The
Cook County, Illinois
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, 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
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,
State's Attorney
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, four seats on the
Water Reclamation District Board, and judgeships on the
Circuit Court of Cook County.
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
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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 Court clerk, clerk of Circuit Court of Cook County, located in Cook County, Illinois.
Office description
The office was first established in 1831, the year that Cook County was created. In 18 ...
election, incumbent third-term clerk
Aurelia Pucinski, 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 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 election, incumbent first-term State's Attorney Richard A. Devine, 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, 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
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s were also held for the Circuit Court.
Ballot questions
One ballot question
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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
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