2022 Cook County, Illinois, elections

2022 Cook County, Illinois, elections
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  • 2021

The Cook County, Illinois, general elections were held on November 8, 2022.[1] Primaries were held on June 28, 2022.[2]

Elections were held for Assessor, Clerk, Sheriff, Treasurer, President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, all 17 seats of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, all three seats of the Cook County Board of Review, three seats on the Water Reclamation District Board, and judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County.

The Republican Party saw its representation on the Cook County Board of Commissioners reduced from two seats to a single seat. Cook County Commissioner Sean M. Morrison's victory by a margin of 2.58% in his district marked the only victory in a partisan county race for a Republican nominee, with Democrats winning all other partisan elections.

Election information

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2022 was a midterm election year in the United States. The primaries and general elections for Cook County races coincided with those for federal (House and Senate) and those for state elections.

In the primary, turnout among registered voters was 21.14%. Turnout among registered voters in suburban Cook County was 19.61%, with 319,825 ballots cast. Turnout among registered voters in the City of Chicago was 22.81%, with 341,901 ballots cast.[3][4]

Assessor

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2022 Cook County Assessor election
← 2018 November 8, 2022 2026 →
 
Candidate Fritz Kaegi Nico Tsatsoulis
Party Democratic Libertarian
Popular vote 1,063,188 228,425
Percentage 82.31% 17.69%
Assessor before election

Fritz Kaegi
Democratic

Elected Assessor

Fritz Kaegi
Democratic

First-term incumbent assessor Fritz Kaegi, a Democrat, was reelected to a second term.

Democratic primary

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In the Democratic primary, the incumbent Kaegi was challenged by Metropolitan Water Reclamation District President Kari Steele.[5]

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Fritz
Kaegi 		Kari
Steele 		Undecided
Impact Research (D) August 16–19, 2021 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 22% 21% 56%

Endorsements

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Fritz Kaegi
Mayors
State representatives
Organizations
2022 Cook County Assessor Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Fritz Kaegi 258,848 53.79
Democratic Kari K. Steele 222,371 46.21
Total votes 481,219 100

Republican nomination

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No candidates ran in the Republican primary.[2]

Libertarian primary

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Nico Tsatsoulis ran uncontested in the Libertarian primary for assessor.

2022 Cook County Assessor Libertarian primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Libertarian Nico Tsatsoulis 1,931 53.79
Total votes 1,931 100

General election

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2022 Cook County Assessor election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Fritz Kaegi 1,063,188 82.31
Libertarian Nico Tsatsoulis 228,425 17.69
Total votes 1,291,613 100

Clerk

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2022 Cook County Clerk election
← 2018 November 8, 2022 2026 →
 
Candidate Karen Yarbrough Tony Peraica
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,003,854 368,095
Percentage 71.58% 26.25
Clerk before election

Karen Yarbrough
Democratic

Elected Clerk

Karen Yarbrough
Democratic

Incumbent clerk Karen Yarbrough, a Democrat, was reelected to a second term.

Democratic primary

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Yarbrough ran uncontested in the Democratic primary.

2022 Cook County Clerk Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Karen A. Yarbrough (incumbent) 450,832 100
Total votes 450,832 100

Republican nomination

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No candidate ran in the Republican primary.[2] The Republican Party ultimately nominated former Cook County Commissioner Tony Peraica.[8]

Libertarian primary

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Joseph Schreiner, an occasional candidate for office and 2020 Illinois House of Representatives Libertarian candidate in District 19,[citation needed] ran uncontested in the Libertarian primary.

Marco Gomez expressed interest, but did not run.[citation needed]

2022 Cook County Clerk Libertarian primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Libertarian Joseph Schreiner 1,930 100
Total votes 1,930 100

General election

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2022 Cook County Clerk election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Karen A. Yarbrough (incumbent) 1,003,854 71.58
Republican Tony Peraica 368,095 26.26
Libertarian Joseph Schreiner 30,514 2.18
Total votes 1,402,463 100

Sheriff

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2022 Cook County Sheriff election
← 2018 November 8, 2022 2026 →
 
Candidate Tom Dart Lupe Aguirre
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,041,525 321,252
Percentage 74.21% 22.89%
Sheriff before election

Tom Dart
Democratic

Elected Sheriff

Tom Dart
Democratic

The incumbent sheriff Tom Dart, a Democrat, was reelected to a fifth term.

