The 2006 Cook County Board of Commissioners election was held on November 7, 2006. It was preceded by a primary election held on March 21, 2006. It coincided with other 2006 Cook County, Illinois, elections (including the election for president of the Cook County Board of Commissioners). It saw all seventeen seats of the Cook County Board of Commissioners up for election to four-year terms.
Fifteen members were reelected. One incumbent Democrat withdrew from their election after being renominated, while one incumbent Republican lost his primary. No seat changed parties.
Democrats ran nominees in the races for all seventeen seats. Republicans ran nominees in ten races, while the Green Party ran a nominee in a single race. Five Democratic nominees faced no opponents in the general election, four of whom had also faced no opponents in their Democratic Party primary.
1st district
Incumbent second-term Commissioner Earlean Collins, a Democrat, was reelected.
Primaries Democratic
Republican No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary. The Republican Party ultimately nominated Henrietta S. Butler.
General election
2nd district
Incumbent commissioner Robert Steele, a Democrat, was reelected. He had been appointed to succeed his mother Bobbie L. Steele, after they were appointed President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners.
Primaries Democratic
Republican No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary. The Republican Party ultimately nominated Scott W. Kummer.
General election
3rd district
Incumbent Commissioner Jerry Butler, a Democrat who first assumed the office in 1985, was reelected.
Primaries Democratic
Republican No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary. The Republican Party ultimately nominated Maurice Perkins.
General election
4th district
Then-incumbent Commissioner John Stroger originally sought reelection, winning the Democratic primary, but backed-out due to health issues (and also resigned his seat), and was replaced as Democratic nominee by William Beavers, who went to win the general election.
Primaries Democratic
Republican No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary. Ultimately, the Republican Party nominated Ann Rochelle Hunter.
General election
5th district
Incumbent third-term Commissioner Deborah Sims, a Democrat, was reelected.
Primaries Democratic
Republican No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.
General election
6th district
Incumbent first-term Commissioner Joan Patricia Murphy, a Democrat, was reelected.
Primaries Democratic
Republican
General election
7th district
Incumbent third-term Commissioner Joseph Mario Moreno, a Democrat, was reelected.
Primaries Democratic
Republican No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.
General election
8th district
Incumbent third-term Commissioner Roberto Maldonado, a Democrat, was reelected.
Primaries Democratic
Republican No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.
General election
9th district
Incumbent third-term Commissioner Peter N. Silvestri, a Republican, was reelected.
Primaries Democratic
Republican
General election
10th district
Incumbent second-term Commissioner Mike Quigley, a Democrat, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election.
Primaries Democratic
Republican No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.
General election
11th district
Incumbent Commissioner John P. Daley, a Democrat in office since 1992, was reelected.
Primaries Democratic
Republican
General election
12th district
Incumbent first-term Commissioner Forrest Claypool, a Democrat, was reelected.
Primaries Democratic
Republican No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.
General election
13th district
Incumbent first-term Commissioner Larry Suffredin, a Democrat, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election.
Primaries Democratic
Republican No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.
General election
14th district
Incumbent second-term Commissioner Gregg Goslin, a Republican, was reelected.
Primaries Democratic No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Democratic primary. The Democratic Party ultimately nominated Michelene "Mickie" Polk.
Republican
General election
15th district
Incumbent eighth-term Commissioner Carl Hansen, a Republican, sought reelection, but was defeated in the Republican primary by Tim Schneider, who went on to win the general election.
Primaries Democratic
Republican
General election
16th district
Incumbent first-term Commissioner Tony Peraica, a Republican, was reelected.
Primaries Democratic
Republican
General election
17th district
Incumbent first-term Commissioner Elizabeth Ann Doody Gorman, a Republican, was reelected.
Primaries Democratic
Republican
General election
Summarizing statistics + Contest summary Party Seats held before Seats contested Seats won Democratic 12 17 12 Republican 5 10 5 Green 0 1 0
+ Contests by parties contesting Parties contesting Total Democratic wins Republicans wins Seats contested by Democratic and Republican nominees 10 5 5 Seats contested by Democratic and Green nominees 1 1 Seats contested only by Democratic nominees 6 6
+ Vote summary Party Popular vote Seats won Democratic 924,939 (76.45%) 12 Republican 276,925 (22.89%) 5 Green 7,996 (0.66%) 0 Total 1,209,860
+ Fate of incumbents Party Total incumbents Incumbents that sought reelection/retired Incumbents that won/lost re-nomination in primaries Incumbents that won/lost general election Notes Democratic 12 12 sought reelection0 retired 12 won re-nomination0 lost re-nomination 11 won0 lost 1 candidate won renomination but withdrew from general election Republican 5 5 sought reelection0 retired 4 won re-nomination1 lost renomination 4 won0 lost Green No Green incumbents
+ Composition of elected board (returning/newly elected members) Party Returning members Newly elected members Democratic 11 1 Republican 4 1
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