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TheCook County, Illinois, general elections were held on November 8, 2022.[1] Primaries were held on June 28, 2022.[2]
Elections were held forAssessor,Clerk,Sheriff, Treasurer,President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, all 17 seats of theCook County Board of Commissioners, all three seats of theCook County Board of Review, three seats on theWater Reclamation District Board, and judgeships on theCircuit Court of Cook County.
The Republican Party saw its representation on the Cook County Board of Commissioners reduced from two seats to a single seat. Cook County CommissionerSean M. Morrison's victory by a margin of 2.58% in his district marked the only victory in a partisan county race for a Republican nominee, with Democrats winning all other partisan elections.
2022 was amidterm election year in the United States. The primaries and general elections for Cook County races coincided with those for federal (House andSenate) and those forstate elections.
In the primary, turnout among registered voters was 21.14%. Turnout among registered voters in suburban Cook County was 19.61%, with 319,825 ballots cast. Turnout among registered voters in the City of Chicago was 22.81%, with 341,901 ballots cast.[3][4]
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First-term incumbentassessorFritz Kaegi, a Democrat, was reelected to a second term.
In the Democratic primary, the incumbent Kaegi was challenged byMetropolitan Water Reclamation District President Kari Steele.[5]
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size[a] | Margin of error | Fritz Kaegi | Kari Steele | Undecided |
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| Impact Research (D) | August 16–19, 2021 | 500 (LV) | ± 4.4% | 22% | 21% | 56% |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Fritz Kaegi | 258,848 | 53.79 | |
| Democratic | Kari K. Steele | 222,371 | 46.21 | |
| Total votes | 481,219 | 100 | ||
No candidates ran in the Republican primary.[2]
Nico Tsatsoulis ran uncontested in the Libertarian primary for assessor.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Libertarian | Nico Tsatsoulis | 1,931 | 53.79 | |
| Total votes | 1,931 | 100 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Fritz Kaegi | 1,063,188 | 82.31 | |
| Libertarian | Nico Tsatsoulis | 228,425 | 17.69 | |
| Total votes | 1,291,613 | 100 | ||
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IncumbentclerkKaren Yarbrough, a Democrat, was reelected to a second term.
Yarbrough ran uncontested in the Democratic primary.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Karen A. Yarbrough (incumbent) | 450,832 | 100 | |
| Total votes | 450,832 | 100 | ||
No candidate ran in the Republican primary.[2] The Republican Party ultimately nominated former Cook County Commissioner Tony Peraica.[10]
Joseph Schreiner, an occasional candidate for office and 2020Illinois House of Representatives Libertarian candidate in District 19,[citation needed] ran uncontested in the Libertarian primary.
Marco Gomez expressed interest, but did not run.[citation needed]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Libertarian | Joseph Schreiner | 1,930 | 100 | |
| Total votes | 1,930 | 100 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Karen A. Yarbrough (incumbent) | 1,003,854 | 71.58 | |
| Republican | Tony Peraica | 368,095 | 26.26 | |
| Libertarian | Joseph Schreiner | 30,514 | 2.18 | |
| Total votes | 1,402,463 | 100 | ||
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The incumbentsheriffTom Dart, a Democrat, was reelected to a fifth term.
Only Democrats have held this office ever sinceMichael F. Sheahan unseated RepublicanJames E. O'Grady in 1990.
Dart was challenged in the Democratic primary by Noland Rivera, Carmen Navarro Gercone, LaTonya Ruffin, and Kirk Ortiz. Only Rivera made the ballot.[11][12]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Thomas Dart (incumbent) | 314,427 | 86.17 | |
| Democratic | Noland Rivera | 50,455 | 13.83 | |
| Total votes | 364,882 | 100 | ||
No candidates ran in the Republican Party primary.[2] The Republican Party later nominated Lupe Aguirre.[13]
Cook County Sheriff's Department Deputy Brad Sandefur ran uncontested in the Libertarian primary after perennial candidate Richard Mayers was disqualified and removed from the ballot. Jack Kozlowski had expressed interest, but did not run.[citation needed]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Libertarian | Brad Sandefur | 1,957 | 100 | |
| Total votes | 1,957 | 100 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Thomas Dart (incumbent) | 1,041,525 | 74.21 | |
| Republican | Lupe Aguirre | 321,252 | 22.89 | |
| Libertarian | Brad Sandefur | 40,752 | 2.90 | |
| Total votes | 1,403,529 | 100 | ||
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IncumbenttreasurerMaria Pappas, a Democrat, was reelected to a seventh term.