Only Democrats have held this office ever since Michael F. Sheahan unseated Republican James E. O'Grady in 1990.

Democratic primary

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Dart was challenged in the Democratic primary by Noland Rivera, Carmen Navarro Gercone, LaTonya Ruffin, and Kirk Ortiz. Only Rivera made the ballot.[9][10]

2022 Cook County Sheriff Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Thomas Dart (incumbent) 314,427 86.17
Democratic Noland Rivera 50,455 13.83
Total votes 364,882 100

Republican nomination

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No candidates ran in the Republican Party primary.[2] The Republican Party later nominated Lupe Aguirre.[11]

Libertarian primary

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Cook County Sheriff's Department Deputy Brad Sandefur ran uncontested in the Libertarian primary after perennial candidate Richard Mayers was disqualified and removed from the ballot. Jack Kozlowski had expressed interest, but did not run.[citation needed]

2022 Cook County Sheriff Libertarian primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Libertarian Brad Sandefur 1,957 100
Total votes 1,957 100

General election

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2022 Cook County Sheriff election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Thomas Dart (incumbent) 1,041,525 74.21
Republican Lupe Aguirre 321,252 22.89
Libertarian Brad Sandefur 40,752 2.90
Total votes 1,403,529 100

Treasurer

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2022 Cook County Treasurer election
← 2018 November 8, 2022 2026 →
 
Candidate Maria Pappas Peter Kopsaftis
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,063,160 314,013
Percentage 75.41% 22.27%
Treasurer before election

Maria Pappas
Democratic

Elected Treasurer

Maria Pappas
Democratic

Incumbent treasurer Maria Pappas, a Democrat, was reelected to a seventh term.

Democratic primary

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Pappas ran unchallenged in the Democratic primary.

2022 Cook County Treasurer Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Maria Pappas (incumbent) 468,247 100
Total votes 468,247 100

Republican primary

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No candidates ran in the Republican primary.[2] The Republican Party later nominated Peter Kopsaftis.[12]

Libertarian primary

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Michael Murphy ran unchallenged in the Libertarian primary.

2022 Cook County Treasurer Libertarian primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Libertarian Michael Murphy 1,968 100
Total votes 1,968 100

General election

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2022 Cook County Treasurer election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Maria Pappas (incumbent) 1,063,160 75.41
Republican Peter Kopsaftis 314,013 22.27
Libertarian Michael Murphy 32,577 2.31
Total votes 1,409,750 100

President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners

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2022 President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners election
← 2018 November 8, 2022 2026 →
 
Candidate Toni Preckwinkle Bob Fioretti
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 967,062 399,339
Percentage 68.54% 28.30%
President before election

Toni Preckwinkle
Democratic

Elected President

Toni Preckwinkle
Democratic

Incumbent president Toni Preckwinkle, a Democrat, was elected to a fourth term.

Democratic primary

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Community activist Zerlina Smith-Members and former Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin challenged Preckwinkle in the Democratic primary.[13] Only Boykins made the ballot.

2022 President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Toni Preckwinkle (incumbent) 374,699 75.76
Democratic Richard Boykin 119,915 24.24
Total votes 494,614 100

Republican primary

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No candidates ran in the Republican primary.[2] Subsequently, Bob Fioretti, who previously ran for the office in the Democratic primary in 2018, was nominated by the Republican Party.[14]

Libertarian primary

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Thea Tsatsos, a 2002 candidate for U.S. House of Representatives in District 1, ran unchallenged in the Libertarian primary.

