2014 Cook County Board of Commissioners election

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2014 Cook County Board of Commissioners election

← 2010 November 4, 2014 2018 →
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 13 4 Seats won 13 4 Seat change Popular vote 809,692 239,746 Percentage 77.12% 22.84% Swing 9.82% 4.58%
Results by gains and holds Results by winning party vote share Results:      Democratic hold      Republican hold Vote Share:      60–70%      >90%      50–60%      60–70%      >90%

The 2014 Cook County Board of Commissioners election was held on November 4, 2014.^[1] It was preceded by a primary election held on March 18, 2014.^[2] It coincided with other 2014 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 member did not seek reelection and one member was defeated in their party's primary, which meant that a total of two individuals were newly elected. The Democratic Party ran nominees for fifteen of the seventeen seats, while Republicans ran nominees for only five of the seats.

As these were the first elections held following the 2010 United States Census, the seats faced redistricting before this election.^[3]

Democrats ran nominees in races for fifteen of the seventeen seats. Republicans ran nominees in races for five seats. In races for twelve seats, Democratic nominees faced no opponents on the ballot. In races for two seats, Republican nominees faced no opponents on the ballot. As a result, only three general election races were contested between Democratic and Republican nominees.

Incumbent fourth-term Commissioner Earlean Collins, a Democrat, did not seek reelection. Democrat Richard Boykin was elected to succeed him.

Cook County Board of Commissioners 1st district Democratic primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard R. Boykin	7,288	30.38
	Democratic	Blake Sercye	6,118	25.51
	Democratic	Isaac "Ike" Carothers	5,602	23.35
	Democratic	Brenda Smith	4,111	17.14
	Democratic	Ronald Lawless	868	3.62
Total votes			23,987	100

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.^[2]

Cook County Board of Commissioners 1st district election^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard R. Boykin	68,305	99.36
	Write-in	Others	441	0.64
Total votes			68,746	100

Incumbent second-term commissioner Robert Steele, a Democrat, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election.

Cook County Board of Commissioners 2nd district Democratic primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert B. Steele (incumbent)	13,365	100
Total votes			13,365	100

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.^[2]

Cook County Board of Commissioners 2nd district election^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert B. Steele (incumbent)	57,091	100
Total votes			57,091	100

Incumbent Commissioner Jerry Butler, a Democrat who first assumed the office in 1985, was reelected.

Cook County Board of Commissioners 3rd district Democratic primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jerry "Iceman" Butler (incumbent)	19,830	81.79
	Democratic	Rosemary Reeves	4,415	18.21
Total votes			24,245	100

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.^[2]

Cook County Board of Commissioners 3rd district election^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jerry "Iceman" Butler (incumbent)	77,354	100
Total votes			77,354	100

Incumbent Commissioner Stanley Moore, a Democrat who was appointed to the office in 2013, was reelected to a full term.

Cook County Board of Commissioners 4th district Democratic primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Stanley S. Moore (incumbent)	15,649	65.24
	Democratic	Nicholas "Nick" Smith	4,930	20.55
	Democratic	Robert R. McKay	3,290	13.72
	Write-in	Others	116	0.48
Total votes			23,985	100

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.^[2]

Cook County Board of Commissioners 4th district election^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Stanley S. Moore (incumbent)	75,192	100
Total votes			75,192	100

Incumbent fifth-term Commissioner Deborah Sims, a Democrat, was reelected.

Cook County Board of Commissioners 5th district Democratic primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Deborah Sims (incumbent)	17,320	84.21
	Democratic	Timothy "Tim" Parker	3,203	15.57
	Write-in	Others	4	0.21
Total votes			20,567	100

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.^[2]

Cook County Board of Commissioners 5th district election^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Deborah Sims (incumbent)	70,542	100
Total votes			70,542	100

Incumbent third-term Commissioner Joan Patricia Murphy, a Democrat, was reelected.

Cook County Board of Commissioners 6th district Democratic primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joan Patricia Murphy (incumbent)	12,359	100
Total votes			12,359	100

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.^[2]

Cook County Board of Commissioners 6th district election^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joan Patricia Murphy (incumbent)	65,796	100
Total votes			65,796	100

Incumbent first-term Commissioner Jesús "Chuy" García, a Democrat, was reelected.

Cook County Board of Commissioners 7th district Democratic primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jesus G. Garcia (incumbent)	6,416	100
Total votes			6,416	100

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.^[2]

Cook County Board of Commissioners 7th district election^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jesus G. Garcia (incumbent)	25,320	100
Total votes			25,320	100

Incumbent Commissioner Edwin Reyes, a Democrat, lost reelection, being unseated in the Democratic primary by Luis Arroyo Jr., who went on to win the general election unopposed.

Reyes had first been appointed in 2009 (after Roberto Maldonado resigned to serve a Chicago alderman), and had been elected to a full term in 2010.

