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| Turnout | 73.71% | |||
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TheCook County, Illinois, general election was held on November 4, 2008.[1][2]
Primaries were held February 5, 2008.[3]
Elections were held forClerk of the Circuit Court,Recorder of Deeds,State's Attorney,Board of Review districts 2 and 3, three seats on theWater Reclamation District Board, and judgeships on theCircuit Court of Cook County.
2012 was apresidential election year in the United States. The primaries and general elections for Cook County races coincided with those for federal races (President andHouse) and those forstate elections.
Voter turnout in Cook County during the primaries was 47.95%, with 1,274,569 ballots cast. Among these, 1,091,008Democratic, 200,750Republican, 112Green, 4 Moderate, and 2,125 nonpartisan primary ballots were cast. The city ofChicago saw 52.70% turnout and suburban Cook County saw 43.3% turnout.[3][4][5]
The general election saw 73.71% turnout, with 2,162,240 ballots cast. Chicago saw 73.87% turnout and suburban Cook County saw 73.54% turnout.[1][2]
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| Turnout | 65.68%[1][2] | |||||||||||||||
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In the2008Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County election, incumbent second-term ClerkDorothy A. Brown, a Democrat, was reelected.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Dorothy A. Brown (incumbent) | 833,795 | 100 | |
| Total votes | 833,795 | 100 | ||
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[3] The Republican Party ultimately nominated Diane Shapiro.
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Green primary.[3] The Green Party ultimately nominated Paloma Andrade.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | Dorothy A. Brown (incumbent) | 1,315,731 | 68.29 | −5.77 | |
| Republican | Diane Shapiro | 517,115 | 26.84 | +0.90 | |
| Green | Paloma Andrade | 93,906 | 4.87 | N/A | |
| Total votes | 1,926,752 | 100 | |||
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| Turnout | 64.05%[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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In the2008Cook County Recorder of Deeds election, incumbent Recorder of DeedsEugene Moore, a Democrat, was reelected. Moore had first been appointed in 1999 (afterJesse White resigned to becomeIllinois Secretary of State), and had been elected to two full-terms.
Incumbent Record Eugene Moore defeated a challenge fromEd Smith (Chicago City Council alderman from the28th ward).[6]
Smith's candidacy had received endorsements from prominent figures, including Chicago MayorRichard M. Daley (who rarely gave endorsements in contested county primaries), Illinois Senate PresidentEmil Jones, and business executiveJohn W. Rogers Jr.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Eugene "Gene" Moore (incumbent) | 521,163 | 61.12 | |
| Democratic | Ed H. Smith | 331,511 | 38.88 | |
| Total votes | 852,674 | 100 | ||
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[3] The Republican Party ultimately nominated Gregory Goldstein.
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Green primary.[3] The Green Party ultimately nominated Terrence A. Gilhooly
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Eugene "Gene" Moore (incumbent) | 1,324,426 | 70.49 | |
| Republican | Gregory Goldstein | 451,452 | 24.03 | |
| Green | Terrence A. Gilhooly | 102,968 | 5.48 | |
| Total votes | 1,878,846 | 100 | ||
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| Turnout | 67.23%[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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In the2008Cook County State's Attorney election, incumbent third-term State's AttorneyRichard A. Devine, a Democrat, did not seek reelection. DemocratAnita Alvarez was elected to succeed him.
Alvarez became the firstHispanic woman elected to this position,[7] after also having been the first Latina to win the Democratic nomination for the office.[8][9]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Anita Alvarez | 244,538 | 25.73 | |
| Democratic | Tom Allen | 234,976 | 24.72 | |
| Democratic | Larry Suffredin | 210,381 | 22.14 | |
| Democratic | Howard B. Brookins, Jr. | 172,746 | 18.18 | |
| Democratic | Robert J. Milan | 55,350 | 5.82 | |
| Democratic | Tommy H. Brewer | 32,430 | 3.41 | |
| Total votes | 950,421 | 100 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Tony Peraica | 137,767 | 100 | |
| Total votes | 137,767 | 100 | ||
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Green primary.[3] The Green Party ultimately nominated Thomas O'Brien.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | Anita Alvarez | 1,378,452 | 69.90 | −9.63 | |
| Republican | Tony Peraica | 494,611 | 25.08 | +4.51 | |
| Green | Thomas O'Brien | 99,101 | 5.03 | N/A | |
| Total votes | 1,972,164 | 100 | |||
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In the2008Cook County Board of Review election, two seats, both Democratic-held, were up for election. Both incumbents won reelection.
