The
Cook County, Illinois
Cook County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of Illinois and the second-most-populous county in the United States, after Los Angeles County, California. More than 40% of all residents of Illinois live within Cook County. As of 20 ...
, general election was held on November 7, 2002.
Primaries were held March 21, 2000.
Elections were held for
Clerk of the Circuit Court,
Recorder of Deeds
Recorder of deeds or deeds registry is a government office tasked with maintaining public records and documents, especially records relating to real estate ownership that provide persons other than the owner of a property with real rights over ...
,
State's Attorney
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, four seats on the
Water Reclamation District Board, and judgeships on the
Circuit Court of Cook County
The Circuit Court of Cook County is the largest of the 24 judicial circuits in Illinois as well as one of the largest unified court systems in the United States — second only in size to the Superior Court of Los Angeles County since that court ...
.
Election information
2000 was a
presidential election year in the United States. The primaries and general elections for Cook County races coincided with those for federal races (
President
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and
House
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) and those for
state elections.
Voter turnout
Primary election
Voter turnout in Cook County during the primaries was 28.26%.
The city of
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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saw 32.82% turnout and suburban Cook County saw 23.13% turnout.
General election
The general election saw 71.50% turnout, with 1,988,821 ballots cast.
Chicago saw 70.22% turnout and suburban Cook County saw 72.94% turnout.
Clerk of the Circuit Court
In the 2000
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County
The Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County is the clerk of Circuit Court of Cook County, located in Cook County, Illinois.
Office description
On January 1, 1964, the circuit courts of Cook County were unified. Before this, there were more t ...
election, incumbent third-term clerk
Aurelia Pucinski
Aurelia Marie Pucinski (born April 29, 1947) is a judge on the Illinois Appellate Court for the First District. She previously served as a trial judge and clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County. Her second term expires in 2030.
Early life
Bor ...
, a Republican who had been elected as a Democrat (switching parties in 1998), did not seek reelection.
Democrat
Dorothy A. Brown was elected to succeed her.
Brown's election made her the first
African-American
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to serve as clerk of the circuit court of Cook County.
Primaries
Democratic
;Candidates
The following candidates ran for the Democratic Party nomination for Clerk of the Circuit Court:
;Results
Republican
;Candidate
The following candidate ran for the Democratic Party nomination for Clerk of the Circuit Court:
*Nancy Mynard, information technology company executive
[
;Results
]
General election
Recorder of Deeds
In the 2000 Cook County Recorder of Deeds
The Cook County Recorder of Deeds was the recorder of deeds of county government in Cook County, Illinois until the position's abolishment in 2020.
History of office
The office was established in December 1872. Before this, the Clerk of the Cir ...
election, incumbent Recorder of Deeds Eugene Moore, a Democrat, was elected to his first full term. Moore had first been appointed in 1999 (after Jesse White resigned to become Illinois Secretary of State
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).
Primaries
Democratic
;Candidate
The following candidate ran for the Democratic Party nomination for Clerk of the Circuit Court:
* Eugene "Gene" Moore, incumbent
;Results
Republican
;Candidate
The following candidate ran for the Democratic Party nomination for Clerk of the Circuit Court:
*Arthur D. Sutton
;Results
General election
State's Attorney
In the 2000 Cook County State's Attorney
The Cook County State's Attorney functions as the state of Illinois's district attorney for Cook County, Illinois, and heads the second-largest prosecutor's office in the United States. The office has over 700 attorneys and 1,100 employees. In ad ...
election, incumbent first-term State's Attorney Richard A. Devine
Richard A. Devine (born July 5, 1943) is an American attorney who served as the Cook County State's Attorney from 1996 to 2008.
Early life and education
The second of five children, he was the son of a Chicago Water Department employee. Devine g ...
, a Democrat, was reelected.
Primaries
Democratic
;Candidate
The following candidate ran for the Democratic Party nomination for Clerk of the Circuit Court:
*Richard A. Devine
Richard A. Devine (born July 5, 1943) is an American attorney who served as the Cook County State's Attorney from 1996 to 2008.
Early life and education
The second of five children, he was the son of a Chicago Water Department employee. Devine g ...
, incumbent
Republican
;Candidate
The following candidate ran for the Democratic Party nomination for Clerk of the Circuit Court:
*David P. Gaughan, former Assistant Cook County State's Attorney (1989–1999)
General election
Water Reclamation District Board
In the 2000 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
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election, four of the nine seats on the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago board were up for election. Three were up in a regularly-scheduled at-large
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election, while a fourth seat was up in for a separate special election.
Judicial elections
Pasrtisan elections were held for judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County due to vacancies. Retention election
A judicial retention election (or retention referendum) is a periodic process in some jurisdictions whereby a judge is subject to a referendum held at the same time as a general election. The judge is removed from office if a majority of votes are ...
s were also held for the Circuit Court.
Ballot questions
One ballot questions was included on ballots county-wide during the March primary.
Tobacco Settlement
A ballot question involving tobacco settlement funds was included on the March primary ballot.
Other elections
Coinciding with the primaries, elections were held to elect both the Democratic and Republican committeemen
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for the wards of Chicago.[
]
See also
* 2000 Illinois elections
References
{{2000 United States elections
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