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2008 Cook County, Illinois, elections

The Cook County, Illinois, general election was held on November 4, 2008.[1][2]

2008 Cook County, Illinois, elections
← 2006 November 4, 2008 2010 →
Turnout73.71%

Primaries were held February 5, 2008.[3]

Elections were held for Clerk of the Circuit Court, Recorder of Deeds, State's Attorney, Board of Review districts 2 and 3, three seats on the Water Reclamation District Board, and judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County.

Election information

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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 and House) and those for state elections.

Voter turnout

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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, 112 Green, 4 Moderate, and 2,125 nonpartisan primary ballots were cast. The city of Chicago saw 52.70% turnout and suburban Cook County saw 43.3% turnout.[3][4][5]

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.[1][2]

Clerk of the Circuit Court

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2008 Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County election
← 2004 November 4, 2008 2012 →
Turnout65.68%[1][2]
     
Candidate Dorothy A. Brown Diane Shapiro
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,315,731 517,115
Percentage 68.29% 26.84%
Clerk before election

Dorothy A. Brown
Democratic

Elected Clerk

Dorothy A. Brown
Democratic

In the 2008 Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County election, incumbent second-term Clerk Dorothy A. Brown, a Democrat, was reelected.

Primaries

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Democratic

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Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County Democratic primary[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dorothy A. Brown (incumbent) 833,795 100
Total votes 833,795 100

Republican

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No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[3] The Republican Party ultimately nominated Diane Shapiro.

Green

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No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Green primary.[3] The Green Party ultimately nominated Paloma Andrade.

General election

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Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County election[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dorothy A. Brown (incumbent) 1,315,731 68.29
Republican Diane Shapiro 517,115 26.84
Green Paloma Andrade 93,906 4.87
Total votes 1,926,752 100

Recorder of Deeds

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2008 Cook County Recorder of Deeds election
← 2004 November 4, 2008 2012 →
Turnout64.05%[1][2]
 
Candidate Eugene Moore Gregory Goldstein Terrence A. Gilhooly
Party Democratic Republican Green
Popular vote 1,324,426 451,452 102,968
Percentage 70.49% 24.03% 5.48%
Recorder of Deeds before election

Eugene Moore
Democratic

Elected Recorder of Deeds

Eugene Moore
Democratic

In the 2008 Cook County Recorder of Deeds 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), and had been elected to two full-terms.

Primaries

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Democratic

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Cook County Recorder of Deeds Democratic primary[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Eugene "Gene" Moore (incumbent) 521,163 61.12
Democratic Ed H. Smith 331,511 38.88
Total votes 852,674 100
Republican
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No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[3] The Republican Party ultimately nominated Gregory Goldstein.

Green
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No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Green primary.[3] The Green Party ultimately nominated Terrence A. Gilhooly

General election

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Cook County Recorder of Deeds election[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Eugene "Gene" Moore (incumbent) 1,324,426 70.49
Republican Gregory Goldstein 451,452 24.03
Green Terrence A. Gilhooly 102,968 5.48
Total votes 1,878,846 100

State's Attorney

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2008 Cook County State's Attorney election
← 2004 November 4, 2008 2012 →
Turnout67.23%[1][2]
       
Candidate Anita Alvarez Tony Peraica Thomas O'Brien
Party Democratic Republican Green
Popular vote 1,378,452 494,611 99,101
Percentage 69.90% 25.08% 5.03%
State's Attorney before election

Richard A. Devine
Democratic

Elected State's Attorney

Anita Alvarez
Democratic

In the 2008 Cook County State's Attorney election, incumbent third-term State's Attorney Richard A. Devine, a Democrat, did not seek reelection. Democrat Anita Alvarez was elected to succeed him.

Alvarez became the first Hispanic woman elected to this position,[6] after also having been the first Latina to win the Democratic nomination for the office.[7][8]

Primaries

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Democratic

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Cook County State’s Attorney Democratic primary[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Anita Alvarez 244,538 25.73
Democratic Tom Allen 234,976 24.72
Democratic Larry Suffredin 210,381 22.14
Democratic Howard B. Brookins, Jr. 172,746 18.18
Democratic Robert J. Milan 55,350 5.82
Democratic Tommy H. Brewer 32,430 3.41
Total votes 950,421 100

Republican

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Cook County State’s Attorney Republican primary[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tony Peraica 137,767 100
Total votes 137,767 100

Green

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No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Green primary.[3] The Green Party ultimately nominated Thomas O'Brien.

General election

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Cook County State’s Attorney election[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Anita Alvarez 1,378,452 69.90
Republican Tony Peraica 494,611 25.08
Green Thomas O'Brien 99,101 5.03
Total votes 1,972,164 100

Cook County Board of Review

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2008 Cook County Board of Review election
← 2006 November 4, 2008 2010 →
2 of 3 seats on the Cook County Board of Review
2 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before 3 0
Seats after 3 0
Seat change    
Seats up 2 0
Races won 2 0

In the 2008 Cook County Board of Review 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.[9]

2nd district

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See also: Cook County Board of Review 2nd district

Incumbent third-term member Joseph Berrios, 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.[9]

Primaries

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Democratic
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Cook County Board of Review 2nd district Democratic primary[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joseph Berrios (incumbent) 153,053 58.65
Democratic Jay Paul Deratany 107,889 41.35
Total votes 260,942 100
Republican
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No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[3] 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.[3] The Green Party ultimately nominated Howard Kaplan.