Ruben Pantoja considered running, but did not file.[citation needed]

2022 President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners Libertarian primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Libertarian Thea Tsatsos 1,992 100
Total votes 1,992 100

General election

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2022 President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Toni Preckwinkle (incumbent) 967,062 68.54
Republican Bob Fioretti 399,339 28.30
Libertarian Thea Tsatsos 44,615 3.16
Total votes 1,441,016 100

Cook County Board of Commissioners

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Main article: 2022 Cook County Board of Commissioners election
2022 Cook County Board of Commissioners election
← 2018 November 8, 2022 2026 →
All 17 seats on the Cook County Board of Commissioners
9 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before 15 2
Seats won 16 1
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 1,013,467 299,095
Percentage 74.88% 22.10%
Swing Decrease 6.91% Increase 3.88%

The 2022 Cook County Board of Commissioners election saw all 17 seats of the Cook County Board of Commissioners up for election to four-year terms.

As this was the first election held following the 2020 United States Census, the seats faced redistricting before this election.[15] A new map was unanimously adopted by the Cook County Board of Commissioners in September 2021.[16]

Democrats won 16 seats, while Republicans won only a single seat.[1]

Cook County Board of Review

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2022 Cook County Board of Review election
← 2020 November 8, 2022 2024 →
3 of 3 seats on the Cook County Board of Review
2 seats needed for a majority
  First party
 
Party Democratic
Seats before 3
Seats after 3
Seat change Steady

In the 2022 Cook County Board of Review election, all three seats, all of which were Democratic-held, were up for 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.[17] This was the first year since 2012 that all three seats were coincidingly up for election.

The seats faced redistricting before this election.[17]

1st district

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See also: Cook County Board of Review 1st district

Democratic nominee George Cardenas, a Chicago alderman, won the general election without an opponent. First-term Commissioner Tammy Wendt, a Democrat first elected in 2020, had been defeated for renomination by Cardenas. This election was for a four-year term.[17]

Democratic primary

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Candidates
  • George Cardenas Chicago Alderman, 12th ward, 2003–present[18]
  • Tammy Wendt, incumbent commissioner of the Board of Review
Results
2022 Cook County Board of Review 1st district Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic George A. Cardenas 61,278 57.24
Democratic Tammy Wendt (incumbent) 45,781 42.76
Total votes 107,059 100

Republican primary

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No candidates ran in the Republican primary.[2]

General election

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2022 Cook County Board of Review 1st district election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic George A. Cardenas 289,067 100
Total votes 289,067 100

2nd district

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See also: Cook County Board of Review 2nd district

Democratic nominee Samantha Steele won election to the 2nd district seat. Incumbent second-term Commissioner Michael Cabonargi, a Democrat, was defeated for renomination by Steele in the Democratic primary. This election was for a four-year term.[17]

Democratic primary

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2022 Cook County Board of Review 2nd district Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Samantha Steele 90,293 52.42
Democratic Michael Cabonargi (incumbent) 81,970 47.58
Total votes 172,263 100

Republican primary

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No candidates ran in the Republican primary.[2]

General election

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2022 Cook County Board of Review 2nd district election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Samantha Steele 413,835 100
Total votes 413,835 100

3rd district

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See also: Cook County Board of Review 3rd district

Incumbent commissioner Larry Rogers, Jr., a Democrat, was reelected to a sixth term. He was unopposed in both the Democratic primary and the general election. This election was for a two-year term.[17]

Democratic primary

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2022 Cook County Board of Review 3rd district Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Larry Rogers, Jr. (incumbent) 160,923 100
Total votes 160,923 100

Republican primary

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No candidates ran in the Republican primary.[2]

General election

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2022 Cook County Board of Review 3rd district election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Larry Rogers Jr. (incumbent) 375,518 100
Total votes 375,518 100

Water Reclamation District Board

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2022 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago election
← 2020 November 8, 2022 2024 →
4 of 9 seats on the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
5 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Democratic Republican Green
Seats before 9 0 0
Seats after 9 0 0
Seat change Steady Steady
Seats up 3 0 0
Races won 4 0 0

In the 2022 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago election, three six-year term seats were up for a regularly-scheduled election and an additional seat was upon for election to a partial term in a special election.

Regular election

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Three seats with six-year terms were up for election in the regular election, with voters able to vote for up to three candidates.[2] In both the primaries and general election, the top-three finishers were the winners.

