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Mary Kathleen McHugh leading in race for Karnezis vacancy
Mary Kathleen McHugh has a significant lead at this moment in the race for the countywide Karnezis vacancy, leading Judge Devlin Schoop by almost 40,000 votes in the City of Chicago. With nearly 62% of...
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Duffy ahead of Torres-Linares in the race for the Ruscitti Grussel vacancy
These suburban figures are matched by results from the City of Chicago. With just over 66% of precincts reporting, Duffy has 134,897 votes, Torres-Linares 114,413.
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Judge Eve Marie Reilly holding onto lead in 10th Subcircuit
Judge Eve Marie Reilly seems to be holding a significant lead over nearest challenger Colleen Reardon Daly in the race for the 10th Subcircuit Howard vacancy.Reilly, who was initially bypassed for...
View ArticleLoftus leading in 6th Subcircuit race
Judge Anna Loftus, who was passed over by local Democratic committeemen in favor of Carlos Claudio, has a nearly 3,000 vote lead over Claudio with just over 62% of the votes counted.Loftus has 15,524...
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Fernandez has commanding lead in race for the Elrod vacancy
With nearly 70% of City precincts reporting, Judge Rossana P. Fernandez has a commanding lead in the race for the countywide Elrod vacancy, besting Scott Edward Lipinski by a better than 2-1 margin,...
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Conlon, Gillespie leading, Bates trailing in their respective countywide races
Judge Alison C. Conlon has a sizable lead over Michael I. O'Malley in both the City and suburbs at this point in the vote-counting. In her bid to hold the Hogan vacancy, Conlon has a total of 295,730...
View ArticleDorothy Brown looks like she will be renominated for Clerk of the Circuit Court
Incumbent Clerk of the Circuit Court Dorothy Brown seems to be holding her lead in her bid to be nominated for another term. Brown has received 365,404 votes, with 79% of the City vote, and nearly 81%...
View ArticleSusana L. Ortiz holds lead over Pat Heneghan in race for the Palmer vacancy
Ortiz has 324,339 votes, with nearly 87% of the votes counted in the suburbs and almost 82% of the City vote counted, while Heneghan has polled 255,177 votes to this point.Heneghan was pre-slated by...
View ArticleA cliffhanger shaping up in the 7th Subcircuit?
Jennifer Ballard was slated by the local Democratic committeemen for the Rivkin-Carothers vacancy in the 7th Subcircuit. Ballard is a partner at Hinshaw & Culbertson, but she is young -- graduating...
View ArticleJudge Jerry Esrig holding strong lead in 9th Subcircuit; Judge Marc Martin...
With a greater than 11,000 vote suburban margin, Judge Jerry Esrig seems to have won his race against Thomas Peter Kougias in the race for the Berman vacancy in the 9th Subcircuit. Esrig also has a...
View ArticlePowers' lead persists in race for countywide Walsh vacancy
With almost 93% of the City votes counted, Patrick Joseph Powers holds a slim lead over Judge Fredrick H. Bates, 220,226 to 213,778. But the margin is greater in the suburbs, where Powers' lead is...
View ArticleMahoney, Quinn, and Hanlon win contested Democratic primaries in the 12th...
James Edward Hanlon, Jr. has defeated former Judge Allan W. Masters for the Democratic nomination for the "A" vacancy in the far north suburban 12th Subcircuit. In the November general election Hanlon...
View ArticleD. Renee Jackson apparent winner in 2nd Subcircuit race
D. Renee Jackson did not submit her credentials for scrutiny by either the Chicago Bar Association or the Alliance of Bar Associations for Judicial Screening.She was automatically rated not recommended...
View ArticleBoth appointed judges defeated in 1st Subcircuit
Jesse Outlaw has apparently ousted Judge Maryam Ahmad in the race for the Brim vacancy in the 1st Subcircuit. With 42 of 45 suburban precincts reporting, and 222 of 226 Chicago precincts counted,...
View ArticleJudge Murray promoted, Judge Shoffner defeated in 5th Subcircuit
Associate Judge Leonard Murray won the Democratic nomination for the Eadie-Daniels vacancy in the 5th Subcircuit. With only four of 213 precincts yet to report, Judge Murray holds a nearly 4,700 vote...
View ArticleLess than 1,000 votes separate Schneider and Martin in tight 11th Subcircuit...
Judge Marc Martin is trailing Catherine Ann Schneider by 917 votes in the race for the 11th Subcircuit Kelly vacancy with just a few precincts still outstanding (one in the suburbs and two in the...
View ArticleJudge Eileen O'Neill Burke to get headstart on her Appellate Court career
In an order entered today, the Illinois Supreme Court appointed Circuit Court Judge Eileen O'Neill Burke to the Epstein vacancy on the Illinois Appellate Court. The appointment is effective March 31...
View ArticleAssociate judge short list should be out tomorrow
Multiple sources have confirmed to FWIW that the Cook County associate judge finalists have been notified. As per Supreme Court Rule 39(b)(3), there will be two finalists for every vacancy.Supreme...
View ArticleThere are 26 finalists for 13 Cook County Associate Judge vacancies
Herewith the "short list."Maryam AhmadJulie Bess AimenSophia Jane AtchersonJeffrey S. BlumenthalGeorge Louis Canellis Jr.Vincenzo ChimeraJoel Louis ChupackJean Margaret CocozzaThomas Maloney...
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Introducing the 26 Associate Judge finalists - Part I
Four Circuit Court judges, sitting pursuant to Supreme Court appointment, are among the 26 Cook County associate judge finalists announced yesterday. These are Maryam Ahmad, Jean Margaret Cocozza, Marc...
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