Illinois judicial elections, 2012 - Circuit Courts

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The Illinois judicial elections consisted of a primary on March 20th and a general election on November 6th.^[1][2]

Cook County Circuit Courts (Chicagoland)[edit]

Cook Circuit Court[edit]

Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Predecessor	Primary Vote	Election Vote
BellowsCarole Bellows   A	Yes				A
HaberkornCatherine Haberkorn   A	Yes				A
SheehanColleen Sheehan   A	Yes				A
RamirezCynthia Ramirez   A	No	Democratic	Vacancy of Donald O'Brien	60.04%A	100%   A
MarsalekDiann Karen Marsalek   A	Yes	Democratic	Vacancy of Margaret O'Mara Frossard	34.67%A	100%   A
HayesElizabeth Mary Hayes   A	No	Democratic	Vacancy of John Ward	28.63%A	100%   A
Erica L. Reddick   A	Yes	Democratic	Vacancy of Dorothy Kinnaird	55.30%A	100%   A
MurphyJames P. Murphy   A	Yes				A
Prendergast RooneyJean M. Prendergast Rooney   A	Yes	Democratic	Vacancy of Daniel Jordan	100%A	100%   A
O'BrienJessica A. O'Brien   A	No	Democratic	Vacancy of Henry Simmons	47.79%A	100%   A
GuillemetteJo Anne Guillemette	No	Democratic	Vacancy of Claudia Conlon	13.53%
O'BrienJoan O'Brien   A	Yes				A
Murphy GormanJoyce Marie Murphy Gorman   A	Yes				A
O'MalleyKaren Lynn O'Malley   A	No	Democratic	Vacancy of Claudia Conlon	47.71%A	100%   A
FlanaganKathy Flanagan   A	Yes				A
Lorna E. Propes   A	No	Democratic	Vacancy of Aurelia Pucinski	52.62%A	100%   A
MarasMarcia Maras   A	Yes				A
BrosnahanMary Brosnahan   A	Yes				A
CoghlanMatthew Coghlan   A	Yes				A
HowlettMichael Howlett   A	Yes				A
McHaleMichael McHale   A	Yes				A
MullenMichael Tully Mullen   A	No	Democratic	Vacancy of Paul Stralka	100%A	100%   A
Hill-VealPamela Hill-Veal   A	Yes				A
LeemingPamela Leeming   A	Yes	Republican	Vacancy of Stewart	37.44%A	100%   A
O'BrienPatrick W. O'Brien   A	Yes				A
KarkulaPaul Karkula   A	Yes				A
FunderburkRaymond Funderburk   A	Yes				A
WalshRichard Walsh   A	Yes				A
HartiganRussell Hartigan   A	Yes	Democratic	Vacancy of John Moran	100%A	100%   A
HillStanley L. Hill	Yes	Democratic	Vacancy of Claudia Conlon	38.8%
LubinStuart Lubin   A	Yes				A
PalmerStuart Palmer   A	Yes				A
RotiThomas Roti   A	Yes				A

Cook County Subcircuits[edit]

1st Subcircuit:

Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Predecessor	Primary Vote	Election Vote
Carl A. Walker   A	Yes				A
Cynthia Y. Brim   A	Yes				A
Orville E. Hambright, Jr.   A	Yes				A
Rodney Hughes Brooks   A	Yes				A

2nd Subcircuit:

Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Predecessor	Primary Vote	Election Vote
Camille E. Willis   A	Yes				A
BoydCarl B. Boyd   A	No	Democratic	Vacancy of Michael Stuttley	49.98%A	100%   A
Drella Savage   A	Yes				A
E. Kenneth Wright, Jr.   A	Yes				A

3rd Subcircuit:

Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Predecessor	Primary Vote	Election Vote
Christopher J. Donnelly   A	Yes				A
DegnanDaniel R. Degnan   A	No	Democratic	Vacancy of Colleen McSweeney-Moore	100%A	100%   A
Maureen F. Delehanty   A	Yes		Vacancy of Patrick McGann	65.36%A	100%   A
Peter Flynn   A	Yes				A
Thomas W. Murphy   A	Yes				A

