2006 Cook County Board of Commissioners election
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Results: Democratic hold Republican hold Vote Share: 70–80% 80–90% >90% 50–60% |
The 2006 Cook County Board of Commissioners election was held on November 7, 2006.[1] It was preceded by a primary election held on March 21, 2006.[2] It coincided with other 2006 Cook County, Illinois, elections (including the election for president of the Cook County Board of Commissioners). It saw all seventeen seats of the Cook County Board of Commissioners up for election to four-year terms.
Fifteen members were reelected. One incumbent Democrat withdrew from their election after being renominated, while one incumbent Republican lost his primary. No seat changed parties.
Democrats ran nominees in the races for all seventeen seats. Republicans ran nominees in ten races, while the Green Party ran a nominee in a single race. Five Democratic faced no opponents in the general election, four of whom also had faced no opponents in their Democratic Party primary.
1st district
[edit]Incumbent second-term Commissioner Earlean Collins, a Democrat, was reelected.
Primaries
[edit]Democratic
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Earlean Collins (incumbent) | 39,232 | 100 | |
Total votes | 39,232 | 100 |
Republican
[edit]No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[2][3] The Republican Party ultimately nominated Henrietta S. Butler.[4]
General election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Earlean Collins (incumbent) | 69,621 | 91.68 | |
Republican | Henrietta S. Butler | 6,320 | 8.32 | |
Total votes | 75,941 | 100 |
2nd district
[edit]Incumbent commissioner Robert Steele, a Democrat, was reelected. He had been appointed to succeed his mother Bobbie L. Steele, after they were appointed President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners.
Primaries
[edit]Democratic
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Robert B. Steele (incumbent) | 15,777 | 56.71 | |
Democratic | Desiree Grode | 7,852 | 28.23 | |
Democratic | Frank M. Bass | 3,461 | 12.44 | |
Democratic | Erold Elysee | 729 | 2.62 | |
Total votes | 27,819 | 100 |
Republican
[edit]No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[2][3] The Republican Party ultimately nominated Scott W. Kummer.[6]
General election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Robert B. Steele (incumbent) | 59,668 | 88.18 | |
Green | Scott W. Kummer | 7,996 | 11.82 | |
Total votes | 67,664 | 100 |
3rd district
[edit]Incumbent Commissioner Jerry Butler, a Democrat who first assumed the office in 1985, was reelected.
Primaries
[edit]Democratic
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Jerry "Iceman" Butler (incumbent) | 46,216 | 100 | |
Total votes | 46,216 | 100 |
Republican
[edit]No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[2][3] The Republican Party ultimately nominated Maurice Perkins.[6]
General election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Jerry "Iceman" Butler (incumbent) | 73,932 | 89.86 | |
Republican | Marie J. "Jenny" Wohadlo | 8,340 | 10.14 | |
Total votes | 82,272 | 100 |
4th district
[edit]Then-incumbent Commissioner John Stroger originally sought reelection, winning the Democratic primary, but backed-out due to health issues (and also resigned his seat), and was replaced as Democratic nominee by William Beavers, who went to win the general election.
Primaries
[edit]Democratic
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John Stroger, Jr. (incumbent) | 55,244 | 100 | |
Total votes | 55,244 | 100 |
Republican
[edit]No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[2][3] Ultimately, the Republican Party nominated Ann Rochelle Hunter.[6]
General election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | William Beavers | 78,252 | 91.54 | |
Republican | Ann Rochelle Hunter | 7,234 | 8.46 | |
Total votes | 85,486 | 100 |
5th district
[edit]Incumbent third-term Commissioner Deborah Sims, a Democrat, was reelected.
Primaries
[edit]Democratic
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Deborah Sims (incumbent) | 32,103 | ||
Democratic | Dian M. Powell | 12,156 | ||
Total votes | 44,259 | 100 |
Republican
[edit]No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[2][3]
General election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Deborah Sims (incumbent) | 74,988 | 100 | |
Total votes | 74,988 | 100 |
6th district
[edit]Incumbent first-term Commissioner Joan Patricia Murphy, a Democrat, was reelected.
