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The Cook County, Illinois general election will be held on November 8, 2022. Primaries will be held at an earlier date.
Elections will be held for Assessor, Clerk, Sheriff, Treasurer, President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, all 17 seats of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, all three seats of the Cook County Board of Review, three seats on the Water Reclamation District Board, and for judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County.
2022 is a midterm election year in the United States. The primaries and general elections for Cook County races will coincide with those for federal (House and Senate) and those for state elections.
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First-term incumbent assessor Fritz Kaegi, a Democrat, is seeking reelection.[1] He is being challenged in the Democratic primary by Metropolitan Water Reclamation District President Kari Steele.[2]
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Fritz Kaegi |
Kari Steele |
Undecided |
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| Impact Research (D) | August 16–19, 2021 | 500 (LV) | ± 4.4% | 22% | 21% | 56% |
Nico Tsatsoulis is running uncontested in the Libertarian primary for assessor.
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First-term incumbent clerk is Karen Yarbrough, a Democrat, is seeking reelection.[3]
Yarbrough is running uncontested in the Democratic primary.
Joseph Schreiner, an occasional candidate for office and 2020 Illinois House of Representatives Libertarian candidate in District 19, is running uncontested in the Libertarian primary.
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The incumbent sheriff is Tom Dart, a Democrat currently serving his fourth term.
Only Democrats have held this office ever since Michael F. Sheahan unseated Republican James E. O'Grady in 1990.
Dart is being challenged by Noland Rivera, Carmen Navarro Gercone, LaTonya Ruffin, and Kirk Ortiz in the Democratic primary.
Cook County Sheriff's Department Deputy Brad Sandefur is running uncontested in the Libertarian primary, after perennial write-in candidate Richard Mayers was disqualified and removed from the ballot.
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The incumbent treasurer is Maria Pappas, a Democrat currently serving her sixth term.
Pappas is running uncontested in the Democratic primary.
Michael Murphy is running uncontested in the Libertarian primary.
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Incumbent third-term president Toni Preckwinkle, a Democrat, has confirmed that she will run for reelection.[4] Community activist Zerlina Smith-Members and Richard Boykin are challenging Preckwinkle in the Democratic primary.[5]
Thea Tsatsos, a 2002 candidate for U.S. House of Representatives in District 1, is running uncontested in the Libertarian primary.
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All 17 seats on the Cook County Board of Commissioners 9 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||
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The 2022 Cook County Board of Commissioners election will see all seventeen seats of the Cook County Board of Commissioners up for election to four-year terms.
As this will be the first elections held following the 2020 United States Census, the seats will face redistricting before this election. A new map is scheduled to be established by August 2021.[6]
The incumbent 1st district commissioner is Brandon Johnson, a Democrat currently serving his first term.
The incumbent 2nd district commissioner is Dennis Deer, a Democrat who was first appointed in 2017, and who was elected outright to a full term in 2018.
The incumbent 3rd district commissioner is Bill Lowry, a Democrat currently serving his first term
The incumbent 4th District commissioner is Stanley Moore, a Democrat who was first appointed in 2013, and who was subsequently elected outright to two full terms.
The incumbent 5th district commissioner is Deborah Sims, a Democrat currently serving her seventh term.
The incumbent 6th district commissioner is Donna Miller, a Democrat currently serving her first term.
The incumbent 7th district commissioner is Alma Anaya, a Democrat currently serving her first term.
The incumbent 8th district commissioner is Luis Arroyo Jr., a Democrat currently serving his second term.
The incumbent 9th district commissioner is Peter N. Silvestri, a Republican currently serving his seventh term.
The incumbent 10th district commissioner is Bridget Gainer, a Democrat who was first appointed in 2009 and has since been elected to three full-terms.
Incumbent 11th district commissioner is John P. Daley, a Democrat in office since 1992.
The incumbent 12th district commissioner is Bridget Degnen, a Democrat currently serving her first term.
The incumbent 13th district commissioner is Larry Suffredin, a Democrat currently serving his fifth term.
The incumbent 14th district commissioner is Scott R. Britton, a Democrat currently serving his first term.
The incumbent 15th district commissioner is Kevin B. Morrison, a Democrat currently serving his first term.
The incumbent 16th district commissioner is Frank Aguilar, a Democrat who was appointed in 2020.[7]
The incumbent 17th district commissioner is Sean M. Morrison, a Republican who was first appointed in 2015, and was elected to a full term in 2018.
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3 of 3 seats on the Cook County Board of Review 2 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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In the 2022 Cook County Board of Review election, all three seats, at least two of which are Democratic-held, will be up for reelection.
The Cook County Board of Review has its three seats rotate the length of terms. In a staggered fashion (in which no two seats have coinciding two-year terms), the seats rotate between two consecutive four-year terms and a two-year term.[8] This will be the first year since 2012 that all three seats are coincidingly up for election.
The seats will face redistricting before this election.[8]
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See also: Cook County Board of Review 1st district |
First-term commissioner Tammy Wendt, a Democrat, was elected in 2020. This election will be for a four-year term.[8]
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See also: Cook County Board of Review 2nd district |
Incumbent second-term commissioner Michael Cabonargi, a Democrat, was last reelected in 2018. This election will be for a four-year term.[8]
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See also: Cook County Board of Review 3rd district |
Incumbent fifth-term commissioner Larry Rogers, Jr., a Democrat, was last reelected in 2018. This election will be for a two-year term.[8]
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3 of 9 seats on the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago 5 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In the 2022 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago election, three six-year term seats will be up for an at-large election. Since three seats will up for election, voters will be able to vote for up to three candidates, and the top-three finishers will win. Additionally, single-member elections may be held to fill unexpired terms if vacancies arrive, but none have yet to be scheduled.
Elections will be held to fill vacancies on the Circuit Court of Cook County, as will retention elections be held for some occupied seats.
Ballot questions may be included on the ballots for both the primaries and the general election.
Coinciding with the primaries, elections will be held to elect both the Democratic and Republican committeepeople for the suburban townships.