Cook County Board of Commissioners 8th district Democratic primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Luis Arroyo Jr.	8,084	54.91
	Democratic	Edwin "Eddie" Reyes (incumbent)	6,560	44.56
	Write-in	Others	77	0.52
Total votes			14,721	100

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.^[2]

Cook County Board of Commissioners 8th district election^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Luis Arroyo Jr.	37,529	100
Total votes			37,529	100

Incumbent fifth-term Commissioner Peter N. Silvestri, a Republican, was reelected.

Cook County Board of Commissioners 9th district Democratic primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Frank L. Mc Partlin	8,392	100
Total votes			8,392	100

Cook County Board of Commissioners 9th district Republican primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Peter N. Silvestri (incumbent)	15,178	100
Total votes			15,178	100

Cook County Board of Commissioners 9th district election^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Peter N. Silvestri (incumbent)	51,290	63.06
	Democratic	Frank L. Mc Partlin	30,040	36.94
Total votes			81,330	100

Incumbent Commissioner Bridget Gainer, a Democrat first appointed in 2009 and elected outright to a full-term in 2010, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election.

Cook County Board of Commissioners 10th district Democratic primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bridget Gainer (incumbent)	12,640	100
Total votes			12,640	100

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.^[2]

Cook County Board of Commissioners 10th district election^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bridget Gainer (incumbent)	64,914	100
Total votes			64,914	100

Incumbent Commissioner John P. Daley, a Democrat in office since 1992, was reelected.

Cook County Board of Commissioners 11th district Democratic primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John P. Daley (incumbent)	18,443	100
Total votes			18,443	100

Cook County Board of Commissioners 11th district Republican primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carl Segvich	7,178	100
Total votes			7,178	100

Cook County Board of Commissioners 11th district election^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John P. Daley (incumbent)	54,093	68.61
	Republican	Carl Segvich	24,744	31.39
Total votes			78,837	100

Incumbent first-term Commissioner John Fritchey, a Democrat, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election.

Cook County Board of Commissioners 12th district Democratic primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Fritchey (incumbent)	10,709	100
Total votes			10,709	100

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.^[2]

Cook County Board of Commissioners 12th district election^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Fritchey (incumbent)	51,499	100
Total votes			51,499	100

Incumbent third-term Commissioner Larry Suffredin, a Democrat, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election.

Cook County Board of Commissioners 13th district Democratic primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Larry Suffredin (incumbent)	16,065	100
Total votes			16,065	100

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.^[2]

Cook County Board of Commissioners 13th district election^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Larry Suffredin (incumbent)	68,715	100
Total votes			68,715	100

Incumbent fourth-term Commissioner Gregg Goslin, a Republican, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Republican primary and general election.

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Democratic primary.^[2]

Cook County Board of Commissioners 14th district Republican primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gregg Goslin (incumbent)	16,258	100
Total votes			16,258	100

Cook County Board of Commissioners 14th district election^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gregg Goslin (incumbent)	66,217	100
Total votes			66,217	100

Incumbent second-term Commissioner Tim Schneider, a Republican, was reelected.

Cook County Board of Commissioners 15th district Democratic primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael A Urban	4,165	100
Total votes			4,165	100

Cook County Board of Commissioners 15th district Republican primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Timothy O. Schneider (incumbent)	13,332	100
Total votes			13,332	100

Cook County Board of Commissioners 15th district election^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Timothy O. Schneider (incumbent)	40,569	58.83
	Democratic	Michael A Urban	28,392	41.17
Total votes			68,961	100

Incumbent first-term Commissioner Jeff Tobolski, a Democrat, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election.

Cook County Board of Commissioners 16th district Democratic primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jeff Tobolski (incumbent)	9,183	100
Total votes			9,183	100

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.^[2]

Cook County Board of Commissioners 16th district election^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jeff Tobolski (incumbent)	34,910	100
Total votes			34,910	100

Incumbent third-term Commissioner Elizabeth Ann Doody Gorman, a Republican, was reelected.

Cook County Board of Commissioners 17th district Democratic primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Hickey	7,693	100
Total votes			7,693	100

Cook County Board of Commissioners 17th district Republican primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Elizabeth "Liz" Doody Gorman (incumbent)	13,292	59.25
	Republican	Barbara Bellar	9,142	40.75
Total votes			22,434	100

Cook County Board of Commissioners 17th district election^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Elizabeth "Liz" Doody Gorman (incumbent)	56,926	100
Total votes			56,926	100

Contest summary

Party	Seats held before	Seats contested
Democratic	13	15
Republican	4	5

Vote summary

Party	Popular vote	Seats won
Democratic	809,692 (77.12%)	13
Republican	239,746 (22.84%)	4
Other (write-in)	441 (0.04%)	0
Total	1,049,879	—

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
Democratic	13	11 sought reelection 2 retired	11 won re-nomination 0 lost renomination	11 won 0 lost
Republican	4	4 sought reelection 0 retired	4 won re-nomination 0 lost renomination	4 won 0 lost

Composition of elected board (returning/newly elected members)

Party	Returning members	Newly elected members
Democratic	11	2
Republican	4	0