4th Subcircuit:

Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Predecessor	Primary Vote	Election Vote
CookChristine Cook	No	Republican	Additional judgeship A	100%A	40.3%   D
PetersDaniel L. Peters	Yes	Democratic	Vacancy of Daniel Riley	19.72%
MaloneyEdward M. Maloney   A	No	Democratic	Additional judgeship A	35.83%A	59.7%   A
FournierHarry J. Fournier	No	Republican	Vacancy of Daniel Riley		38.0%   D
James M. Varga   A	Yes				A
GallagherTerry Gallagher   A	No	Democratic	Vacancy of Daniel Riley	30.03%A	62.0%   A

5th Subcircuit:

Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Predecessor	Primary Vote	Election Vote
Diane M. Shelley   A	Yes				A
Loretta Eadie-Daniels   A	Yes				A
Patricia Banks   A	Yes				A

6th Subcircuit:

Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Predecessor	Primary Vote	Election Vote
SantiagoBeatriz Santiago   A	No	Democratic	Vacancy of David Delgado	39.32%A	100%   A
Gloria Chevere   A	Yes				A
Marya Nega   A	Yes				A
Ramon Ocasio, III   A	Yes				A
CeperoRobert Lopez Cepero   A	Yes				A

7th Subcircuit:

Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Predecessor	Primary Vote	Election Vote
MacCarthyAicha Marie MacCarthy   A	No	Democratic	Vacancy of Dorothy Jones	100%A	100%   A
Arthur P. Wheatley	No	Democratic	Vacancy of Amanda Toney
Carol M. Howard   A	Yes				A
LewisKimberly D. Lewis   A	No	Democratic	Vacancy of Amanda Toney	A	100%   A
BattagliaMark Battaglia	No	Democratic	Vacancy of Amanda Toney
RochesterRoxanne L. Rochester	No	Democratic	Vacancy of Cheryl Starks	38.9%
Tommy Brewer   A	No	Democratic	Vacancy of Cheryl Starks	61.1%A	100%   A
GamboneyWilliam Gamboney   A	No	Democratic	Vacancy of Lawrence Terrell	100%A	100%   A

8th Subcircuit:

Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Predecessor	Primary Vote	Election Vote
GamrathCelia G. Gamrath   A	Yes	Democratic	Vacancy of Thomas Chiola	49.16%A	100%   A
GubinDeborah J. Gubin   A	Yes	Democratic	Vacancy of Maureen Durkin Roy	54.07%A	100%   A
KaplanJames L. Kaplan	Yes	Democratic	Vacancy of Melvin Cole	19.41%
SantiagoJohn H. Ehrlich   A	No	Democratic	Vacancy of Melvin Cole	39.32%A	100%   A
LiuLaura C. Liu   A	Yes	Democratic	Additional Judgeship A	100%A	100%   A

9th Subcircuit:

Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Predecessor	Primary Vote	Election Vote
Larry Axelrood   A	No	Democratic	Vacancy of James Epstein	38.24%A	100%   A
Lee Preston   A	Yes				A
Jean-BaptisteLionel Jean-Baptiste   A	Yes	Democratic	Vacancy of Gerald Bender	61.54%A	100%   A
Marvin P. Luckman   A	Yes				A
Michael Ian Bender	Yes	Democratic	Vacancy of Gerald Bender	38.46%
Moshe Jacobius   A	Yes				A

10th Subcircuit:

Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Predecessor	Primary Vote	Election Vote
Garritt E. Howard   A	Yes				A
James M. McGing   A	Yes				74.7%   A
AllenThomas Allen   A	No	Democratic	Vacancy of Daniel Locallo	100%A	100%   A

11th Subcircuit:

Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Predecessor	Primary Vote	Election Vote
MarinoLisa Ann Marino   A	No	Democratic	Vacancy of Joseph Urso	43.64%A	100%   A
Mary Colleen Roberts   A	Yes				A
Michael R. Clancy   A	Yes	Democratic	Vacancy of Edward O'Brien	44.37%A	100%   A
Ronald F. Bartkowicz   A	Yes				A

12th Subcircuit:

Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Predecessor	Primary Vote	Election Vote
SchleiferAndrea M. Schleifer   A	Yes	Democratic	Vacancy of Mary Rochford	61.78%A	53.7%   A
Ellen L. Flannigan   A	Yes				A
Grace G. Dickler   A	Yes				A
PieczonkaJames Paul Pieczonka	No	Republican	Vacancy of Mary Rochford	100%A	46.3%   D
Joseph G. Kazmierski, Jr.   A	Yes				A

13th Subcircuit:

Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Predecessor	Primary Vote	Election Vote
Jill Cerone-Marisie   A	Yes				A
Ketki Shroff Steffen	Yes	Republican	Vacancy of Edward Pietrucha	24.40%
KelleyMartin C. Kelley   A	No	Democratic	Additional judgeship A	100%A	100%   A
Martin S. Agran   A	Yes				A
PavlusPaul Pavlus   A	No	Republican	Vacancy of Edward Pietrucha	46.55%A	100%   A

14th Subcircuit:

Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Predecessor	Primary Vote	Election Vote
Lisa Ruble-Murphy   A	Yes				A
Maura Slattery-Boyle   A	Yes				A
ScannicchioRegina Ann Scannicchio   A	Yes	Democratic	Vacancy of Lawrence O'Gara	100%A	100%   A

15th Subcircuit:

Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Predecessor	Primary Vote	Election Vote
Daniel P. Brennan   A	Yes				A

Downstate Circuit Courts[edit]

First Circuit Court[edit]

Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Predecessor	Primary Vote	Election Vote
McNeillAndrea McNeill	No	Democratic	Vacancy of Ronald Eckiss	56.55%A	46.0%   D
BleyerBrad K. Bleyer   A	Yes				A
SmootCarolyn B. Smoot   A	Yes	Republican	Vacancy of Ronald Eckiss	100%A	54.0%   A
ClarkeMark H. Clarke   A	Yes				A
BoieMark M. Boie   A	Yes				A

Second Circuit Court[edit]

Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Predecessor	Primary Vote	Election Vote
WeberChristopher L. Weber   A	Yes				A
DirnbeckEric Dirnbeck   A	No	Democratic	Vacancy of Kyle Vantrease	27.91%A	100%   A
WeberJo Beth Weber   A	No	Democratic	Vacancy of Terry Gamber	50.61%A	62.3%   A
RenshawKent Renshaw   C	No	Democratic	Vacancy of Kyle Vantrease		C
MorganMelissa A. Morgan   A	Yes				A
VillaniNicole Villani	Yes	Republican	Vacancy of Terry Gamber	100%A	37.7%   D
WebbT. Scott Webb   A	No	Republican	Vacancy of Thomas Sutton	100%A	100%   A

Third Circuit Court[edit]

Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Predecessor	Primary Vote	Election Vote
CallisAnn Callis   A	Yes				A
CrowderBarbara Crowder   A	Yes				A
HyllaDavid A. Hylla   A	Yes				A
KnightJohn Knight (Illinois)   A	Yes				A
NappKyle Napp   A	No	Democratic	Vacancy of Charles Romani	100%A	56.6%   A
BurkartThomas W. Burkart	No	Republican	Vacancy of Charles Romani	54%A	43.4%   D

Fourth Circuit Court[edit]

Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Predecessor	Primary Vote	Election Vote
BennettAllen F. Bennett   A	No	Republican	Vacancy of Michael Kiley	100%A	68.3%   A
HartiganDaniel E. Hartigan   A	Yes				A
KoesterKimberly G. Koester   A	Yes				A
SpearsRonald D. Spears   A	Yes				A
TungateSherri L. E. Tungate   A	Yes				75.2%   A
FriedelStephen G. Friedel	No	Better Option	Vacancy of Michael Kiley		31.7%   D

Fifth Circuit Court[edit]

Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Predecessor	Primary Vote	Election Vote
O'BrienBrien J. O'Brien   A	No	Republican	Vacancy of Gary Jacobs	100%A	100%   A
DeArmondCraig H. DeArmond   A	Yes				A
FaheyNancy S. Fahey   A	Yes				A

Sixth Circuit Court[edit]

Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Predecessor	Primary Vote	Election Vote
FlannellDan L. Flannell   A	Yes				A
FordJeffrey B. Ford   A	Yes				A
CarrollMichael G. Carroll   A	Yes				A
JonesMichael Q. Jones   A	Yes				A
Thomas E. Griffith, Jr.   A	Yes	Republican	Vacancy of Theodore Paine	100%A	100%   A

Seventh Circuit Court[edit]

Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Predecessor	Primary Vote	Election Vote
CherryDavid R. Cherry   A	No	Republican	Vacancy of Lois Bell	51.15%A	58.4%   A
PistoriusEric S. Pistorius   A	Yes				A
CoonrodJohn D. Coonrod	No	Democratic	Vacancy of Lois Bell	100%A	41.6%   D
John Schmidt   A	Yes	Republican	Vacancy of Thomas Appleton	100%A	54.3%   A
BelzJohn W. Belz   A	Yes				A
DeihlKenneth R. Deihl   A	Yes				A
GravesLeslie J. Graves   A	Yes				A
KelleyPatrick W. Kelley   A	Yes				A
LondriganTim Londrigan	No	Democratic	Vacancy of Thomas Appleton	100%A	45.7%   D

Eighth Circuit Court[edit]

Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Predecessor	Primary Vote	Election Vote
McCartneyJohn Frank McCartney   A	No	Democratic	Vacancy of Michael Roseberry	100%A	100%   A
Mays, Jr.William O. Mays, Jr.   A	Yes				A

Ninth Circuit Court[edit]

Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Predecessor	Primary Vote	Election Vote
DannerEdward R. Danner   A	Yes				A
StandardJames Standard   A	No	Republican	Vacancy of Gregory McClintock	52.75%A	100%   A
ClarkRodney G. Clark   A	No	Republican	Vacancy of David Stoverink	100%A	100%   A
ShipplettScott Shipplett   A	Yes				A
DavisWilliam C. Davis   A	Yes				A

Tenth Circuit Court[edit]

Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Predecessor	Primary Vote	Election Vote
Katherine Gorman Hubler   A	No	Republican	Vacancy of James Shadid	74%A	100%   A
Kevin W. Lyons   A	No	Democratic	Vacancy of Richard Grawey	100%A	100%   A
GilfillanPaul Gilfillan   A	Yes				A

Eleventh Circuit Court[edit]

Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Predecessor	Primary Vote	Election Vote
RobbElizabeth A. Robb   A	Yes				A
FitzgeraldKevin P. Fitzgerald   A	Yes				A
Paul Lawrence   A	Yes	Republican	Vacancy of Michael Prall	65.47%A	100%   A
Simmons-FoleyRebecca Simmons-Foley   A	No	Republican	Vacancy of James Souk	100%A	100%   A

Twelfth Circuit Court[edit]

Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Predecessor	Primary Vote	Election Vote
RozakDaniel J. Rozak   A	Yes				A

Thirteenth Circuit Court[edit]

Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Predecessor	Primary Vote	Election Vote
KopkoAnita L. Kopko	No	Democratic	Vacancy of James Lanuti	100%A	44.7%   D
RaccugliaCynthia M. Raccuglia   A	Yes				A
HollandTroy D. Holland   A	No	Republican	Vacancy of James Lanuti	100%A	55.3%   A

Fourteenth Circuit Court[edit]

Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Predecessor	Primary Vote	Election Vote
MeersmanF. Michael Meersman   A	Yes				A
O'ConnorJeffrey W. O'Connor   A	Yes				A
VandeWieleMark A. VandeWiele   A	Yes				A
SteinesStanley B. Steines   A	Yes				A

Fifteenth Circuit Court[edit]

Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Predecessor	Primary Vote	Election Vote
BaldMichael P. Bald   A	Yes				A
HansonRobert T. Hanson   A	Yes	Republican	Vacancy of Stephen Pemberton	100%A	100%   A

Sixteenth Circuit Court[edit]

Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Predecessor	Primary Vote	Election Vote
HudsonDonald Hudson   A	Yes				A
BarsantiJohn Barsanti   A	Yes	Republican	Vacancy of Michael Colwell	100%A	100%   A
DaltonJohn G. Dalton   A	No	Democratic	Additional Judgeship A	100%A	53.6%   A
WaltersJohn N. Walters	Yes	Republican	Additional Judgeship A	59.06%A	46.4%   D
MuellerThomas E. Mueller   A	Yes				A

Seventeenth Circuit Court[edit]

Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Predecessor	Primary Vote	Election Vote
MaherBrendan A. Maher   A	Yes	Republican	Additional Judgeship A	100%A	100%   A
ProchaskaJ. Edward Prochaska   A	Yes				A

Eighteenth Circuit Court[edit]

Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Predecessor	Primary Vote	Election Vote
WilsonAlice Wilson	No	Democratic	Vacancy of Perry Thompson	100%A	45.2%   D
O'SheaPatrick J. O'Shea   A	No	Republican	Vacancy of Perry Thompson	42%A	54.8%   A

Nineteenth Circuit Court[edit]

Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Predecessor	Primary Vote	Election Vote
ShanesDaniel Shanes   A	Yes	Republican	Additional Judgeship A, 3rd Subcircuit	100%A	53.3%   A
BraimanJeffrey S. Braiman	No	Democratic	Additional Judgeship A, 3rd Subcircuit	100%A	46.7%   D
PhillipsJohn T. Phillips   A	Yes				A
BerronesLuis A. Berrones	No	Republican	Additional Judgeship A, 2nd Subcircuit	100%A	48.8%   D
WaitesNancy S. Waites	No	Democratic	Additional Judgeship B, 3rd Subcicuit	100%A	48.9%   D
FixPatricia Sowinski Fix   A	No	Democratic	Additional Judgeship A, 2nd Subcircuit	100%A	51.2%   A
SchippersThomas M. Schippers   A	No	Republican	Additional Judgeship B, 3rd Subcicuit	100%A	51.1%   A

Twentieth Circuit Court[edit]

Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Predecessor	Primary Vote	Election Vote
GleesonAndrew J. Gleeson   A	No	Democratic	Vacancy of Lloyd Cueto	100%A	100%   A
TrentmanBrian K. Trentman	No	Democratic	Vacancy of Dennis Hatch	100%A	40.1%   D
EmgeDaniel J. Emge   A	No	Republican	Vacancy of Dennis Hatch	60.71%A	59.9%   A
FissJan V. Fiss   A	Yes				A
CasonLaninya Cason	No	Republican	Vacancy of Milton Wharton	100%A	46.0%   D
DuebbertRonald R. Duebbert	No	Republican	Vacancy of Michael O'Malley	100%A	44.4%   D
LopinotVincent J. Lopinot   A	No	Democratic	Vacancy of Michael O'Malley	100%A	55.6%   A
CruseZina Renea Cruse   A	No	Democratic	Vacancy of Milton Wharton	67.68%A	54.0%   A

Twenty-First Circuit Court[edit]

Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Predecessor	Primary Vote	Election Vote
WenzelmanKendall O. Wenzelman   A	Yes				A

Twenty-Second Circuit Court[edit]

Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Predecessor	Primary Vote	Election Vote
WeechCharles P. Weech   A	Yes				A
McIntyreMaureen P. McIntyre   A	Yes				A
ChmielMichael J. Chmiel   A	Yes				A

Twenty-Third Circuit Court[edit]

Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Predecessor	Primary Vote	Election Vote
BarnhartMelissa S. Barnhart   A	No	Republican	Additional Judgeship A	73.47%A	100%   A
MatekaitisRonald G. Matekaitis   A	No	Democratic	Vacancy of Kurt Klein	100%A	52.0%   A
BradyWilliam P. Brady (Illinois judge)	No	Republican	Vacancy of Kurt Klein	100%A	48.0%   D

See also[edit]

• News: Cook county judge hopefuls attend 'the slating' to lobby for Democratic party endorsements, November 8, 2011

External links[edit]

• Illinois State Board of Elections - Offices Up for Election
• Cook County Clerk: Cook County Unofficial Primary Election Results, March 20, 2012 (as of 9:00AM, 3/21/12)

Footnotes[edit]

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