Pappas ran unchallenged in the Democratic primary.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Maria Pappas (incumbent) | 468,247 | 100 | |
| Total votes | 468,247 | 100 | ||
No candidates ran in the Republican primary.[2] The Republican Party later nominated Peter Kopsaftis.[14]
Michael Murphy ran unchallenged in the Libertarian primary.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Libertarian | Michael Murphy | 1,968 | 100 | |
| Total votes | 1,968 | 100 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Maria Pappas (incumbent) | 1,063,160 | 75.41 | |
| Republican | Peter Kopsaftis | 314,013 | 22.27 | |
| Libertarian | Michael Murphy | 32,577 | 2.31 | |
| Total votes | 1,409,750 | 100 | ||
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IncumbentpresidentToni Preckwinkle, a Democrat, was elected to a fourth term.
Community activist Zerlina Smith-Members and former Cook County CommissionerRichard Boykin challenged Preckwinkle in the Democratic primary.[15] Only Boykins made the ballot.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Toni Preckwinkle (incumbent) | 374,699 | 75.76 | |
| Democratic | Richard Boykin | 119,915 | 24.24 | |
| Total votes | 494,614 | 100 | ||
No candidates ran in the Republican primary.[2] Subsequently,Bob Fioretti, who previously ran for the office in the Democratic primaryin 2018, was nominated by the Republican Party.[16]
Thea Tsatsos, a 2002 candidate forU.S. House of Representatives in District 1, ran unchallenged in the Libertarian primary.
Ruben Pantoja considered running, but did not file.[citation needed]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Libertarian | Thea Tsatsos | 1,992 | 100 | |
| Total votes | 1,992 | 100 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Toni Preckwinkle (incumbent) | 967,062 | 68.54 | |
| Republican | Bob Fioretti | 399,339 | 28.30 | |
| Libertarian | Thea Tsatsos | 44,615 | 3.16 | |
| Total votes | 1,441,016 | 100 | ||
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The2022 Cook County Board of Commissioners election saw all 17 seats of theCook County Board of Commissioners up for election to four-year terms.
As this was the first election held following the2020 United States census, the seats facedredistricting before this election.[17] A new map was unanimously adopted by the Cook County Board of Commissioners in September 2021.[18]
Democrats won 16 seats, while Republicans won only a single seat.[1]
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In the2022Cook County Board of Review election, all three seats, all of which were Democratic-held, were up for 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.[19] This was the first year since2012 that all three seats were coincidingly up for election.
The seats facedredistricting before this election.[19]
Democratic nomineeGeorge Cardenas, aChicago alderman, won the general election without an opponent. First-term Commissioner Tammy Wendt, a Democrat first elected in2020, had been defeated for renomination by Cardenas. This election was for a four-year term.[19]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | George A. Cardenas | 61,278 | 57.24 | |
| Democratic | Tammy Wendt (incumbent) | 45,781 | 42.76 | |
| Total votes | 107,059 | 100 | ||
No candidates ran in the Republican primary.[2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | George A. Cardenas | 289,067 | 100 | |
| Total votes | 289,067 | 100 | ||
Democratic nominee Samantha Steele won election to the 2nd district seat. Incumbent second-term CommissionerMichael Cabonargi, a Democrat, was defeated for renomination by Steele in the Democratic primary. This election was for a four-year term.[19]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Samantha Steele | 90,293 | 52.42 | |
| Democratic | Michael Cabonargi (incumbent) | 81,970 | 47.58 | |
| Total votes | 172,263 | 100 | ||
No candidates ran in the Republican primary.[2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Samantha Steele | 413,835 | 100 | |
| Total votes | 413,835 | 100 | ||
Incumbent commissionerLarry Rogers, Jr., a Democrat, was reelected to a sixth term. He was unopposed in both the Democratic primary and the general election. This election was for a two-year term.[19]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Larry Rogers, Jr. (incumbent) | 160,923 | 100 | |
| Total votes | 160,923 | 100 | ||
No candidates ran in the Republican primary.[2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Larry Rogers Jr. (incumbent) | 375,518 | 100 | |
| Total votes | 375,518 | 100 | ||
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In the2022Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago election, three six-year term seats were up for a regularly scheduled election and an additional seat was upon for election to a partial term in aspecial election.