General election

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Cook County Board of Review 2nd district election[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joseph Berrios (incumbent) 370,380 69.94
Republican Lauren Elizabeth McCracken-Quirk 108,138 20.42
Green Howard Kaplan 51,088 9.65
Total votes 529,606 100

3rd district

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See also: Cook County Board of Review 3rd district

Incumbent first-term member Larry Rogers, Jr., a Democrat elected in 2004, was reelected. This election was to a four-year term.[9]

Primaries

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Democratic
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Cook County Board of Review 3rd district Democratic primary[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Larry R. Rogers, Jr. (incumbent) 323,842 100
Total votes 323,842 100
Republican
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No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[3] 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.[3] The Green Party ultimately nominated Antonne "Tony" Cox.

General election

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Cook County Board of Review 3rd district election[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Larry R. Rogers, Jr. (incumbent) 573,194 88.69
Republican Lionel Garcia 49,680 7.69
Green Antonne "Tony" Cox 23,455 3.63
Total votes 646,329 100

Water Reclamation District Board

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2008 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago election
← 2006 November 4, 2008 2010 →
3 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      
Seats up 3 0 0
Races won 3 0 0

In the 2008 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago 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.

Three incumbent Democrats were reelected to their seats.

Democratic primary

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All three incumbents were renominated.

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Democratic primary[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Frank Avila (incumbent) 367,867 17.01
Democratic Kathleen Therese Meany (incumbent) 336,047 15.54
Democratic Cynthia M. Santos (incumbent) 334,427 15.47
Democratic Mariyana T. Spyropoulos 307,067 14.20
Democratic Daine Jones 284,623 13.16
Democratic Dean T. Maragos 212,967 9.85
Democratic Derrick David Stinson 188,506 8.72
Democratic Matthew Podgorski 130,748 6.05

Republican primary

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No candidates ran in the Republican primary.[3]

Green primary

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Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Green primary[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Green Nadine Bopp 572 34.48
Green John "Jack" Alley 567 34.18
Green Rita Bogolub 520 31.34

General election

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Metropolitan Water Reclamation District election[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Frank Avila (incumbent) 1,091,542 25.49
Democratic Cynthia M. Santos (incumbent) 937,529 21.89
Democratic Kathleen Therese Meany (incumbent) 896,119 20.93
Republican David Clearwater 343,516 8.02
Republican Paul Chialdikas 317,081 7.40
Republican Daniel Flores 315,977 7.38
Green Nadine Bopp 166,289 3.88
Green John "Jack" Alley 109,424 2.56
Green Rita Bogolub 104,606 2.44

Judicial elections

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Partisan elections were held for judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County due to vacancies.[1][2] Other judgeships had retention elections.

Partistan elections were also held for subcircuit courts judgeships due to vacancies.[1][2] Other judgeships had retention elections.

Other elections

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Coinciding with the primaries, elections were held to elect both the Democratic and Republican committeemen for the wards of Chicago.[10]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Official General Election 11/4/2008 Summary Report Cook County Unofficial Results" (PDF). Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "TABULATED STATEMENT OF THE RETURNS AND PROCLAMATION OF THE RESULTS OF THE CANVASS OF THE ELECTION RETURNS FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION IN EACH OF THE PRECINCTS IN ALL THE WARDS IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2008 A.D." (PDF). Chicago Board of Elections. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "Cook County and Chicago February 5th 2008 Primary Election Combined Summary Report" (PDF). Cook County Clerk's Office. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  4. ^ "CORRECTED* TABULATED STATEMENT OF THE RETURNS AND PROCLAMATION OF THE RESULTS OF THE CANVASS OF THE ELECTION RETURNS FOR THE GENERAL PRIMARY ELECTION HELD IN EACH OF THE PRECINCTS IN ALL THE WARDS IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2008 A.D." (PDF). chicagoelections.com. Chicago Board of Election Commissioners. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Voter Registration and Turnout 1990 - 2019 | Cook County Clerk's Office". www.cookcountyclerk.com. Cook County Clerk. Archived from the original on 19 March 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Breaking News - Chicago Tribune". Chicagobreakingnews.com. Retrieved 2015-04-24.
  7. ^ "Alvarez get Democrat nod for Cook County state's attorney". Dailyherald.com. 2008-02-06. Retrieved 2015-04-24.
  8. ^ [1]Archived February 7, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ a b c "35 ILCS 200/5-5". ilga.gov. Government of Illinois. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  10. ^ "POST-ELECTION REPORT Presidential Primary Election Suburban Cook County February 5, 2008". Cook County Clerk. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
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