The 2014 Cook County Board of Commissioners election was held on November 4, 2014.[ 1] primary election held on March 18, 2014.[ 2] 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.
1st district
Incumbent fourth-term Commissioner Earlean Collins , a Democrat, did not seek reelection. Democrat Richard Boykin was elected to succeed him.
Primaries
Democratic
Republican
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[ 2]
General election
2nd district
Incumbent second-term commissioner Robert Steele , 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.[ 2]
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.[ 2]
General election
4th district
Incumbent Commissioner Stanley Moore , a Democrat who was appointed to the office in 2013, was reelected to a full term.
Primaries
Democratic
Republican
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[ 2]
General election
5th district
Incumbent fifth-term Commissioner Deborah Sims, a Democrat, was reelected.
Primaries
Democratic
Republican
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[ 2]
General election
6th district
Incumbent third-term Commissioner Joan Patricia Murphy , a Democrat, was reelected.
Primaries
Democratic
Republican
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[ 2]
General election
7th district
Incumbent first-term Commissioner Jesús "Chuy" García , a Democrat, was reelected.
Primaries
Democratic
Republican
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[ 2]
General election
8th district
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.
Primaries
Democratic
Republican
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[ 2]
General election
9th district
Incumbent fifth-term Commissioner Peter N. Silvestri , a Republican, was reelected.
Primaries
Democratic
Republican
General election
10th district
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.
Primaries
Democratic
Republican
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[ 2]
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 John Fritchey , 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.[ 2]
General election
13th district
Incumbent third-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.[ 2]
General election
14th district
Incumbent fourth-term Commissioner Gregg Goslin , a Republican, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Republican primary and general election.
Primaries
Democratic
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Democratic primary.[ 2]
Republican
General election
15th district
Incumbent second-term Commissioner Tim Schneider , a Republican, was reelected.
Primaries
Democratic
Republican
General election
16th district
Incumbent first-term Commissioner Jeff Tobolski , 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.[ 2]
General election
17th district
Incumbent third-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
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
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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
11 won re-nomination
11 won
Republican
4
4 sought reelection
4 won re-nomination
4 won
Composition of elected board (returning/newly elected members)
Party
Returning members
Newly elected members
Democratic
11
2
Republican
4
0
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