The
Cook County, Illinois
Cook County is the List of counties in Illinois, most populous county in the U.S. state of Illinois and the List of the most populous counties in the United States, second-most-populous county in the United States, after Los Angeles County, C ...
, general election was held on November 8, 1988.
Primaries were held March 15, 1988.
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 ove ...
,
State's Attorney
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, one seat on the
Cook County Board of Appeals, 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 25 Illinois circuit courts, circuit courts (trial courts of original jurisdiction, original and general jurisdiction) in the judiciary of Illinois as well as one of the largest unified cour ...
.
Election information
1988 was a
presidential election year in the United States. The primaries and general elections for Cook County races coincided with those for federal races (
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and
House
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) and those for
state elections.
Voter turnout
Primary election
Turnout in the primaries was 45.63%, with 1,236,750 ballots cast.
General election
The general election saw turnout of 72.56%, with 2,095,985 ballots cast.
Chicago saw 1,14,080 ballots cast, and suburban Cook County saw 981,905 ballots cast.
Straight-ticket voting
Ballots had a
straight-ticket voting
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option in 1988.
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Clerk of the Circuit Court
In the 1988 Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County
The Circuit Court of Cook County is the largest of the 25 Illinois circuit courts, circuit courts (trial courts of original jurisdiction, original and general jurisdiction) in the judiciary of Illinois as well as one of the largest unified cour ...
election, incumbent clerk Morgan M. Finley, a Democrat, did not seek reelection. Democrat 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 ...
was elected to succeed him.
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 Republican Party nomination for Clerk of the Circuit Court:
;Results
Illinois Solidarity
No candidates ran in the Illinois Solidarity Party primary.
General election
Recorder of Deeds
In the 1988 Cook County Recorder of Deeds election, incumbent first-term recorder of deeds Harry Yourell, a Democrat, did not seek reelection, instead running to be a commissioner of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. Democrat Carol Moseley Braun
Carol Elizabeth Moseley Braun, also sometimes Moseley-Braun (born August 16, 1947), is an American diplomat, politician, and lawyer who represented Illinois in the United States Senate from 1993 to 1999. Moseley Braun was the first African-Ameri ...
was elected to succeed him.
Mosely Braun's election made her the first African-American
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to hold the office of Cook County recorder of deeds.
Primaries
Democratic
;Candidates
The following candidate ran for the Democratic Party nomination for Cook County Recorder of Deeds Court:
;Results
Republican
;Candidates
The following candidate ran for the Democratic Party nomination for Cook County Recorder of Deeds Court:
;Results
Illinois Solidarity
No candidates ran in the Illinois Solidarity Party primary.
General election
State's Attorney
In the 1988 Cook County State's Attorney
The Cook County State's Attorney is the District attorney, chief prosecutor for Cook County, Illinois. The State's Attorney oversees the second-largest prosecutor's office in the United States, with over 600 attorneys and 1,200 employees. The off ...
election, incumbent second-term state's attorney Richard M. Daley
Richard Michael Daley (born April 24, 1942) is an American politician who served as the 54th mayor of Chicago, Illinois, from 1989 to 2011. Daley was elected mayor in 1989 and was reelected five times until declining to run for a seventh ter ...
, a Democrat, was reelected.
Primaries
Democratic
Republican
Illinois Solidarity
No candidates ran in the Illinois Solidarity Party primary.
General election
Cook County Board of Appeals (special election)
In the 1988 Cook County Board of Appeals special election, one seat on the board were up for election. Due to the death of Harry Semrow, this special election was held to fill the seat he had served on.Joseph Berrios
Joseph "Joe" Berrios (born February 14, 1952) is an American Democratic politician who was the Assessor and Chairman of the Cook County Democratic Party of Cook County, Illinois, as well as a registered Illinois state government lobbyist. H ...
was elected to fill the seat.
Thomas A. Jaconetty had been appointed to hold the seat until the new commissioner elected in this race would be seated.
Primaries
Democratic
31st Ward committeeman
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Joseph Berrios, the Democratic Party organization-endorsed candidate, won the Democratic primary.
Republican
Illinois Solidarity
No candidates ran in the Illinois Solidarity Party primary.
General election
Water Reclamation District Board
In the 1988 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD), originally known as the Sanitary District of Chicago, is a special-purpose district chartered to operate in Cook County, Illinois, since 1889. Although its name may imply oth ...
election, three of the nine seats on the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago board were up for election in an at-large election.
Judicial elections
Pasrtisan elections were held for judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County due to vacancies.Retention election
A retention election or retention referendum is a referendum where voters are asked if an office holder, usually a judge, should be allowed to continue in that office. The judge is removed from office if a majority of votes are cast against rete ...
s were also held for the Circuit Court.
Other elections
Coinciding with the primaries, elections were held to elect the Democratic, Republican, and Illinois Solidarity committeemen
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for the wards of Chicago.[
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See also
* 1988 Illinois elections
Elections were held in Illinois on Tuesday, November 8, 1988.
Partisan primary, Primaries were held on March 15.
Election information Turnout
Turnout during the primary was 42.56%, with 2,552,932 ballots cast (with 1,588,438 Democratic ball ...
References
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