Primaries
[edit]Democratic
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Joan Patricia Murphy (incumbent) | 16,338 | 56.52 | |
Democratic | Nicholas K. Chambers | 7,013 | 24.26 | |
Democratic | Robert L. Ryan, Jr. | 5,558 | 19.23 | |
Total votes | 28,909 | 100 |
Republican
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Michael Hawkins | 7,190 | 100 | |
Total votes | 7,190 | 100 |
General election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Joan Patricia Murphy (incumbent) | 56,814 | 73.93 | |
Republican | Michael Hawkins | 20,038 | 26.07 | |
Total votes | 76,852 | 100 |
7th district
[edit]Incumbent third-term Commissioner Joseph Mario Moreno, a Democrat, was reelected.
Primaries
[edit]Democratic
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Joseph Mario Moreno (incumbent) | 13,320 | 69.87 | |
Democratic | Albert Martinez | 2,894 | 15.17 | |
Democratic | Leonard "Len" Dominguez | 2,867 | 15.03 | |
Total votes | 19,081 | 100 |
Republican
[edit]No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[2][3]
General election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Joseph Mario Moreno (incumbent) | 29,779 | 100 | |
Total votes | 29,779 | 100 |
8th district
[edit]Incumbent third-term Commissioner Roberto Maldonado, a Democrat, was reelected.
Primaries
[edit]Democratic
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Roberto Maldonado (incumbent) | 18,409 | 100 | |
Total votes | 18,409 | 100 |
Republican
[edit]No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[2][3]
General election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Roberto Maldonado (incumbent) | 38,795 | 100 | |
Total votes | 38,795 | 100 |
9th district
[edit]Incumbent third-term Commissioner Peter N. Silvestri, a Republican, was reelected.
Primaries
[edit]Democratic
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Jodi L. Biancalana | 16,485 | 58.41 | |
Democratic | Bruce Best | 11,738 | 41.59 | |
Total votes | 28,223 | 100 |
Republican
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Peter N. Silvestri (incumbent) | 11,474 | 85.48 | |
Republican | Daniel S. Kollman | 1,949 | 14.52 | |
Total votes | 13,423 | 100 |
General election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Peter N. Silvestri (incumbent) | 47,881 | 56.61 | |
Democratic | Jodi L. Biancalana | 36,701 | 43.39 | |
Total votes | 84,582 | 100 |
10th district
[edit]Incumbent second-term Commissioner Mike Quigley, a Democrat, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election.
Primaries
[edit]Democratic
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Mike Quigley (incumbent) | 26,207 | 100 | |
Total votes | 26,207 | 100 |
Republican
[edit]No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[3]
General election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Mike Quigley (incumbent) | 62,905 | 100 | |
Total votes | 62,905 | 100 |
11th district
[edit]Incumbent Commissioner John P. Daley, a Democrat in office since 1992, was reelected.
Primaries
[edit]Democratic
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John P. Daley (incumbent) | 45,864 | 100 | |
Total votes | 45,864 | 100 |
Republican
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Carl Segvich | 4,046 | 100 | |
Total votes | 4,046 | 100 |
General election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John P. Daley (incumbent) | 65,846 | 79.49 | |
Republican | Carl Segvich | 16,986 | 20.51 | |
Total votes | 82,832 | 100 |
12th district
[edit]Incumbent first-term Commissioner Forrest Claypool, a Democrat, was reelected.
Primaries
[edit]Democratic
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Forrest Claypool (incumbent) | 26,567 | 100 | |
Total votes | 26,567 | 100 |
Republican
[edit]No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[3]
General election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Forrest Claypool (incumbent) | 57,709 | 100 | |
Total votes | 57,709 | 100 |
13th district
[edit]Incumbent first-term Commissioner Larry Suffredin, a Democrat, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election.
Primaries
[edit]Democratic
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Larry Suffredin (incumbent) | 28,280 | ||
Total votes | 28,280 | 100 |
Republican
[edit]No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[2][3]
General election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Larry Suffredin (incumbent) | 71,801 | 100 | |
Total votes | 71,801 | 100 |
14th district
[edit]Incumbent second-term Commissioner Gregg Goslin, a Republican, was reelected.
