The Cook County, Illinois, general election was held on November 2, 2010.
Primaries were held February 2, 2010.
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, Cook County Board of Review district 1, three seats on the Water Reclamation District Board, and judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County.
Election information 2010 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.
Voter turnout Voter turnout in Cook County during the primaries was 26.41%, with 761,626 ballots cast. The city of Chicago saw 27.282% turnout and suburban Cook County saw 25.54% turnout.
The general election saw 52.68% turnout, with 1,424,959 ballots cast. The city of Chicago saw 52.88% turnout and suburban Cook County saw 52.48% turnout.
Assessor
In the 2010 Cook County Assessor election, incumbent Assessor James Houlihan, a Democrat, first appointed in 1997 who was thrice reelected, did not seek reelection to what would have been a fourth full term. Joseph Berrios was elected to succeed him.
Primaries Democratic Candidates Joseph Berrios, member of the Cook County Board of Review Raymond A. Figueroa, former judge of the Cook County Circuit Court and former Chicago alderman Robert Shaw, former member of the Cook County Board of Review and former Chicago alderman
Additionally, Andrea Raila had been a candidate before withdrawing from the race.
Endorsements
Results
Republican Evanston Township assessor Sharon Strobeck-Eckersall won the Republican primary.
Green
General election
Clerk
In the 2010 Cook County Clerk election, incumbent fifth-term Clerk David Orr, a Democrat, was reelected.
Primaries Democratic
Republican
Green No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Green primary.
General election
Sheriff
In the 2010 Cook County Sheriff election, incumbent first-term Sheriff Tom Dart, a Democrat, was reelected.
Primaries Democratic
Republican
Green
General election
Treasurer
In the 2010 Cook County Treasurer election, incumbent third-term Treasurer Maria Pappas, a Democrat, was reelected.
Primaries Democratic
Republican
Green No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Green primary.
General election
President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners
In the 2010 President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners election, incumbent President Todd Stroger, a Democrat appointed in 2006 and elected outright to a full term later that year, lost reelection, being unseated in the Democratic primary by Toni Preckwinkle, who went on to win the general election.
Her victory in this election would make Preckwinkle the first woman to be popularly elected to the office of president of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, and the second woman overall to hold the position after Bobbie L. Steele.
Primaries Democratic Candidates Dorothy Brown, Clerk of the Cook County Circuit Court Terrence J. O'Brien, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago President Toni Preckwinkle, Chicago alderman Todd Stroger, incumbent President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners
Withdrew Danny K. Davis, U.S. congressman, former member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, former member of the Chicago City Council
Polls Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Marginof error Dorothy Brown ForrestClaypool Terrence J.O'Brien Toni Preckwinkle ToddStroger Other Undecided WGN-TV/Chicago Tribune January 16–20, 2010 503 ± 4.4% 24% – 16% 36% 11% – 12% WGN-TV/Chicago Tribune December 2–8, 2009 502 ± 4.4% 29% – 11% 20% 14% 2% 11% Cooper & Secrest Associates November 11–17, 2009 605 ± 4.0% 29% — 15% 16% 13% — 27% Fako & Associates for Supporters of Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown April 21–22, 2009 295 ± 5.70% 21% 33% — 10% 7% — Bennett, Petts, & Normington for SEIU March 23—25 2009 ± 4.3 – 28% – 18% 23% – 36%
Results
Republican Candidates John Garrido III, Chicago Police Department officer Roger A. Keats, former Illinois State Senator and former Illinois State Representative
Results
Green Candidates Thomas Tresser, activist
Results
General election
Cook County Board of Commissioners
The 2010 Cook County Board of Commissioners election saw all seventeen seats of the Cook County Board of Commissioners up for election to four-year terms.
Cook County Board of Review
In the 2010 Cook County Board of Review election, one seat, Democratic-held, out of its three seats was up for election.
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.
1st district
Incumbent first-term member Brendan Houlihan, a Democrat who had been elected in 2006, lost reelection to Republican Dan Patlak. This election was to a two-year term.
Primaries Democratic
Republican
Green No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Green primary.
General election
Water Reclamation District Board
In the 2010 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 race. Since three six-year seats were up for election, voters could vote for up to three candidates and the top-three finishers would win.
Two of the incumbents for the three seats were seeking reelection, Democrats Barbara McGowan and Mariyana Spyropoulos. Each won reelection, joined by fellow Democrat Michael A. Alvarez in winning election.
Primaries Democratic
Republican
Green
General election
Judicial elections 8 judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County were up for partisan elections due to vacancies. Other judgeships had retention elections.
13 subcircuit courts judgeships were also up for partisan elections due to vacancies. Other judgeships had retention elections.
Other elections Coinciding with the primaries, elections were held to elect the Democratic, Republican, and Green committeemen for the suburban townships.
See also 2010 Illinois elections
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