The Cook County Sheriff is the

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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 percent of all residents of Illinois live within Cook County. ...

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Cook County Sheriff's Office The Cook County Sheriff's Office (CCSO) is the principal law enforcement agency that serves Cook County, Illinois. It is the second largest sheriff's office in the United States, with over 6,900 members when at full operational strength. It is ...

Office description

Terms are currently four-years in length.

Officeholders

Election results

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1898 , colspan=18 , , - , 1902 , , Thomas E. Barrett , , Democratic , , 141,822 ( %) , , Daniel D. Healy , , Republican , , 135,036 ( %) , , James P. Larsen , ,

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, , 13,134 ( %) , , Henry Sale , ,

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, , 5,973 ( %) , , Joseph P. Tracy , ,

Prohibition Prohibition is the act or practice of forbidding something by law; more particularly the term refers to the banning of the manufacture, storage (whether in barrels or in bottles), transportation, sale, possession, and consumption of alcoholic b ...

, , 4,480 (1.32%) , Thomas Donegan ,

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, 908 ( %) , - , 1906 , , Christopher Strassheim , , Republican , , 131,608 ( %) , , Harry J. Gibbons , , Democratic , , 93,836 ( %) , James J. Gray , Independent League , 49,296 ( %) , , 26,055 , ,

Socialist Socialism is an economic ideology, economic and political philosophy encompassing diverse Economic system, economic and social systems characterised by social ownership of the means of production, as opposed to private ownership. It describes ...

, , 26,055 ( %) , , S. A. Wilson , ,

, , 3,735 (%) , John Fitzpatrick , Progressive Alliance , 1,400 ( %) , - , 1910 , , Michael Zimmer , , Democratic , , 165,445 ( %) , , Frank A. Volger , , Republican , , 145,598 , , William Van Bodegraven , ,

, , 27,588 ( %) , , O. F. Sarber , ,

, , 5,038 (%) , , , , , , , - , 1914 , , John E. Traeger , , Democratic , , 166,335 ( %) , , George K. Schmidt , , Republican , , 112,502 , , Frederick S. Oliver , , Progressive , , 50,117 ( %) , , Bernard McMahon , ,

, , 23,319 ( %) , , George W. Hoover , ,

, , 1,229 (%) , , , , - , 1918 , ,

Charles W. Peters Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was ...

, , Republican , , 177,912 ( %) , ,

Anton Cermak Anton Joseph Cermak (May 9, 1873 – March 6, 1933) was an American politician who served as the 44th Mayor of Chicago from April 7, 1931, until his death in 1933. He was killed by Giuseppe Zangara, whose likely target was President-elec ...

, , Democratic , , 174,829 (%) , , Adolf Dreifuss , ,

, , 19,572 ( %) , , , , , , , , , , - , 1922
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1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. ** Spain and Portugal en ...

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James E. O'Grady James E. O'Grady (born 1929) is a former law enforcement official who served as Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department and Sheriff of Cook County, Illinois. Early life O'Grady was born in 1929 in Chicago. His father was a police officer. ...

, , Democratic , , 706,659 (51.12%) , , Richard J. Elrod , , Democratic , , 673,233 (48.79%) , , , , , , , - ,

1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

, , Michael F. Sheahan , , Democratic , , 719,489 (55.41%) , , James E. O'Grady , , Republican , , 369,631 (28.47%) , Text style="background:#D2B48C , Tommy Brewer , Text style="background:#D2B48C ,

Harold Washington Party The Harold Washington Party was founded in Chicago in the late 1980s by Timothy C. Evans to represent the interests of the city's African-American population who felt disenchanted with the mainline Democratic Party. History The party was crea ...

, Text style="background:#D2B48C , 191,101 (14.72%) , Text style="background:#008000 , William M. Piechuch, Sr. , Text style="background:#008000 , Illinois Solidarity , Text style="background:#008000 , 18,318 (1.41%) , - ,

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

, , Michael F. Sheahan , , Democratic , , , , John D. Tourtelot , , Republican , , , Text style="background:#D2B48C , William A. Brown , Text style="background:#D2B48C , Harold Washington Party , Text style="background:#D2B48C , , William J. Benson ,

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1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

, , Michael F. Sheahan , , Democratic , , 903,053 (71.11%) , , LeRoy Martin , , Republican , , 366,867 (28.89%) , , , , , , , - ,

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

, , Michael F. Sheahan , , Democratic , , 984,348 (76.88%) , , Ronald Swick , , Republican , , 296,062 (23.12%) , , , , , , , - ,

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

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Tom Dart Thomas J. Dart (born May 22, 1962) is an American attorney, politician, and law enforcement officer serving as the Sheriff of Cook County, Illinois. He previously served as a member of both chambers of the Illinois General Assembly. Education D ...

, , Democratic , , 942,113 (74.70%) , , Peter Garza , , Republican , , 319,011 (25.30%) , , , , , , , - ,

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

, , Tom Dart , , Democratic , , 1,041,696 (77.26%) , , Frederick Collins , , Republican , , 257,682 (19.11%) , , Marshall P. Lewis , ,

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, , 48,930 (3.63%) , , , , - ,

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

, , Tom Dart , , Democratic , , 1,055,783 (100%) , , , , , , , , , , - ,

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

, , Tom Dart , , Democratic , , 1,455,825 (100%) , , , , , , , , , , - ,

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

, , Tom Dart , , Democratic , , 1,041,525 (74.21%) , , Lupe Aguirre , , Republican , , 321,252 (22.89%) , , Brad Sandefur , ,

Libertarian Libertarianism (from ; or from ) is a political philosophy that holds freedom, personal sovereignty, and liberty as primary values. Many libertarians believe that the concept of freedom is in accord with the Non-Aggression Principle, according ...

, , 40,752 (2.90%) , , ,

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