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 4, 2008.
Primaries were held February 5, 2008.
Elections were held for
Clerk of the Circuit Court,
Recorder of Deeds
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,
State's Attorney
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,
Board of Review districts 2 and 3, three 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
2012 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
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) and those for
state elections.
Voter turnout
Voter turnout in Cook County during the primaries was 47.95%, with 1,274,569 ballots cast. Among these, 1,091,008
Democratic, 200,750
Republican
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Green
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, 4 Moderate, and 2,125 nonpartisan primary ballots were cast. The city of
Chicago
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saw 52.70% turnout and suburban Cook County saw 43.3% turnout.
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.
Clerk of the Circuit Court
In the 2008
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 second-term Clerk
Dorothy A. Brown, a Democrat, was reelected.
Primaries
Democratic
Republican
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.
The Republican Party ultimately nominated Diane Shapiro.
Green
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Green primary.
The Green Party ultimately nominated Paloma Andrade.
General election
Recorder of Deeds
In the 2008
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 reelected. Moore had first been appointed in 1999 (after
Jesse White resigned to become
Illinois Secretary of State
The Secretary of State of Illinois is one of the six elected executive state offices of the government of Illinois, and one of the 47 secretaries of states in the United States. The Illinois Secretary of State keeps the state records, laws, libr ...
), and had been elected to two full-terms.
Primaries
Democratic
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No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.
The Republican Party ultimately nominated Gregory Goldstein.
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No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Green primary.
The Green Party ultimately nominated Terrence A. Gilhooly
General election
State's Attorney
In the 2008
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 third-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, did not seek reelection. Democrat
Anita Alvarez
Anita M. Alvarez (born January 16, 1960) is the former State's Attorney for Cook County, Illinois, United States. Alvarez was the first Hispanic woman elected to this position, after being the first Latina to win the Democratic nomination for ...
was elected to succeed him.
Alvarez became the first
Hispanic
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woman elected to this position, after also having been the first Latina to win the Democratic nomination for the office.
Primaries
Democratic
Republican
Green
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Green primary.
The Green Party ultimately nominated Thomas O'Brien.
General election
Cook County Board of Review
In the 2008
Cook County Board of Review The Cook County Board of Review is an independent office created by statute by the Illinois General Assembly and is governed by three commissioners who are elected by district for two- or four-year terms. Cook County, Illinois, Cook County, which in ...
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.
2nd district
Incumbent third-term member
Joseph Berrios
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, 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.
Primaries
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No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.
The Republican Party ultimately nominated Lauren Elizabeth McCracken-Quirk.
=Green
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No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Green primary.
The Green Party ultimately nominated Howard Kaplan.
General election
3rd district
Incumbent first-term member
Larry Rogers, Jr.
Larry R. Rogers Jr. (born 1967/1968) is an American lawyer and politician currently serving as commissioner of Cook County Board of Review from the 3rd district since 2004.
Early life and education
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, a Democrat elected in
2004
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, was reelected. This election was to a four-year term.
Primaries
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=Republican
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No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.
The Republican Party ultimately nominated Lionel Garcia.
=Green
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No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Green primary.
The Green Party ultimately nominated Antonne "Tony" Cox.
General election
Water Reclamation District Board
In the 2008
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
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election, three of the nine seats on the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago board were up for election in an
at-large
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election.
Judicial elections
Partisan elections were held for judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County due to vacancies.
Other judgeships had
retention election
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s.
Partistan elections were also held for subcircuit courts judgeships due to vacancies.
Other judgeships had retention elections.
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
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See also
*
2008 Illinois elections
References
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Cook County
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 ...
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