2014 Cook County, Illinois elections
The Cook County, Illinois general election was held on November 4, 2014.
Primaries were held March 18, 2014.
Elections were held for Assessor, Clerk, Sheriff, Treasurer, President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, all 17 seats of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, Cook County Board of Review seat 3, three seats on the Water Reclamation District Board, and judgeships in the Circuit Court of Cook County and its subcircuits.
Election information
2014 was a midterm election year in the United States. The primaries and general elections for Cook County races coincided with those for federal congressional races and those for state elections.Voter turnout
Voter turnout in Cook County during the primaries was 16.26%, with 458,396 ballots cast. Among these, 285,728 Democratic, 169,922 Republican, 245 Green, and 2,501 nonpartisan primary ballots were cast. The city of Chicago saw 16.54% turnout and suburban Cook County saw 15.99% turnout.The general election saw 49.30% turnout, with 1,364,436 ballots cast. The city of Chicago saw 48.81% turnout and suburban Cook County saw 49.79% turnout.
Assessor
In the 2014 Cook County Assessor election, incumbent first-term Assessor Joseph Berrios, a Democrat, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election.Primaries
Democratic
Republican
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.General election
Clerk
In the 2014 Cook County Clerk election, incumbent sixth-term Clerk David Orr, a Democrat, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and the general election.Primaries
Democratic
Republican
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.General election
Sheriff
In the 2014 Cook County Sheriff election, incumbent second-term Sheriff Tom Dart, a Democrat, was reelected.Primaries
Democratic
Republican
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.General election
Treasurer
In the 2014 Cook County Treasurer election, incumbent fourth-term Treasurer Maria Pappas, a Democrat, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election.Primaries
Democratic
Republican
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.General election
President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners
In the 2014 President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners election, incumbent first-term President Toni Preckwinkle, a Democrat, was reelected.Primaries
Democratic
Republican
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.General election
Cook County Board of Commissioners
The 2014 Cook County Board of Commissioners election saw all seventeen seats of the Cook County Board of Commissioners up for election to four-year terms.Fifteen members were reelected. One member did not seek reelection. One member was defeated in their party's primary. This meant that a total of two individuals were newly-elected.
As these were the first elections held following the 2010 United States Census, the seats faced redistricting before this election.
1st district
Incumbent fourth-term Commissioner Earlean Collins, a Democrat, did not seek reelection. Democrat Richard Boykin was elected to succeed him.Primaries
Democratic
Republican
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.General election
2nd district
Incumbent second-term commissioner Robert Steele, a Democrat, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election.Primaries
Democratic
Republican
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.General election
3rd district
Incumbent Commissioner Jerry Butler, a Democrat who first assumed the office in 1985, was reelected.Primaries
Democratic
Republican
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.General election
4th district
Incumbent Commissioner Stanley Moore, a Democrat who was appointed to the office in 2013, was reelected to a full term.Primaries
Democratic
Republican
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.General election
5th district
Incumbent fifth-term Commissioner Deborah Sims, a Democrat, was reelected.Primaries
Democratic
Republican
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.General election
6th district
Incumbent third-term Commissioner Joan Patricia Murphy, a Democrat, was reelected.Primaries
Democratic
Republican
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.General election
7th district
Incumbent first-term Commissioner Jesús "Chuy" García, a Democrat, was reelected.Primaries
Democratic
Republican
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.General election
8th district
Incumbent Commissioner Edwin Reyes, a Democrat, lost reelection, being unseated in the Democratic primary by Luis Arroyo Jr., who went on to win the general election unopposed.Reyes had first been appointed in 2009, and had been elected to a full term in 2010.
Primaries
Democratic
Republican
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.General election
9th district
Incumbent fifth-term Commissioner Peter N. Silvestri, a Republican, was reelected.Primaries
Democratic
Republican
General election
10th district
Incumbent Commissioner Bridget Gainer, a Democrat first appointed in 2009 and elected outright to a full-term in 2010, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election.Primaries
Democratic
Republican
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.General election
11th district
Incumbent Commissioner John P. Daley, a Democrat in office since 1992, was reelected.Primaries
Democratic
Republican
General election
12th district
Incumbent first-term Commissioner John Fritchey, a Democrat, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election.Primaries
Democratic
Republican
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.General election
13th district
Incumbent third-term Commissioner Larry Suffredin, a Democrat, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election.Primaries
Democratic
Republican
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.General election
14th district
Incumbent fourth-term Commissioner Gregg Goslin, a Republican, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Republican primary and general election.Primaries
Democratic
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Democratic primary.Republican
General election
15th district
Incumbent second-term Commissioner Tim Schneider, a Republican, was reelected.Primaries
Democratic
Republican
General election
16th district
Incumbent first-term Commissioner Jeff Tobolski, a Democrat, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election.Primaries
Democratic
Republican
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.General election
17th district
Incumbent third-term Commissioner Elizabeth Ann Doody Gorman, a Republican, was reelected.Primaries
Democratic
Republican
General election
Cook County Board of Review
In the 2014 Cook County Board of Review election, one seat, Democratic-held, out of its three seats was up for election. Incumbent Larry Rogers, Jr. was reelected.The Cook County Board of Review has its three seats rotate the length of terms. In a staggered fashion, the seats rotate between two consecutive four-year terms and a two-year term.
3rd district
Incumbent third-term member Larry Rogers Jr., a Democrat last reelected in 2012, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election. This election was to a four-year term.Primaries
Democratic
Republican
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.General election
Water Reclamation District Board
In the 2014 Metropolitan 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 race. Since three six-year seats were up for election, voters could vote for up to three candidates and the top-three finishers would win.Two of the incumbents for the three seats were seeking reelection, Cynthia M. Santos and Frank Avila both Democrats. Each won reelection. Joining them in winning the general election was fellow Democrat Tim Bradford.
Primaries
Democratic
Republican
General election
Judicial elections
11 judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County were up for partisan elections due to vacancies. 72 circuit court judges had retention elections.15 subcircuit courts judgeships were also up for partisan elections due to vacancies. Multiple subcircuit judges had retention elections.