2010 Cook County, Illinois, elections

2010 Cook County Clerk election
Turnout	49.79%
Clerk before election; David Orr; Democratic	Elected Clerk ; David Orr; Democratic

2010 Cook County Assessor election
Turnout	49.88%
Assessor before election; James Houlihan; Democratic	Elected Assessor ; Joseph Berrios; Democratic

The Cook County, Illinois, general election was held on November 2, 2010.^[1]

Primaries were held February 2, 2010.^[2]

Elections were held for

President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, all 17 seats of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, Cook County Board of Review district 1, three seats on the Water Reclamation District Board, and judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County

.

Election information

2010 was a midterm election year in the United States. The primaries and general elections for Cook County races coincided with those for federal (House and Senate) and those for state elections.

Voter turnout

Voter turnout in Cook County during the primaries was 26.41%, with 761,626 ballots cast. The city of Chicago saw 27.282% turnout and suburban Cook County saw 25.54% turnout.^[3]^[4]

The general election saw 52.68% turnout, with 1,424,959 ballots cast. The city of Chicago saw 52.88% turnout and suburban Cook County saw 52.48% turnout.^[5]^[6]

Assessor

In the 2010 Cook County Assessor election, incumbent Assessor James Houlihan, a Democrat, first appointed in 1997 who was thrice reelected, did not seek reelection to what would have been a fourth full term.^[7] Joseph Berrios was elected to succeed him.

Primaries

Democratic

Candidates

Joseph Berrios, member of the Cook County Board of Review
Raymond A. Figueroa, former judge of the
Chicago alderman^[8]

Robert Shaw, former member of the Cook County Board of Review and former Chicago alderman

Additionally, Andrea Raila had been a candidate before withdrawing from the race.^[9]

Endorsements

Raymond A. Figueroa

Newspapers

Organizations

Democratic Party of the 49th Ward^[14]

Politicians

Roberto Maldonado, Chicago alderman^[15]

Robert Shaw

Newspapers

Citizen Newspaper Group^[16]

Results

Cook County Assessor Democratic primary^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joseph Berrios	203,397	39.14
	Democratic	Robert Shaw	177,155	34.09
	Democratic	Raymond A. Figueroa	139,164	26.78
Total votes			519,716	100

Republican

Evanston Township assessor Sharon Strobeck-Eckersall won the Republican primary.^[17]

Cook County Assessor Republican primary^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sharon Strobeck-Eckersall	120,889	100
Total votes			120,889	100

Green

Cook County Assessor Green primary^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Robert C. Grota	2,098	100
Total votes			2,098	100

General election

Cook County Assessor election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joseph Berrios	648,053	48.03
	Independent	Forrest Claypool	427,842	31.71
	Republican	Sharon Strobeck-Eckersall	237,955	17.64
	Green	Robert C. Grota	35,378	2.62
Total votes			1,349,228	100

Clerk

In the 2010 Cook County Clerk election, incumbent fifth-term Clerk David Orr, a Democrat, was reelected.

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Clerk Democratic primary^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David D. Orr (incumbent)	502,817	100
Total votes			502,817	100

Republican

Cook County Clerk Republican primary^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Angel Garcia	122,570	100
Total votes			122,570	100

Green

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

General election

Cook County Clerk election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David D. Orr (incumbent)	1,047,462	77.77
	Republican	Angel Garcia	299,449	22.23
Total votes			1,346,911	100

Sheriff

2010 Cook County Sheriff election

←

2006

November 2, 2010

2014

→

Turnout

49.85%^[5]^[6]


Candidate	Tom Dart	Frederick Collins
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	1,041,696	257,682
Percentage	77.26%	19.11%

Sheriff before election

Tom Dart
Democratic

Elected Sheriff

Tom Dart
Democratic

In the 2010 Cook County Sheriff election, incumbent first-term Sheriff Tom Dart, a Democrat, was reelected.

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Sheriff Democratic primary^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thomas J. Dart (incumbent)	397,844	76.37
	Democratic	Sylvester E. Baker Jr.	123,096	23.63
Total votes			520,940	100

Republican

Cook County Sheriff Republican primary^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frederick Collins	124,228	100
Total votes			124,228	100

Green

Cook County Sheriff Green primary^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Marshall P. Lewis	2,104	100
Total votes			2,104	100

General election

Cook County Sheriff election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thomas J. Dart (incumbent)	1,041,696	77.26
	Republican	Frederick Collins	257,682	19.11
	Green	Marshall P. Lewis	48,930	3.63
Total votes			1,348,308	100

Treasurer

2010 Cook County Treasurer election

←

2006

November 2, 2010

2014

→

Turnout

49.91%^[5]^[6]


Candidate	Maria Pappas	Carol A. Morse
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	1,042,318	307,612
Percentage	77.21%	22.79%

Treasurer before election

Maria Pappas
Democratic

Elected Treasurer

Maria Pappas
Democratic

In the 2010 Cook County Treasurer election, incumbent third-term Treasurer Maria Pappas, a Democrat, was reelected.

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Treasurer Democratic primary^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maria Pappas (incumbent)	493,724	100
Total votes			493,724	100

Republican

Cook County Treasurer Republican primary^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carol A. Morse	123,408	100
Total votes			123,408	100

Green

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

General election

Cook County Treasurer election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maria Pappas (incumbent)	1,042,318	77.21
	Republican	Carol A. Morse	307,612	22.79
Total votes			1,349,930	100

President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners

2010

President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners

election

←

2006

November 2, 2010

2014

→

Turnout

49.92%^[5]^[6]


Candidate	Toni Preckwinkle	Roger A. Keats
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	939,056	357,070
Percentage	69.54%	26.44

President before election

Todd Stroger
Democratic

Elected President

Toni Preckwinkle
Democratic

In the 2010

President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners election, incumbent President Todd Stroger, a Democrat appointed in 2006 and elected outright to a full term later that year, lost reelection, being unseated in the Democratic primary by Toni Preckwinkle

, who went on to win the general election.

Her victory in this election would make Preckwinkle the first woman to be popularly elected to the office of president of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, and the second woman overall to hold the position after Bobbie L. Steele.^[18]

Primaries

Democratic

Candidates

Cook County Circuit Court
Terrence J. O'Brien, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago President^[19]
Toni Preckwinkle, Chicago alderman
Todd Stroger, incumbent President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners

Polls

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Dorothy A. Brown	Forrest Claypool	Terrence J. O'Brien	Toni Preckwinkle	Todd Stroger	Other	Undecided
WGN-TV/Chicago Tribune^[19]	January 16–20, 2010	503	± 4.4%	24%	–	16%	36%	11%	–	12%
WGN-TV/Chicago Tribune^[20]^[21]	December 2–8, 2009	502	± 4.4%	29%	–	11%	20%	14%	2%	11%
Cooper & Secrest Associates^[22]	November 11–17, 2009	605	± 4.0%	29%	—	15%	16%	13%	—	27%
Fako & Associates for Supporters of Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown^[23]	April 21–22, 2009	295	± 5.70%	21%	33%	—	10%	7%	—
Bennett, Petts, & Normington for SEIU^[24]^[25]^[26]	March 23—25 2009		± 4.3	–	28%	–	18%	23%	–	36%

Results

President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners Democratic primary^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Toni Preckwinkle	281,905	48.99
	Democratic	Terrence J. O'Brien	131,896	22.92
	Democratic	Dorothy A. Brown	83,150	14.45
	Democratic	Todd H. Stroger (incumbent)	78,532	13.65
Total votes			575,483	100

Republican

Candidates

John Garrido III, Chicago Police Department officer^[27]^[28]
Roger A. Keats, former Illinois State Senator and former Illinois State Representative

Results

President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners Republican primary^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Roger A. Keats	94,398	68.71
	Republican	John Garrido III	42,986	31.29
Total votes			575,483	100

Green

Candidates

Thomas Tresser, activist^[29]

Results

President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners Green primary^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Thomas Tresser	2,001	100
Total votes			2,001	100

General election

President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Toni Preckwinkle	939,056	69.54
	Republican	Roger A. Keats	357,070	26.44
	Green	Thomas Tresser	54,273	4.02
Total votes			1,350,399	100

Cook County Board of Commissioners

2010 Cook County Board of Commissioners election

← 2006

November 2, 2010

2014 →

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	12	5
Seats won	13	4
Seat change	1	1
Popular vote	875,019	356,573
Percentage	67.30%	27.42%
Swing	9.15%	4.53%

	Third party

Party	Green
Seats before	0
Seats won	0
Seat change
Popular vote	68,644
Percentage	5.28%
Swing	4.62%

The 2010 Cook County Board of Commissioners election saw all seventeen seats of the Cook County Board of Commissioners up for election to four-year terms.

Cook County Board of Review

2010 Cook County Board of Review election

←

2008

November 2, 2010

2012

→

1 of 3 seats on the Cook County Board of Review
2 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Party	Democratic	Republican
Seats before	3	0
Seats after	2	1
Seat change	1	1
Seats up	1	0
Races won	0	1

In the 2010 Cook County Board of Review election, one seat, Democratic-held, out of its three seats was up for election.

The Cook County Board of Review has its three seats rotate the length of terms. In a staggered fashion (in which no two seats have coinciding two-year terms), the seats rotate between two consecutive four-year terms and a two-year term.^[30]

1st district

Incumbent first-term member

2006, lost reelection to Republican Dan Patlak. This election was to a two-year term.^[30]

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Board of Review 1st district Democratic primary^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brendan F. Houlihan (incumbent)	109,750	100
Total votes			109,750	100

Republican

Cook County Board of Review 1st district Republican primary^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Patlak	48,218	52.51
	Republican	Sean M. Morrison	43,600	47.49
Total votes			91,818	100

Green

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

General election

Cook County Board of Review 1st district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Patlak	256,891	51.69
	Democratic	Brendan F. Houlihan (incumbent)	240,070	48.31
Total votes			496,961	100

Water Reclamation District Board

2010 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago election

←

2008

November 2, 2010

2012

→

3 of 9 seats on the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
5 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Democratic	Republican	Green
Seats before	9	0	0
Seats after	9	0	0
Seat change
Seats up	3	0	0
Races won	3	0	0

In the 2010 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago election, three of the nine seats on the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago board were up for election in an at-large race.^[2] Since three six-year seats were up for election, voters could vote for up to three candidates and the top-three finishers would win.

Two of the incumbents for the three seats were seeking reelection, Democrats Barbara McGowan and Mariyana Spyropoulos.^[31] Each won reelection, joined by fellow Democrat Michael A. Alvarez in winning election.

Primaries

Democratic

Water Reclamation District Board election Democratic primary^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mariyana T. Spyropoulos (incumbent)	180,730	14.78
	Democratic	Barbara McGowan (incumbent)	179,955	14.72
	Democratic	Michael A. Alvarez	158,172	12.94
	Democratic	Kari K. Steele	141,649	11.59
	Democratic	Todd Connor	130,383	10.66
	Democratic	Maureen Kelly	123,590	10.11
	Democratic	Kathleen Mary O'Reilley	110,810	9.06
	Democratic	Wallace Davis, III	98,694	8.07
	Democratic	Stella B. Black	98,588	8.06
Total votes			1,222,571	100

Republican

Water Reclamation District Board election Republican primary^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Chialdikas	101,817	61.44
	Republican	Jimmy Lee Tillman II	63,914	38.56
Total votes			165,731	100

Green

Water Reclamation District Board election Green primary^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Diana Horton	1,611	37.08
	Green	John "Jack" Ailey	1,393	32.06
	Green	Nadine Bopp	1,341	30.86
Total votes			4,345	100

General election

Water Reclamation District Board election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael A. Alvarez	679,058	23.10
	Democratic	Mariyana T. Spyropoulos (incumbent)	669,036	22.76
	Democratic	Barbara McGowan (incumbent)	659,353	22.43
	Republican	Paul Chialdikas	380,787	12.95
	Republican	Jimmy Lee Tillman II	227,549	7.74
	Green	Diana Horton	141,943	4.83
	Green	John "Jack" Ailey	93,301	3.17
	Green	Nadine Bopp	88,834	3.02
Total votes			2,939,861	100

Judicial elections

8 judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County were up for partisan elections due to vacancies.^[1] Other judgeships had retention elections.

13 subcircuit courts judgeships were also up for partisan elections due to vacancies.^[1] Other judgeships had retention elections.