Three seats with six-year terms were up for election in the regular election, with voters able to vote for up to three candidates.[2] In both the primaries and general election, the top-three finishers were the winners.
Incumbent DemocratMariyana Spyropoulos was reelected alongside New Democratic members Yumeka Brown and Patricia Theresa Flynn. Incumbent DemocratsJosina Morita and Barbara McGowan did not seek reelection.[2][1][21]
Incumbent Mariyana Spyropoulos was renominated. Among the unsuccessful candidates was former commissioner Rick Avila.[2][21]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Mariyana T. Spyropoulos (incumbent) | 257,580 | 22.24 | |
| Democratic | Patricia Theresa Flynn | 201,003 | 17.35 | |
| Democratic | Yumeka Brown | 185,222 | 15.99 | |
| Democratic | Sharon Waller | 149,165 | 12.88 | |
| Democratic | Precious W. Brady-Davis | 126,672 | 10.94 | |
| Democratic | Frank Avila | 99,815 | 8.62 | |
| Democratic | Rick Garcia | 76,019 | 6.56 | |
| Democratic | Cristina P. Nonato | 62,738 | 5.42 | |
| Total votes | 1,158,214 | 100 | ||
Only one candidate, R. Cary Capparelli, ran in the Republican primary.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | R. Cary Capparelli | 100,427 | 100 | |
| Total votes | 100,427 | 100 | ||
The Green Party nominated only one candidate, Mark E. Buettner.[1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Mariyana T. Spyropoulos (incumbent) | 865,103 | 29.56 | |
| Democratic | Patricia Theresa Flynn | 766,291 | 26.18 | |
| Democratic | Yumeka Brown | 710,037 | 24.26 | |
| Republican | R. Cary Capparelli | 365,671 | 12.49 | |
| Green | Mark E. Buettner | 219,771 | 7.51 | |
| Total votes | 2,926,813 | 100 | ||
A seat with a partial unexpired term was up for election. Incumbent Perry D. Chakena, who had been appointed to fill the vacancy, unsuccessfully sought the Democratic Party nomination to finish the partial term that she had been appointed to.[2][21]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Daniel "Pogo" Pogorzelski | 156,746 | 35.99 | |
| Democratic | Elizabeth Joyce | 154,754 | 35.54 | |
| Democratic | Chakena D. Perry (incumbent) | 123,993 | 28.47 | |
| Total votes | 435,493 | 100 | ||
No candidate ran in the Republican primary
The Green Party nominated Toneal M. Jackson.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Daniel "Pogo" Pogorzelski | 974,338 | 78.96 | |
| Green | Toneal M. Jackson | 259,623 | 21.04 | |
| Total votes | 1,223,961 | 100 | ||
Judicial elections to theCircuit Court of Cook County were also held. All 61 justices up forretention elections were retained.[1][22] There were 29 partisan elections to fill judicial vacancies. Democratic nominees won all of these, with only one judicial race having a competitive general election (featuring a Republican Party opponent).[1]
Coinciding with the primaries, elections were held to elect both the Democratic and Republicancommitteepeople for the suburbantownships.[2]
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