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McAuley election results
There were several graduates of Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School on Chicago's Southwest Side on today's judicial ballot.McAuley graduate Elizabeth Anne Walsh appears headed to victory in the...
View ArticleHyman, Johnson apparent winners in Appellate Court races
Judge Sharon O. Johnson has maintained a narrow margin over appointed Justice John Griffin in the race for the Simon vacancy on the Appellate Court. Her margin in City returns is substantial. With...
View ArticleTiesha L. Smith leads in the race for the countywide Bellows vacancy
There are three candidates in this race. Appointed Judge Kerrie Maloney Laytin was the Cook County Democratic Party's slated candidate.The three candidates split the votes fairly equally in the...
View ArticleLevander "Van" Smith, Jr. leads in the race for the Larsen vacancy
The Illinois Supreme Court appointed Levander "Van" Smith, Jr. to the countywide Larsen vacancy. The Cook County Democratic Party slated him for that vacancy.But Smith gave up the vacancy -- though not...
View ArticleHenry will hold the Murphy Gorman vacancy
The Illinois Supreme Court appointed Judge Sheree Desiree Henry to the Murphy Gorman vacancy and the Cook County Democratic Party slated her.Tonight she was elected, turning back three challengers,...
View ArticleJill Rose Quinn wins, county Democratic Party slate bats .667
Jill Rose Quinn, the first transgender candidate ever slated by the Cook County Democratic Party, won the race for the K. Sheehan vacancy handily.It was, on balance, a pretty good night for the party...
View ArticlePamela Reaves-Harris wins 7th Subcircuit seat
Marcia O'Brien Conway won the suburban precincts, but Pamela Reaves-Harris' margin in the City of Chicago was more than enough to carry her to victory in the crowded 7th Subcircuit race.
View ArticleCliffhanger in 3rd Subcircuit
Regina Ann Mescall had 11,119 votes, but Lauren Brougham Glennon had 11,319 at last count -- a true cliffhanger for the Flynn vacancy in the 3rd Subcircuit with nearly all precincts reported.This one...
View ArticleAppointed Judges Fallon and Patton win at either end of the county
Judge Patricia M. Fallon won an outright majority of votes cast in her north suburban 12th Subcircuit race, turning back two challengers.Meanwhile, at the other end of County Cook, in the 15th...
View ArticleCushing wins in the 9th Subcircuit
Judge Thomas M. Cushing finished third in City voting in the race for the Axelrood vacancy in the 9th Subcircuit, coming in behind both Pamela "Pam" Stratigakis and former State Sen. Ira I....
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Starting to look at yesterday's results: There's a disconnect in the numbers
According to the unofficial summary reports issued just after midnight this morning, suburban turnout was allegedly 437,841 out of a registered total of 1,570,127. That's about 27.89%. The City claims...
View ArticleWhat will the mail-in ballots bring?
A few commenters have suggested that we need to wait for mail-in ballots to be counted before declaring victors in several Cook County judicial races.There are, because of the crazy times we are in,...
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Guest post: Sean Tenner analyzes the primary results
Today I turn the microphone over to 46th Ward Committeeman Sean Tenner for his take on the primary election that, believe it or not, took place only one week ago.This was truly an election unlike any...
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Supreme Court results illustrated
The color palette may change slightly when the outstanding mail-in votes are fully counted, but this gives a pretty fair picture of where the Supreme Court candidates found support in last week's...
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Three employees of the Chief Judge's Office have tested positive for COVID-19
The most recent employee to test positive for the virus, who last came to work on March 16, works for the Adult Probation Department on the lower level of the Leighton Criminal Court Building,...
View ArticleFive suggestions to improve judicial evaluations and judicial primaries
A very strange, and hopefully unique, primary season is almost past -- there are still vote totals to finalize, and at least one judicial race left to decide -- but, while memory is yet green, we need...
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Guest Post: Dr. Klumpp evaluates the March primary
by Albert J. KlumppFor most of the period leading up to the March 17 primary, much of the buzz surrounding our judicial contests was about the large group of female candidates with Irish names, and the...
View ArticleUpdated election returns in 2nd, 3rd Subcircuit races
Looking at City returns updated March 30 and County returns updated last evening, here is where the 2nd and 3rd Subcircuit races now stand.In the 2nd Subcircuit, Judge Sondra Nicole Denmark has 10,309...
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Coronavirus in the court system: An update
The Sun-Times reported yesterday that 11 employees of the Clerk of the Circuit Court have tested positive for COVID-19. Two of three most recently diagnosed employees are now hospitalized, according to...
View ArticleMescall over Glennon by 281 votes in 3rd Subcircuit
All the votes have been counted now; the results have been certified.The final tally in the crowded race for the Flynn vacancy in the 3rd Subcircuit shows Regina Ann Mescall with 3,079 votes in the...
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