Primaries
[edit]Democratic
[edit]No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Democratic primary.[2] The Democratic Party ultimately nominated Michelene "Mickie" Polk.[7]
Republican
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Gregg Goslin (incumbent) | 17,523 | 100 | |
Total votes | 17,523 | 100 |
General election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Gregg Goslin (incumbent) | 49,400 | 53.80 | |
Democratic | Michelene "Mickie" Polk | 42,426 | 46.20 | |
Total votes | 91,826 | 100 |
15th district
[edit]Incumbent eighth-term[8] Commissioner Carl Hansen, a Republican, sought reelection, but was defeated in the Republican primary by Tim Schneider, who went on to win the general election.
Primaries
[edit]Democratic
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Jim Steven Dasakis | 10,345 | 100 | |
Total votes | 10,345 | 100 |
Republican
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Timothy O. Schneider | 7,293 | 51.08 | |
Republican | Carl R. Hansen (incumbent) | 6,984 | 48.92 | |
Total votes | 14,277 | 100 |
General election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Timothy O. Schneider | 35,696 | 52.67 | |
Democratic | Jim Steven Dasakis | 32,075 | 47.33 | |
Total votes | 67,771 | 100 |
16th district
[edit]Incumbent first-term Commissioner Tony Peraica, a Republican, was reelected.
Primaries
[edit]Democratic
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | William Edward Gomolinski | 17,570 | 100 | |
Total votes | 17,570 | 100 |
Republican
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Tony Peraica (incumbent) | 12,035 | 100 | |
Total votes | 12,035 | 100 |
General election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Tony Peraica (incumbent) | 35,605 | 51.04 | |
Democratic | William Edward Gomolinski | 34,154 | 48.96 | |
Total votes | 69,759 | 100 |
17th district
[edit]Incumbent first-term Commissioner Elizabeth Ann Doody Gorman, a Republican, was reelected.
Primaries
[edit]Democratic
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Thomas "Tommy" Kraus | 18,900 | 100 | |
Total votes | 18,900 | 100 |
Republican
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Elizabeth "Liz" Doody Gorman (incumbent) | 12,035 | 100 | |
Total votes | 12,035 | 100 |
General election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Elizabeth "Liz" Doody Gorman (incumbent) | 49,425 | 55.60 | |
Democratic | Thomas "Tommy" Kraus | 39,473 | 44.40 | |
Total votes | 88,898 | 100 |
Summarizing statistics
[edit]Party | Seats held before | Seats contested |
---|---|---|
Democratic | 12 | 17 |
Republican | 5 | 10 |
Green | 0 | 1 |
Party | Popular vote | Seats won |
---|---|---|
Democratic | 924,939 (76.45%) | 13 |
Republican | 276,925 (22.89%) | 4 |
Green | 7,996 (0.66%) | 0 |
Total | 1,209,860 | — |
Party | Total incumbents | Incumbents that sought reelection/retired | Incumbents that won/lost re-nomination in primaries | Incumbents that won/lost general election | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | 12 | 12 sought reelection 0 retired |
12 won re-nomination 0 lost re-nomination |
11 won 0 lost |
1 candidate won renomination but withdrew from general election |
Republican | 5 | 5 sought reelection 0 retired |
4 won re-nomination 1 lost renomination |
4 won 0 lost |
|
Green | No Green incumbents |
Party | Returning members | Newly elected members |
---|---|---|
Democratic | 11 | 1 |
Republican | 4 | 1 |
References
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae "2006 Primary Election March 21, 2006 Summary Report Suburban Cook County" (PDF). Cook County Clerk's Office. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
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- ^ "Voter Registration and Turnout 1990 - 2019 | Cook County Clerk's Office". www.cookcountyclerk.com. Cook County Clerk. Archived from the original on 19 March 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
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- ^ "Suburban Cook County Election Results". results.cookcountyclerk.com. Cook County Clerk. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ^ Pohl, Kimberly (3 February 2010). "Longtime Cook Co. Board member Carl Hansen dies -- Daily Herald". prev.dailyherald.com. Daily Herald. Retrieved 17 March 2020.