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.[10]
Incumbent third-term memberJoseph Berrios, a Democrat last reelected in 2006, was reelected. Berrios had served since the Board of Review was constituted in 1998, and had served on its predecessor organization, the Cook County Board of Appeals, for another ten years. This election was to a four-year term.[10]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Joseph Berrios (incumbent) | 153,053 | 58.65 | |
| Democratic | Jay Paul Deratany | 107,889 | 41.35 | |
| Total votes | 260,942 | 100 | ||
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[3] The Republican Party ultimately nominated Lauren Elizabeth McCracken-Quirk.
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Green primary.[3] The Green Party ultimately nominated Howard Kaplan.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Joseph Berrios (incumbent) | 370,380 | 69.94 | |
| Republican | Lauren Elizabeth McCracken-Quirk | 108,138 | 20.42 | |
| Green | Howard Kaplan | 51,088 | 9.65 | |
| Total votes | 529,606 | 100 | ||
Incumbent first-term memberLarry Rogers, Jr., a Democrat elected in2004, was reelected. This election was to a four-year term.[10]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Larry R. Rogers, Jr. (incumbent) | 323,842 | 100 | |
| Total votes | 323,842 | 100 | ||
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[3] The Republican Party ultimately nominated Lionel Garcia.
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Green primary.[3] The Green Party ultimately nominated Antonne "Tony" Cox.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Larry R. Rogers, Jr. (incumbent) | 573,194 | 88.69 | |
| Republican | Lionel Garcia | 49,680 | 7.69 | |
| Green | Antonne "Tony" Cox | 23,455 | 3.63 | |
| Total votes | 646,329 | 100 | ||
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In the2008Metropolitan 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 anat-large election.
Three incumbent Democrats were reelected to their seats.
All three incumbents were renominated.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Frank Avila (incumbent) | 367,867 | 17.01 | |
| Democratic | Kathleen Therese Meany (incumbent) | 336,047 | 15.54 | |
| Democratic | Cynthia M. Santos (incumbent) | 334,427 | 15.47 | |
| Democratic | Mariyana T. Spyropoulos | 307,067 | 14.20 | |
| Democratic | Daine Jones | 284,623 | 13.16 | |
| Democratic | Dean T. Maragos | 212,967 | 9.85 | |
| Democratic | Derrick David Stinson | 188,506 | 8.72 | |
| Democratic | Matthew Podgorski | 130,748 | 6.05 | |
No candidates ran in the Republican primary.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Green | Nadine Bopp | 572 | 34.48 | |
| Green | John "Jack" Alley | 567 | 34.18 | |
| Green | Rita Bogolub | 520 | 31.34 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Frank Avila (incumbent) | 1,091,542 | 25.49 | |
| Democratic | Cynthia M. Santos (incumbent) | 937,529 | 21.89 | |
| Democratic | Kathleen Therese Meany (incumbent) | 896,119 | 20.93 | |
| Republican | David Clearwater | 343,516 | 8.02 | |
| Republican | Paul Chialdikas | 317,081 | 7.40 | |
| Republican | Daniel Flores | 315,977 | 7.38 | |
| Green | Nadine Bopp | 166,289 | 3.88 | |
| Green | John "Jack" Alley | 109,424 | 2.56 | |
| Green | Rita Bogolub | 104,606 | 2.44 | |
| Total votes | 4,282,083 | 100 | ||
Partisan elections were held for judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County due to vacancies.[1][2] Other judgeships hadretention elections.
Partistan elections were also held for subcircuit courts judgeships due to vacancies.[1][2] Other judgeships had retention elections.
Coinciding with the primaries, elections were held to elect both the Democratic and Republicancommitteemen for the wards ofChicago.[11]
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