2000 Cook County, Illinois, elections Turnout 71.50%
The Cook County, Illinois , general election[ 1] [ 2]
Primaries were held March 21, 2000.[ 3]
Elections were held for Clerk of the Circuit Court , Recorder of Deeds , State's Attorney , four seats on the Water Reclamation District Board , and judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County .
2000 was a presidential election year in the United States. The primaries and general elections for Cook County races coincided with those for federal races (President and House ) and those for state elections .
Voter turnout in Cook County during the primaries was 28.26%.[ 4] Chicago saw 32.82% turnout and suburban Cook County saw 23.13% turnout.[ 5] [ 6]
Vote totals of primaries[ 3]
Primary
Chicago vote totals
Suburban Cook County vote totals
Total Cook County vote totals
Democratic 424,642
148,370
573,012
Republican 27,701
124,830
152,531
Nonpartisan
2,086
8,841
10,927
Total
454,429
282,041
736,470
The general election saw 71.50% turnout, with 1,988,821 ballots cast.[ 4] [ 2] [ 5]
Clerk of the Circuit Court [ edit ] In the 2000 Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County election , incumbent third-term clerk Aurelia Pucinski , a Republican who had been elected as a Democrat (switching parties in 1998), did not seek reelection.[ 7] Dorothy A. Brown was elected to succeed her.
Brown's election made her the first African-American to serve as clerk of the circuit court of Cook County.[ 8]
Candidates The following candidates ran for the Democratic Party nomination for Clerk of the Circuit Court:
Results Candidate The following candidate ran for the Democratic Party nomination for Clerk of the Circuit Court:
Nancy Mynard, information technology company executive[ 7] Results
In the 2000 Cook County Recorder of Deeds election , incumbent Recorder of Deeds Eugene Moore , a Democrat, was elected to his first full term. Moore had first been appointed in 1999 (after Jesse White resigned to become Illinois Secretary of State ).
Candidate The following candidate ran for the Democratic Party nomination for Clerk of the Circuit Court:
Results Candidate The following candidate ran for the Democratic Party nomination for Clerk of the Circuit Court:
Results In the 2000 Cook County State's Attorney election , incumbent first-term State's Attorney Richard A. Devine , a Democrat, was reelected.
Candidate The following candidate ran for the Democratic Party nomination for Clerk of the Circuit Court:
Candidate The following candidate ran for the Democratic Party nomination for Clerk of the Circuit Court:
David P. Gaughan, former Assistant Cook County State's Attorney (1989–1999)[ 13] Water Reclamation District Board [ edit ] 2000 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago election
In the 2000 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago election , four of the nine seats on the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago board were up for election. Three were up in a regularly-scheduled at-large election, while a fourth seat was up in for a separate special election.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
Pasrtisan elections were held for judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County due to vacancies. Retention elections were also held for the Circuit Court.[ 1] [ 2]
Partisan elections were also held for subcircuit courts judgeships due to vacancies.[ 1] [ 2]
One ballot question was included on ballots county-wide during the March primary.
A ballot question involving tobacco settlement funds was included on the March primary ballot.
Tobacco Settlement[ 3]
Candidate
Votes
%
Yes
421,260
86.70
No
64,608
13.30
Total votes
485,868
100
Coinciding with the primaries, elections were held to elect both the Democratic and Republican committeemen for the wards of Chicago.[ 3]
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