2022 Illinois judicial elections
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The 2022 Illinois judicial elections consisted of both partisan and retention elections.
The general election was held on November 8, 2022.[1] These elections will be part of the 2022 Illinois elections.
Supreme Court of Illinois[edit]
Justices of the Supreme Court of Illinois are elected by district. Two seats held partisan elections.[1] Originally, two additional seats were scheduled as retention elections, however Justice Rita Garman retired on July 7, 2022 and the retention election for her seat was canceled.[2]
The court has seven seats total separated into five districts. The first district, representing Cook County, contains three seats, making it a multi-member district, while the other four districts are single-member districts.[3] Justices hold ten year terms.[3]
On June 4, 2021, Governor J. B. Pritzker signed legislation that redrew the Supreme Court's districts.[4] Before this, the districts had not been redrawn in over five decades.[5] The court had previously been using boundaries created in 1964.[6]
2nd district[edit]
In 2020, Justice Robert R. Thomas of the 2nd district was up for retention. However, Thomas retired on February 29, 2020. On March 1, 2020, Michael J. Burke, a Republican, was appointed to his seat and held it until a special election in 2022.[7][8] The redrawn 2nd district comprises the 16th, 19th, 22nd, and 23rd Judicial Circuits, with the 15th, 17th, and 18th Judicial Circuits removed. Since Justice Burke's residence is in the 18th Judicial Circuit which is now located in the 3rd district, he ran in the election to that seat, leaving the 2nd district with an open race.[9]
Democratic primary[edit]
Candidates[edit]
- Rene Cruz, Judge of the Kane County Circuit Court (16th Judicial Circuit)[10]
- Elizabeth Rochford, Judge of the Lake County Circuit Court (19th Judicial Circuit)[11]
- Nancy Rotering, mayor of Highland Park, candidate for Illinois Attorney General in 2018, candidate for Illinois's 10th congressional district in 2016[9]
Results[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Elizabeth Rochford | 42,955 | 44.42% | |
| Democratic | Nancy Rotering | 27,763 | 28.71% | |
| Democratic | Rene Cruz | 25,977 | 26.86% | |
| Total votes | 96,695 | 100.0% | ||
Republican primary[edit]
Candidates[edit]
- Daniel B. Shanes, Judge of the Lake County Circuit Court (19th Judicial Circuit)[11]
- Mark C. Curran, former Lake County sheriff (2006–2018), Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in 2020[13]
- Susan F. Hutchinson, Justice of the Illinois Appellate Court (2nd District)[14]
- John A. Noverini, Judge of the Kane County Circuit Court (16th Judicial Circuit)[15]
Results[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Mark Curran | 31,628 | 29.53% | |
| Republican | Daniel Shanes | 30,204 | 28.20% | |
| Republican | John Noverini | 23,234 | 21.69% | |
| Republican | Susan Hutchinson | 22,049 | 20.58% | |
| Total votes | 107,115 | 100.0% | ||
General election[edit]
Results[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Elizabeth Rochford | 318,281 | 55.23% | ||
| Republican | Mark Curran | 258,014 | 44.77% | ||
| Total votes | 576,295 | 100.0% | |||
| Democratic win (new seat) | |||||
3rd district[edit]
In 2020, 3rd district judge Thomas L. Kilbride, a Democrat, lost his retention election. 56.5% of the vote was to retain Justice Kilbride, but under Illinois law, a Justice must receive at least 60% of the vote in order to be retained.[17] Robert L. Carter, a Democrat, was appointed by the court to hold the seat until a 2022 special election to fill it.[18] Upon his appointment, Carter declared that he did not intend to seek reelection in 2022.[19] The redrawn 3rd district kept the 12th and 13th Judicial District in it boundaries from the previous map. The redrawn district also added the 18th and 21st Judicial Districts and removed the 9th, 10th, and 14th Judicial Districts from its boundaries, which were moved to the redrawn 4th district.
