2018 Cook County Board of Commissioners election

The 2018 Cook County Board of Commissioners election was held on November 6, 2018,[1] and was preceded by primary elections held on March 20, 2018.[2] It saw all seventeen seats of the Cook County Board of Commissioners up for election to four-year terms and coincided with other 2018 Cook County, Illinois, elections (including the election for president of the Cook County Board of Commissioners).

2018 Cook County Board of Commissioners election
November 6, 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 15 2
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 2
Popular vote 1,292,420 287,854
Percentage 81.79% 18.22%
Swing Increase 4.67% Decrease 4.62%

Anticipating a potential wave election year for Democrats, President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners and Cook County Democratic Party Chairwoman Toni Preckwinkle made a focused effort to increase the Democrats' majority on the Cook County Board of Commissioners, focusing these efforts on three of the Board's four Republican-held seats. Preckwinkle-backed Democratic nominees ultimately succeeded in ousting Republican incumbents in the 14th and 15th districts, but fell roughly a mere 2,000 votes shy of unseating the 17th district's Republican incumbent.[3] Preckwinkle did not target the Republican-held 9th district seat, as the incumbent Republican, Peter N. Silvestri, was both popular and a political centrist and had a reputation for being a peacemaker on the Board at times when conflict arose between its members.[4] Democrats ran candidates for all seventeen seats, compared to the fifteen seats that the party had contested in the preceding 2014 election. Meanwhile, Republicans ran candidates for eight seats, and increase from the five seats they had contested in the 2014 election.

Seven new members were elected,[5] and ten incumbents were reelected. Three incumbents did not seek reelection. Four incumbents lost reelection, with two being defeated in primaries and the other two losing their general elections.

Two races saw seats change party, in both instances seeing an incumbent Republican losing to a Democratic challenger, creating a net gain of two seats for Democrats and a net loss of two seats for Republicans. Nine races saw a Democrat unchallenged in the general election.

1st district
See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 1st district

Incumbent first-term Commissioner Richard Boykin, a Democrat, lost reelection, being unseated in the Democratic primary by Brandon Johnson by a margin of 0.88%. Johnson went on to win the general election unopposed.

Democratic
Cook County Board of Commissioners 1st district Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Brandon Johnson 24,863 50.44
Democratic Richard Boykin (incumbent) 24,426 49.56
Total votes 49,289 100

Republican

Only write-in candidates ran in the Republican primary. No certified write-in received enough votes to win the nomination.

Cook County Board of Commissioners 1st district Republican primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Write-in Others 74 100
Total votes 74 100

General election
Cook County Board of Commissioners 1st district election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Brandon Johnson 88,590 100
Total votes 88,590 100

2nd district
See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 2nd district

Incumbent Commissioner Dennis Deer, who was appointed in 2017 to fill the vacancy left by the death in office of Robert Steele, won election to his first full term.

Democratic
Cook County Board of Commissioners 2nd district Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dennis Deer (incumbent) 11,522 32.59
Democratic Eddie Johnson III 7,482 21.16
Democratic Darryl D. Smith 6,824 19.30
Democratic Lupe Aguirre 5,353 15.14
Democratic Paul J. Montes II 3,976 11.25
Write-in Others 196 0.55
Total votes 35,353 100

Republican

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

General election
Cook County Board of Commissioners 2nd district election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dennis Deer (incumbent) 78,380 100
Total votes 78,380 100

3rd district
See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 3rd district

Incumbent Commissioner Jerry Butler, a Democrat who first assumed the office in 1985, did not seek reelection. Democrat Bill Lowry was elected to succeed him.

Democratic
Cook County Board of Commissioners 3rd district Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bill Lowry 17,814 33.29
Democratic Patricia Horton 11,518 21.52
Democratic Charise A. Williams 9,373 17.51
Democratic Joshua Gray 5,145 9.61
Democratic Horace "Washington" Howard 4,774 8.92
Democratic Steven R. Wolfe 4,124 7.71
Democratic Erick M. Nickerson 769 1.44
Total votes 53,517 100

Republican

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[2] Republicans ultimately nominated George Blakemore.

General election
Cook County Board of Commissioners 3rd district election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bill Lowry 101,576 89.57
Republican George Blakemore 11,834 10.43
Total votes 113,410 100

4th district
See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 4th district

Incumbent Commissioner Stanley Moore, a Democrat who was appointed to the office in 2013 and was elected outright to a full term in 2014, won reelection to a second full term.

Democratic
Cook County Board of Commissioners 4th district Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Stanley S. Moore (incumbent) 24,117 48.11
Democratic Maria M. Barlow 17,951 35.81
Democratic Marcel Bright 4,730 9.44
Democratic Gaylon Alcaraz 3,326 6.64
Total votes 50,124 100

Republican

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

General election
Cook County Board of Commissioners 4th district election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Stanley S. Moore (incumbent) 88,736 100
Total votes 88,736 100

5th district
See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 5th district

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

Democratic
Cook County Board of Commissioners 5th district Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Deborah Sims (incumbent) 33,790 76.69
Democratic Timothy "Tim" Parker 6,732 15.28
Democratic Audrey Lynn Tanksley 3,427 7.78
Write-in Others 113 0.26
Total votes 44,062 100

Republican

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

General election
Cook County Board of Commissioners 5th district election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Deborah Sims (incumbent) 81,711 100
Total votes 81,711 100

6th district
See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 6th district

Incumbent Commissioner Edward Moody, a Democrat who was appointed to the seat in 2016 following the death in office of Joan Patricia Murphy,[6] did not seek reelection. Democrat Donna Miller was elected to succeed him.

Democratic

Donna Miller defeated Patricia Joan Murphy, the daughter of deceased former 6th district commissioner Joan Patricia Murphy and Crestwood mayor Louis Presta.[7]

Cook County Board of Commissioners 6th district Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Donna Miller 17,907 43.38
Democratic Patricia Joan Murphy 16,762 40.61
Democratic Louis Presta 6,611 16.02
Total votes 41,280 100

Republican

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

General election
Cook County Board of Commissioners 6th district election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Donna Miller 82,556 100
Total votes 82,556 100

7th district
See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 7th district

Incumbent second-term Commissioner Jesús "Chuy" García, a Democrat, did not seek reelection, instead opting to run for election to Illinois's 4th congressional district. Democrat Alma Anaya was elected to succeed him.

Democratic
Cook County Board of Commissioners 7th district Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Alma E. Anaya 14,159 56.85
Democratic Angeles Sandoval 10,664 42.81
Write-in Others 85 0.34
Total votes 24,908 100

Republican

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

General election
Cook County Board of Commissioners 7th district election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Alma E. Anaya 41,759 100
Total votes 41,759 100

8th district
See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 8th district

Incumbent first-term Commissioner Luis Arroyo Jr., a Democrat, was reelected.

Democratic
Cook County Board of Commissioners 8th district Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Luis Arroyo Jr. (incumbent) 30,512 99.11
Write-in Others 273 0.89
Total votes 30,785 100

Republican
Cook County Board of Commissioners 8th district Republican primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Walter Zarnecki 1,253 67.80
Republican Renne "Tex" Chavez 595 32.20
Total votes 1,848 100

General election
Cook County Board of Commissioners 8th district election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Luis Arroyo Jr. (incumbent) 73,296 89.29
Republican Walter Zarnecki 8,792 10.71
Total votes 82,088 100

9th district
See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 9th district

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

Democratic
Cook County Board of Commissioners 9th district Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Frank L. McPartlin 28,673 100
Total votes 28,673 100

Republican
Cook County Board of Commissioners 9th district Republican primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Peter N. Silvestri (incumbent) 13,988 100
Total votes 13,988 100

General election
Cook County Board of Commissioners 9th district election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Peter N. Silvestri (incumbent) 55,612 52.24
Democratic Frank L. McPartlin 50,839 47.76
Total votes 106,451 100

10th district
See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 10th district

Incumbent Commissioner Bridget Gainer, a Democrat first appointed in 2009 and elected outright to two full-terms, was reelected.

Democratic
Cook County Board of Commissioners 10th district Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bridget Gainer (incumbent) 37,529 74.22
Democratic Mary Ann Kosiak 13,034 25.78
Total votes 50,563 100

Republican

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

General election
Cook County Board of Commissioners 10th district election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bridget Gainer (incumbent) 113,803 100
Total votes 113,803 100

11th district
See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 11th district

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

Democratic
Cook County Board of Commissioners 11th district Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John P. Daley (incumbent) 44,236 100
Total votes 44,236 100

Republican
Cook County Board of Commissioners 11th district Republican primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Steven S. Graves 3,381 51.70
Republican Carl Segvich 3,159 48.30
Total votes 6,540 100

General election
Cook County Board of Commissioners 11th district election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John P. Daley (incumbent) 71,997 73.56
Republican Steven S. Graves 25,872 26.44
Total votes 97,869 100

12th district
See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 12th district

Incumbent second-term Commissioner John Fritchey, a Democrat, lost reelection, being unseated in the Democratic primary by Bridget Degnen, who went on to win the general election unopposed.

Democratic
Cook County Board of Commissioners 12th district Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bridget Degnen 23,703 55.36
Democratic John Fritchey (incumbent) 19,113 44.64
Total votes 42,816 100

Republican

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

General election
Cook County Board of Commissioners 12th district election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bridget Degnen 93,561 100
Total votes 93,561 100

13th district
See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 13th district

Incumbent fourth-term Commissioner Larry Suffredin, a Democrat, was reelected.

Democratic
Cook County Board of Commissioners 13th district Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Larry Suffredin (incumbent) 30,009 57.00
Democratic Bushra Amiwala 13,988 26.57
Democratic Daniel Foster 8,653 16.43
Total votes 52,650 100

Republican
Cook County Board of Commissioners 13th district Republican primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Chris J. Hanusiak 6,708 100
Total votes 6,708 100

General election
Cook County Board of Commissioners 13th district election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Larry Suffredin (incumbent) 95,500 77.54
Republican Chris J. Hanusiak 27,662 22.46
Total votes 123,162 100

14th district
See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 14th district

Incumbent fifth-term Commissioner Gregg Goslin, a Republican, lost reelection to Democrat Scott R. Britton.

Democratic
Cook County Board of Commissioners 14th district Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Scott R. Britton 26,728 100
Total votes 26,728 100

Republican
Cook County Board of Commissioners 14th district Republican primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gregg Goslin (incumbent) 15,330 100
Total votes 15,330 100

General election
Cook County Board of Commissioners 14th district election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Scott R. Britton 62,792 54.19
Republican Gregg Goslin (incumbent) 53,079 45.81
Total votes 115,871 100

15th district
See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 15th district

Incumbent third-term Commissioner Tim Schneider, a Republican, lost reelection to Democrat Kevin B. Morrison.

Democratic
Cook County Board of Commissioners 15th district Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kevin B. Morrison 11,756 50.02
Democratic Ravi Raju 11,746 49.98
Total votes 23,502 100

Republican
Cook County Board of Commissioners 15th district Republican primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Timothy Owen Schneider (incumbent) 13,157 100
Total votes 13,157 100

General election
Cook County Board of Commissioners 15th district election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kevin B. Morrison 52,807 54.93
Republican Timothy Owen Schneider (incumbent) 43,331 45.07
Total votes 96,138 100

16th district
See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 16th district

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

Democratic
Cook County Board of Commissioners 16th district Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jeff Tobolski (incumbent) 22,117 100
Total votes 22,117 100

Republican

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

General election
Cook County Board of Commissioners 16th district election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jeff Tobolski (incumbent) 54,322 100
Total votes 54,322 100

17th district
See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 17th district

Incumbent Commissioner Sean M. Morrison, a Republican appointed in 2015 following the resignation of Elizabeth Ann Doody Gorman,[8] was reelected, defeating his Democratic opponent, Abdelnasser Rashid, by a narrow 1.14% margin in the general election.

Democratic
Cook County Board of Commissioners 17th district Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Abdelnasser Rashid 29,154 100
Total votes 29,154 100

Republican
Cook County Board of Commissioners 17th district Republican primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Sean M. Morrison (incumbent) 16,189 100
Total votes 16,189 100

General election
Cook County Board of Commissioners 17th district election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Sean M. Morrison (incumbent) 61,572 50.57
Democratic Abdelnasser Rashid 60,195 49.43
Total votes 121,767 100

Summarizing statistics
Contest summary
PartySeats held beforeSeats contested
Democratic1317
Republican48
Vote summary
PartyPopular voteSeats won
Democratic1,292,420 (81.79%)15
Republican287,854 (18.22%)2
Total1,580,274—
Fate of incumbents
PartyTotal incumbentsIncumbents that sought reelection/retiredIncumbents that won/lost re-nomination in primariesIncumbents that won/lost general election
Democratic1310 sought reelection
3 retired		8 won re-nomination
2 lost renomination		8 won
0 lost
Republican44 sought reelection
0 retired		4 won re-nomination
0 lost renomination		2 won
2 lost
Composition of elected board (returning/newly elected members)
PartyReturning membersNewly elected members
Democratic87
Republican20

References
  1. "Cook County and The City of Chicago General Election November 6, 2018 Combined Summary" (PDF). Cook County Clerk's Office. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2021.
  2. "Cook County and The City of Chicago Primary Election March 20, 2018 Combined Summary" (PDF). Cook County Clerk's Office. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  3. Schorsch, Kristen; Mihalopoulos, Dan (7 November 2018). "'Blue Wave' Swamps Two Cook County Board Republicans". WBEZ Chicago. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  4. Schorsch, Kristen (19 September 2022). "Republicans look to keep what few seats they have on the Cook County Board". WBEZ Chicago. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  5. Donavan, Lisa; Pratt, Gregory (November 7, 2018). "In Cook County Board races, Republican strongholds lose grip to blue wave — and a lot of green". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  6. Koeske, Zak (October 8, 2016). "Moody unanimous choice for vacant Cook County Board seat". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
  7. Swanson, Lorraine (20 March 2018). "Miller Wins 6th District Democratic Primary For Cook County Board". Alsip-Crestwood, IL Patch. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  8. Zumbach, Lauren (July 22, 2015). "Morrison appointed to replace Gorman as Cook County commissioner". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
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