Other elections

Coinciding with the primaries, elections were held to elect the Democratic, Republican, and Green committeemen for the suburban townships.^[32]

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Presidential	1820 1824 1828 1832 1836 1840 1844 1848 1852 1856 1860 1864 1868 1872 1876 1880 1884 1888 1892 1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 (Dem primary, Rep primary) 2012 2016 (Dem primary) 2020 (Dem primary) 2024 (Dem primary, Rep primary)
U.S. Senate	1885 1913 1914 1918 1920 1924 1926 1928 1930 1932 1936 1938 1940 1942 1944 1948 1950 1954 1956 1960 1962 1966 1968 1970 1972 1974 1978 1980 1984 1986 1990 1992 1996 1998 2002 2004 2008 2010 2014 2016 2020 2022
U.S. House	2000 (1st) 2006 2008 2010 (17th) 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
Special	2nd congressional, 1995 14th congressional, 2008 5th congressional, 2009 2nd congressional, 2013 18th congressional, 2015 Comptroller, 2016
Gubernatorial	1818 1822 1826 1830 1834 1838 1842 1846 1848 1852 1856 1860 1864 1868 1872 1876 1880 1884 1888 1892 1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026
Lieutenant gubernatorial	1818 1822 1826 1830 1834 1838 1842 1846 1848 1852 1856 1860 1864 1868 1872 1876 1880 1884 1888 1892 1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968
Other state executive offices	Attorney General 2018 2022 Secretary of State 2022 Comptroller 2016
State Senate	2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
State House	1964 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
State judicial	1936 1938 1940 1942 1948 1960 1962 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022
Ballot measures and referendums	State capitol referendum (1834) Cutback Amendment (1980) Crime Victim Rights Amendment (1992) Governor Recall Amendment (2010) Public Pension Amendment (2012) Marsy's Law (2014) Right to Vote Amendment (2014) Transportation Taxes and Fees Lockbox Amendment (2016) Fair Tax (2020) Right to Collective Bargaining Amendment (2022)
Chicago mayoral	1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 (Mar) 1844 (Apr) 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1865 1867 1869 1871 1873 1876 (Apr) 1876 (Jul) 1877 1879 1881 1883 1885 1887 1889 1891 1893 (Apr) 1893 (Dec) 1895 1897 1899 1901 1903 1905 1907 1911 1915 1919 1923 1927 1931 1935 1939 1943 1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1977 1979 1983 1987 1989 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 2027
Chicago City Council	1923 1925 1927 1929 1931 1933 1935 1939 1943 1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Other municipal	1924 Cicero
Cook County	1946 1980 (State's Attorney) 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022

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U.S. Senate	Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware (special) Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Massachusetts (special) Missouri Nevada New Hampshire New York New York (special) North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Democratic primary South Carolina South Dakota Utah Vermont Washington West Virginia (special) Wisconsin
U.S. House (election ratings)	Alabama Alaska American Samoa Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida 19th sp Georgia 9th sp Guam Hawaii 1st sp Idaho Illinois 17th Indiana 3rd sp Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York 29th sp North Carolina North Dakota Northern Mariana Islands Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania 12th sp Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas U.S. Virgin Islands Utah Vermont Virginia 5th Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
Governors	Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Lt. Gov Colorado Connecticut Florida Georgia Guam Hawaii Idaho Illinois Iowa Kansas Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Mexico New York Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Lt. Gov Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Lt. Gov U.S. Virgin Islands Utah (special) Vermont Wisconsin Wyoming
Attorneys general	California Connecticut Florida Maryland Michigan Minnesota New York Ohio Texas
State legislatures	Alabama House Senate California Assembly Senate Connecticut House Senate Delaware House Senate Georgia House Senate Illinois House Senate Iowa Senate Maryland House Senate Massachusetts Senate Michigan House Senate Minnesota House Senate Missouri House Senate Montana House New Mexico House New York Senate North Carolina House Senate Oregon legislative Pennsylvania House Senate Texas House Senate Washington (state) House Senate Wisconsin Assembly Senate Wyoming Senate
Mayors	Anaheim, CA Honolulu, HI (special) Irvine, CA Long Beach, CA Louisville, KY New Orleans, LA Newark, NJ Norfolk, VI Oakland, CA Orange County, FL Providence, RI San Jose, CA Santa Ana, CA Tallahassee, TN Washington, DC
States	Alabama Alaska American Samoa Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Guam Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas U.S. Virgin Islands Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

Election information

Voter turnout

Assessor

Primaries

Democratic

Republican

Green

General election

Clerk

Primaries

Democratic

Republican

Green

General election

Sheriff

Primaries

Democratic

Republican

Green

General election

Treasurer

Primaries

Democratic

Republican

Green

General election

President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners

Primaries

Democratic

Republican

Green

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners

Cook County Board of Review

1st district

Primaries

Democratic

Republican

Green

General election

Water Reclamation District Board

Primaries

Democratic

Republican

Green

General election

Judicial elections

Other elections

See also

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