Democratic primary[edit]
Candidates[edit]
- Mary K. O'Brien, Justice of the Illinois Appellate Court (3rd District), former state representative (1997–2003)[20]
Results[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Mary K. O'Brien | 110,882 | 100.0% | |
| Total votes | 110,882 | 100.0% | ||
Republican primary[edit]
Candidates[edit]
- Michael J. Burke, incumbent Associate Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court (2nd District)[9]
Results[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Michael J. Burke (incumbent) | 122,598 | 100.0% | |
| Total votes | 122,598 | 100.0% | ||
General election[edit]
Results[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Mary K. O'Brien | 349,164 | 51.13% | |
| Republican | Michael J. Burke (incumbent) | 333,669 | 48.87% | |
| Total votes | 682,833 | 100.0% | ||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||
Retention elections[edit]
| District | Incumbent | Vote[21] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Name | In office since | Previous years elected/retained | Yes (Retain) |
No (Remove) | ||
| 1st | Democratic | Mary Jane Theis | October 26, 2010 | 2012 (elected) | 918,128 (78.30%) | 254,423 (21.70%) | |
Illinois Appellate Court[edit]
Illinois Appellate Court justices hold ten-year terms.[3] Retention and partisan elections were held for several of these positions.
1st district[edit]
Two open seats were up for election after the retirement of Justices Shelvin Hall and Sheldon Harris.[22][23]
Hall vacancy[edit]
Democratic primary[edit]
Candidates[edit]
- Russell Hartigan, former Judge of the Cook County Circuit Court (2010–2017)[24]
- Dominique Ross, Judge of the Cook County Circuit Court (5th Subcircuit)[24]
- Debra Walker, Judge of the Cook County Circuit Court[22]
Results[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Debra B. Walker | 204,270 | 44.82% | |
| Democratic | Dominique C. Ross | 156,240 | 34.28% | |
| Democratic | Russell Hartigan | 95,243 | 20.90% | |
| Total votes | 455,753 | 100.0% | ||
General election[edit]
Results[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Debra B. Walker | 1,082,856 | 100.0% | |
| Total votes | 1,082,856 | 100.0% | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
Lower courts[edit]
Lower courts also saw judicial elections.
References[edit]
- ^ a b "State judicial elections, 2022". Ballotpedia. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
- ^ Barnes, Tom (July 7, 2022). "Illinois Supreme Court Justice Rita Garman Retires Officially". Vermilion County First.
- ^ a b c "Illinois Constitution - Article VI". www.ilga.gov. Illinois General Assembly. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
- ^ Adams, Jerrick (June 11, 2021). "Redistricting review: Illinois enacts state leg., supreme court maps – Ballotpedia News". Retrieved August 20, 2021.
- ^ Mansur, Sarah (May 26, 2021). "Proposed Supreme Court remap evokes previous failed GOP attempt". Capitolnewsillinois.com. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
- ^ Pearson, Rick (May 25, 2021). "Democrats want to redraw Illinois Supreme Court districts for first time in almost 60 years in effort to maintain majority". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
- ^ "Illinois Supreme Court elections, 2020". Ballotpedia. Retrieved March 21, 2020.
- ^ Eggert, Timmothy (February 28, 2020). "Illinois Supreme Court's history picking of its own replacements". Chicago Law Bulletin. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
- ^ a b c Hinton, Rachel (August 6, 2021). "Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering launches bid for Illinois Supreme Court seat". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
- ^ Crosby, Denise (June 17, 2022). "Column: Rene Cruz of Aurora eyes spot on Illinois Supreme Court". Chicago Tribune.
- ^ a b Sadin, Steve (July 30, 2021). "Highland Park mayor, Lake County judges among those seeking open Illinois Supreme Court seat". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "2022 GENERAL PRIMARY - JUDICIAL". Illinois State Board of Elections.
- ^ Hoerner, Emily (July 29, 2022). "Final vote count confirms former Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran is GOP nominee for Illinois Supreme Court seat". Chicago Tribune.
- ^ Struett, David (June 8, 2022). "Partisan balance of state's top court in play in races shaped by three R's — retirement, retention, redistricting". Chicago Sun-Times.
- ^ Akin, Travis (January 11, 2022). "John A. