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TheCook County, Illinois , general election was held on November 6, 2012.[ 1]
Primaries were held March 20, 2012.[ 2]
Elections were held forClerk of the Circuit Court ,Recorder of Deeds ,State's Attorney , all three seats on theBoard of Review , three seats on theWater Reclamation District Board , and judgeships on theCircuit Court of Cook County .
Election information [ edit ] 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 24.03%, with 644,701 ballots cast. Among these, 440,873Democratic , 200,750Republican , 112Green , and 2,966 nonpartisan primary ballots were cast.[ 3] [ 4] Chicago saw 24.46% turnout, its lowest turnout for apresidential primary on record (with the records dating back to 1942).[ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 3] [ 4]
The general election saw 70.59% turnout, with 2,030,563 ballots cast. Chicago saw 73.01% turnout and suburban Cook County saw 70.70% turnout.[ 7] [ 8]
Clerk of the Circuit Court [ edit ] In the2012Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County election , incumbent third-term ClerkDorothy A. Brown , a Democrat, was reelected.
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[ 2]
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County election[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic Dorothy A. Brown (incumbent)1,291,499 70.44 +2.15 Republican Diane S. Shapiro 541,973 29.56 +2.72 Total votes 1,833,472 100
In the2012Cook County Recorder of Deeds election , incumbent Recorder of DeedsEugene Moore , a Democrat, did not seek reelection. Moore had served as Recorder of Deeds since 1999.[ 9] Karen Yarbrough was elected to succeed him.
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[ 2]
In the2012Cook County State's Attorney election , incumbent first-term State's AttorneyAnita Alvarez , a Democrat, was reelected.
Only Democrats had held this office ever sinceRichard A. Devine unseated RepublicanJack O'Malley in1996 .[ 10]
Cook County State’s Attorney Democratic primary[ 2] Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Anita Alvarez (incumbent)343,555 100 Total votes 343,555 100
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[ 2]
Cook County Board of Review [ edit ] In the2012Cook County Board of Review election , all three seats, two Democratic-held and one Republican-held, were up for election. All 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.[ 11]
As these were the first elections held following the2010 United States census , the seats facedredistricting before this election.
Incumbent first-term member Dan Patlak, a Republican first elected in 2010, was reelected. This election was to a four-year term.[ 11]
Cook County Board of Review 1st district Democratic primary[ 2] Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Casey Thomas Griffin 71,168 100 Total votes 71,168 100
Cook County Board of Review 1st district election[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Republican Dan Patlak (incumbent)316,190 51.52 Democratic Casey Thomas Griffin 297,517 48.48 Total votes 613,707 100
Incumbent memberMichael Cabonargi , a Democrat appointed in 2011 afterJoseph Berrios resigned to assume office as Cook County Assessor,[ 12]
Cook County Board of Review 2nd district Democratic primary[ 2] Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Michael Cabonargi (incumbent)88,990 100 Total votes 88,990 100
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[ 2]
Incumbent second-term memberLarry Rogers, Jr. , a Democrat, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election. Rogers had last been reelected in 2008. This election was to a two-year term.
Cook County Board of Review 3rd district Democratic primary[ 2] Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Larry Rogers, Jr. (incumbent)170,821 100 Total votes 170,821 100
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[ 2]
Water Reclamation District Board [ edit ] In the2012Metropolitan 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.
Incumbent Democrats Debra Shore and Patricia Horton sought reelection.[ 13] [ 14]
Shore won reelection. Joining Shore in winning the general election were Democrats Kari K. Steele[ 15] Patrick Daley Thompson .
Water Reclamation District Board election Republican primary[ 2] Party Candidate Votes % Republican Harold "Noonie" Ward 124,643 100 Total votes 124,643 100
Water Reclamation District Board election[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Debra Shore (incumbent) 1,071,670 26.34 Democratic Kari K. Steele 919,841 22.61 Democratic Patrick Daley Thompson 893,178 21.96 Republican Harold "Noonie" Ward 334,207 8.22 Republican Carl Segvich 341,603 8.40 Green Dave Ehrlich 200,953 4.94 Green Karen Roothaan 189,505 4.66 Green Nasrin R. Khalili 117,089 2.88 Total votes 4,068,046 100
12 judgeships on theCircuit Court of Cook County were up for partisan elections due to vacancies.[ 1] retention elections .[ 16]
23 subcircuit court judgeships were also up for partisan elections due to vacancies.[ 1] [ 17]
Coinciding with the primaries, elections were held to elect both the Democratic and Republicancommitteemen for the wards ofChicago .[ 18]
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