Incumbent Democrat Mariyana Spyropoulos was reelected alongside New Democratic members Yumeka Brown and Patricia Theresa Flynn. Incumbent Democrats Josina Morita and Barbara McGowan did not seek reelection.[2][1][19]

Democratic primary

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Incumbent Mariyana Spyropoulos was renominated. Among the unsuccessful candidates was former commissioner Rick Avila.[2][19]

2022 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago regular election Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mariyana T. Spyropoulos (incumbent) 257,580 22.24
Democratic Patricia Theresa Flynn 201,003 17.35
Democratic Yumeka Brown 185,222 15.99
Democratic Sharon Waller 149,165 12.88
Democratic Precious W. Brady-Davis 126,672 10.94
Democratic Frank Avila 99,815 8.62
Democratic Rick Garcia 76,019 6.56
Democratic Cristina P. Nonato 62,738 5.42
Total votes 1,158,214 100

Republican primary

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Only one candidate, R. Cary Capparelli, ran in the Republican primary.

2022 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago regular election Republican primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican R. Cary Capparelli 100,427 100
Total votes 100,427 100

Green nomination

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The Green Party nominated only one candidate, Mark E. Buettner.[1]

General election

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2022 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago regular election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mariyana T. Spyropoulos (incumbent) 865,103 29.56
Democratic Patricia Theresa Flynn 766,291 26.18
Democratic Yumeka Brown 710,037 24.26
Republican R. Cary Capparelli 365,671 12.49
Green Mark E. Buettner 219,771 7.51
Total votes 2,926,813 100

Special election

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A seat with a partial unexpired term was up for election. Incumbent Perry D. Chakena, who had been appointed to fill the vacancy, unsuccessfully sought the Democratic Party nomination to finish the partial term that she had been appointed to.[2][19]

Democratic primary

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2022 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago special election Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Daniel "Pogo" Pogorelski 156,746 35.99
Democratic Elizabeth Joyce 154,754 35.54
Democratic Chakena D. Perry (incumbent) 123,993 28.47
Total votes 435,493 100

Republican nomination

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No candidate ran in the Republican primary

Green nomination

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The Green Party nominated Toneal M. Jackson.

2022 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago special election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Daniel "Pogo" Pogorelski 974,338 78.96
Green Toneal M. Jackson 259,623 21.04
Total votes 1,223,961 100

Circuit Court of Cook County

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Judicial elections to the Circuit Court of Cook County were also held. All 61 justices up for retention elections were retained.[1][20] There were 29 partisan elections to fill judicial vacancies. Democratic nominees won all of these, with only one judicial race having a competitive general election (featuring a Republican Party opponent).[1]

Other elections

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Coinciding with the primaries, elections were held to elect both the Democratic and Republican committeepeople for the suburban townships.[2]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ^ Source incorrectly says Calumet City.

References

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  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad "Cook County & City of Chicago Primary Election June 28, 2022 Combined Summary" (PDF). Cook County Clerk. 2022.
  3. ^ "Tabulated Statement of the Returns and Proclamation of the Results of the Canvass of the Election Returns for the June 28, 2022 General Primary Election Held in Each of the Precincts in all of the Wards in the City of Chicago" (PDF). 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Cook County Clerk's Office - Election Results". results622.cookcountyclerkil.gov. Cook County Clerk. November 18, 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
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  15. ^ Kapos, Shia (23 April 2021). "POLICE CHIEF EMERGES — COOK COUNTY's REMAP — PROBING DEADLY FIRES — A NOD TO TERM LIMITS". POLITICO. Archived from the original on 13 May 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  16. ^ Quig, A.D. (23 September 2021). "Here's the new Cook County Board map". Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  17. ^ a b c d e "35 ILCS 200/5-5". ilga.gov. Government of Illinois. Archived from the original on 4 September 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  18. ^ Quig, A.D. (July 6, 2021). "Longtime alderman to run for property tax appeals panel". Crain's Chicago Business. Archived from the original on July 12, 2021. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
  19. ^ a b c "COMPLETE LIST OF BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FROM DATE OF ORGANIZATION" (PDF). mwrd.org/. Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  20. ^ Dukmasova, Maya (30 November 2022). "Election results: All Cook County judges won retention in 2022 election". Injustice Watch. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
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