,121,865 | 58.07 | |
| Republican | Susan Catania | 809,963 | 41.93 | |
| Total votes | 1,931,828 | 100 | ||
| Turnout | 71.04%[1][4] | |||||||||||||||
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In the1992Cook County State's Attorney election, incumbent state's attorneyJack O'Malley, a Republican first elected in a special election in 1990, won reelection to a full term.
This is the last time that a Republican has won election to a Cook County executive office.
Chicago aldermanPatrick J. O'Connor defeated former assistant state's attorney Jim Gierach, Kenneth A. Malatesta, and public guardian Patrick T. Murphy.[2][7][8]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Patrick J. O'Connor | 390,449 | 52.51 | |
| Democratic | Patrick T. Murphy | 152,976 | 20.57 | |
| Democratic | Jim Gierach | 103,581 | 13.93 | |
| Democratic | Kenneth A. Malatesta | 96,593 | 12.99 | |
| Total votes | 743,599 | 100 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | John M. "Jack" O'Malley (incumbent) | 172,604 | 100 | |
| Total votes | 172,604 | 100 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | John M. "Jack" O'Malley (incumbent) | 1,272,939 | 61.27 | |
| Democratic | Patrick J. O'Connor | 804,528 | 38.73 | |
| Total votes | 2,077,467 | 100 | ||
3 of 9 seats on theMetropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago | |
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In the1992Metropolitan 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 election.[1] All three Democratic nominees won.[1]
Pasrtisan elections were held for judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County due to vacancies.[1]Retention elections were also held for the Circuit Court.[1]
Partisan elections were also held for subcircuit courts judgeships due to vacancies.[1] Retention elections were held for other judgeships.[1]
Oneballot question was included on ballots county-wide during the November general election, and another was included in the entirety of suburban Cook County (but not in the city of Chicago).
An advisory referendum on national health insurance was included on ballots county-wide.[1]
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Yes | 1,089,002 | 76.62 | |
| No | 332,245 | 23.38 | |
| Total votes | 1,421,247 | 100 | |
| Turnout | {{{votes}}} | 48.60% | |
An advisory referendum on9-1-1 was included on ballots in suburban Cook County (the entire county excluding the city of Chicago.[1]
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Yes | 50,246 | 47.45 | |
| No | 55,646 | 52.55 | |
| Total votes | 105,892 | 100 | |
Coinciding with the primaries, elections were held to elect both the Democratic, Republican, and Harold Washington Partycommitteemen for the wards of Chicago.[2]
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