Allan C. Carr

American politician (died 2021)

Allan C. Carr

Member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners
from the 16th district
In office
December 1994 – December 2002
Preceded by| Constituency established
Succeeded by| Tony Peraica
Member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners
from Suburban Cook County
In office
August 1988 – December 1994
Preceded by| Joseph Woods
Succeeded by| Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born| 1929 or 1930[1]
Died| (2021-11-12)November 12, 2021
Political party| Republican

Allan C. Carr (c.1929-November 12, 2021) was an American politician who served as Cook County commissioner from 1988 to 2002, serving from suburban Cook County at-large from 1988–1994 and from the 16th district from 1994–2002. Before this, he served as Cicero city clerk, as well as its committeeman.

## Business career

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Carr became a wealthy restaurant operator.[2][3] He started the Steak-N-Egger chain.[4]

## Political career

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Carr began to engage in Cicero's politics in 1976.[2] In 1976, he backed Christy Berkos for town president (mayor). She won as an independent, defeating the candidate of John Kimbark's Republican organization.[3] Carr became a Cicero town trustee.[5]

Carr later served as Cicero town clerk.[2][6] He was also the head of the regular Republican organization of Cicero as its committeeman.[2][3][6] He had been the successor of John Kimbark in these positions, and was Kimbark's chosen successor, named two days before Kimbark's death, which surprised many as they had long been strong enemies.[2] Carr also served as Cicero's library director during this time.[3]

In 1988, Carr was appointed to the Cook County Board of Commissioners from suburban Cook County.[3] The six Republican commissioners from the suburbs appointed Carr to succeed retiring Commissioner Joseph Woods of Oak Park.[1] He was reelected in 1990. He was elected to the 16th district in 1994 when the board switched to single-member constituencies, and was reelected in 1998. In 2002 he was defeated for reelection in the Republican primary by Tony Peraica. Peraica had been supported by Betty Loren-Maltese and Edward Vrdolyak, each of whom held grudges against Carr. Peraica had previously run against Carr unsuccessfully in 1994 as a Democrat.[7]

In 1994, Betty Loren-Maltese made Carr, who up until then had been considered an ally of her's and to whom she arguably owed her original election as Cicero town president, step down from his position as committeeman so that she could take his place and consolidate her control over the Town of Cicero Republican Organization.[3][8]

In 2010, Carr and his family supported Democrat Jeff Tobolski's successful campaign to unseat Peraica in Carr's former seat on the Cook County Board of Commissioners.[4]

## Personal life

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Carr's son Terrence M. "Terry" Carr, Sr. served as the longtime mayor of Willow Springs, IllinoisAs of 2020[update], he was a trustee of Willow Springs and a member of the board of Pace.[4] In April 2020, Terry's own son, Terrance M. "Terry" Carr, Jr., was sworn-in as acting mayor of McCook, Illinois.[4]

## Electoral history

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### Cook County Board of Commissioners

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1990
1990 Cook County Board of Commissioners suburban Cook County Republican primary[9] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Republican | Carl R. Hansen (incumbent)  | 101,223  | 14.11
| Republican | Mary M. McDonald (incumbent)  | 99,894  | 13.93
| Republican | Allan C. Carr (incumbent)  | 95,978  | 13.38
| Republican | Richard A. Siebel (incumbent)  | 94,638  | 13.19
| Republican | Aldo A. DeAngelis | 85,395  | 11.90
| Republican | Harold L. Tyrell (incumbent)  | 85,003  | 11.85
| Republican | Herbert T. Schumann, Jr. (incumbent)  | 84,087  | 11.72
| Republican | William L. Russ  | 71,120  | 9.91
1990 Cook County Board of Commissioners suburban Cook County election[10][11] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Republican | Mary M. McDonald (incumbent)  | 326,865  | 8.78
| Republican | Aldo A. DeAngelis | 314,466  | 8.44
| Republican | Carl R. Hansen (incumbent)  | 313,917  | 8.43
| Democratic | Richard J. Phelan | 298,067  | 8.00
| Republican | Richard A. Siebel (incumbent)  | 294,886  | 7.92
| Republican | Herbert T. Schumann, Jr. (incumbent)  | 273,368  | 7.34
| Republican | Allan C. Carr (incumbent)  | 268,823  | 7.22
| Democratic | Patricia Kane McLaughlin  | 256,494  | 6.89
| Republican | Angelo "Skip" Saviano  | 252,373  | 6.78
| Democratic | Sheila H. Schultz  | 246,986  | 6.63
| Democratic | Pat Capuzzi  | 233,521  | 6.27
| Democratic | Thomas M. O'Donnell  | 225,171  | 6.05
| Democratic | Ervin F. Kozicki  | 210,196  | 5.64
| Democratic | Edward C. Reinfranck  | 209,290  | 5.62

1994
1994 Cook County Board of Commissioners 16th district Republican primary[12] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Republican | Allan C. Carr (redistricted incumbent)  | 15,839  | 100
Total votes  | 15,839  | 100
1994 Cook County Board of Commissioners 16th district election  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Republican | Allan C. Carr (redistricted incumbent)  |  |
| Democratic | Anthony J. Peraica |  |
Total votes  |  | 100

1998
1998 Cook County Board of Commissioners 16th district Republican primary[13] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Republican | Allan C. Carr (incumbent)  | 13,934  | 100
Total votes  | 13,934  | 100
1998 Cook County Board of Commissioners 16th district election[14] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Republican | Allan C. Carr (incumbent)  | 53,453  | 100
Total votes  | 53,453  | 100

2002
2002 Cook County Board of Commissioners 16th district Republican primary[15] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Republican | Tony Peraica | 11,813  | 57.46
| Republican | Allan C. Carr (incumbent)  | 8,746  | 42.54
Total votes  | 20,559  | 100

### Cicero Township committeeman

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1986 Cicero Township Republican committeeman[16] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Republican | Allan C. Carr  | 5,865  | 100
Total votes  | 5,865  | 100
1990 Cicero Township Republican committeeman[17] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Republican | Allan C. Carr (incumbent)  | 7,358  | 100
Total votes  | 7,358  | 100

## References

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1. ^ a b Mount, Charles (August 2, 1988). "Cicero's Carr in Line for County Board Post". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
2. ^ a b c d e Fegelman, Andrew (11 March 1986). "CICERO MAYOR`S OLD IMAGE RUNS DRY". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
3. ^ a b c d e f "Cicero 'Windows to the World' Betty Loren-Maltese". ipsn.org. Illinois Police and Sheriffs News. 1993. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
4. ^ a b c d Brown, Mark (1 April 2020). "McMeet the new boss: Will new McCook mayor kill the goose that lays the golden eggers?". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
5. ^ "Who We Are". commchestcicero.org. Community Chest of Cicero. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
6. ^ a b Ziemba, Stanley (23 February 1986). "SULLIED IMAGE MASKS COMEBACK BY CICERO". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
7. ^ Joravsky, Ben (3 August 2006). "Who Is Tony Peraica?". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
8. ^ "New Mob Hierarchy Takes Over Cicero (IPSN 97-3-26)". ipsn.org. Illinois Police & Sheriff's News. 26 March 1997. Archived from the original on 17 January 2015. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
9. ^ "OFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS PRIMARY ELECTION COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1990" (PDF). voterinfo.net. Cook County Clerk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2008.
10. ^ "OFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS GENERAL ELECTION COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1990" (PDF). voterinfo.net. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2008.
11. ^ "Our Campaigns - Cook County Board - Suburban Cook County Race - Nov 06, 1990". ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
12. ^ "OFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS PRIMARY ELECTION COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 1994 DEMOCRATIC PARTY" (PDF). Cook County Clerk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
13. ^ "OFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS PRIMARY ELECTION COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1998" (PDF). cookcountyclerkil.com. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
14. ^ "OFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS GENERAL ELECTION COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1998" (PDF). results.cookcountyclerkil.gov.
15. ^ "OFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS PRIMARY ELECTION TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2002 DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY" (PDF). Cook County, Illinois. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
16. ^ "OFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS PRIMARY ELECTION COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 1986" (PDF). cookcountyclerk.com. Cook County Clerk. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2021. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
17. ^ "OFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS PRIMARY ELECTION COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1990" (PDF). voterinfo.net. Cook County Clerk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2008.