2012 Cook County, Illinois, elections Turnout 70.59%
The Cook County, Illinois , general election was held on November 6, 2012.[ 1]
Primaries were held March 20, 2012.[ 2]
Elections were held for Clerk of the Circuit Court , Recorder of Deeds , State's Attorney , all three seats on the Board of Review , three seats on the Water Reclamation District Board , and judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County .
2012 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 24.03%, with 644,701 ballots cast. Among these, 440,873 Democratic , 200,750 Republican , 112 Green , and 2,966 nonpartisan primary ballots were cast.[ 3] [ 4] Chicago saw 24.46% turnout, its lowest turnout for a presidential primary on record (with the records dating back to 1942).[ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 3] [ 4]
The general election saw 70.59% turnout, with 2,030,563 ballots cast. Chicago saw 73.01% turnout and suburban Cook County saw 70.70% turnout.[ 7] [ 8]
Clerk of the Circuit Court [ edit ] In the 2012 Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County election , incumbent third-term Clerk Dorothy A. Brown , a Democrat, was reelected.
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[ 2]
In the 2012 Cook County Recorder of Deeds election , incumbent Recorder of Deeds Eugene Moore , a Democrat, did not seek reelection. Moore had served as Recorder of Deeds since 1999.[ 9] Karen Yarbrough was elected to succeed him.
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[ 2]
In the 2012 Cook County State's Attorney election , incumbent first-term State's Attorney Anita Alvarez , a Democrat, was reelected.
Only Democrats had held this office ever since Richard A. Devine unseated Republican Jack O'Malley in 1996 .[ 10]
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[ 2]
Cook County Board of Review [ edit ] 2012 Cook County Board of Review election
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In the 2012 Cook County Board of Review election , all three seats, two Democratic-held and one Republican-held, were up for election. All incumbents won 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.[ 11]
As these were the first elections held following the 2010 United States Census , the seats faced redistricting before this election.
Incumbent first-term member Dan Patlak, a Republican first elected in 2010, was reelected. This election was to a four-year term.[ 11]
Incumbent member Michael Cabonargi , a Democrat appointed in 2011 after Joseph Berrios resigned to assume office as Cook County Assessor,[ 12]
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[ 2]
Incumbent second-term member Larry Rogers, Jr. , a Democrat, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election. Rogers had last been reelected in 2008. This election was to a two-year term.
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[ 2]
Water Reclamation District Board [ edit ] 2012 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago election
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In the 2012 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago election , three of the nine seats on the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago board were up for election in an at-large election.
Incumbent Democrats Debra Shore and Patricia Horton sought reelection.[ 13] [ 14]
Shore won reelection. Joining Shore in winning the general election were Democrats Kari K. Steele[ 15] Patrick Daley Thompson .
12 judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County were up for partisan elections due to vacancies.[ 1] retention elections .[ 16]
23 subcircuit court judgeships were also up for partisan elections due to vacancies.[ 1] [ 17]
Coinciding with the primaries, elections were held to elect both the Democratic and Republican committeemen for the wards of Chicago .[ 18]
^ a b c d e f g h i j "Cook County and the City of Chicago Combined Summary Report General Election November 6, 2012" (PDF) . Retrieved 16 March 2020 .^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Combined Summary Cook County Primary Election March 20, 2012" (PDF) . Cook County Clerk's Office. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020 .^ a b c "Cook County Primary Election March 20, 2012 Summary Report" (PDF) . Cook County Clerk. Retrieved 18 March 2020 .^ a b c "TABULATED STATEMENT OF THE RESULTS AND PROCLAMATION OF THE RESULTS OF THE CANVASS OF THE ELECTION RETURNS FOR THE MARCH 20, 2012 GENERAL PRIMARY ELECTION HELD IN EACH OF THE PRECINCTS IN ALL OF THE WARDS IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO" (PDF) . chicagoelections.com . Chicago Board of Election Commissioners. Retrieved 18 March 2020 .^ "Despite coronavirus anxiety and problems at the polls, Cook County and Chicago avoid record-low turnout in primary election" . chicagotribune.com . Chicago Tribune. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020 .^ Pearson, Rick (6 April 2020). "Despite coronavirus fears, Chicago's primary turnout was nowhere near a record low" . chicagotribune.com . Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 8 April 2020 . ^ a b c d "Cook County General Election November 6, 2012 Summary Report" (PDF) . Cook County Clerk. Retrieved 18 March 2020 .^ a b c d "TABULATED STATEMENT OF THE RESULTS AND PROCLAMATION OF THE RESULTS OF THE CANVASS OF THE ELECTION RETURNS FOR THE NOVEMBER 6, 2012 GENERAL ELECTION HELD IN EACH OF THE PRECINCTS IN ALL OF THE WARDS IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO" (PDF) . chicagoelections.com . Chicago Board of Election Commissioners. Retrieved 18 March 2020 .^ "Eugene Moore, former Cook Co. recorder of deeds, dead at 73" . ABC7 Chicago . WLS-TV. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2020 .^ Hinton, Rachel (19 March 2020). "Republicans: O'Brien has 'really decent chance' to oust Foxx in November" . Chicago Sun-Times . Retrieved 16 June 2020 . ^ a b "35 ILCS 200/5-5" . ilga.gov . Government of Illinois. Retrieved 18 March 2020 .^ Mihalopoulos, Dan (3 September 2011). "With Online Filing System, Property Tax Appeals Get Easier" . The New York Times . Retrieved 16 March 2020 . ^ "Democratic candidate for MWRD commissioner: Debra Shore" . Chicago Sun-Times . 26 February 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2020 .^ Dardick, Hal (19 March 2012). "Daley nephew has big-name backing in sewer board bid" . chicagotribune.com . Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 16 March 2020 . ^ Blumberg, ck; Palmore, Rebecca (9 October 2018). "Kari K. Steele: Candidate for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, 6-Year Term" . WTTW News . Retrieved 16 March 2020 . ^ "Downloadable Vote Totals" . Illinois Secretary of State. Archived from the original on 4 August 2017.^ "Illinois judicial elections, 2012" . Ballotpedia . Retrieved 5 April 2020 .^ "POST-ELECTION REPORT Presidential Primary Election Suburban Cook County March 20, 2012" (PDF) . Cook County Clerk. Retrieved 20 November 2020 .
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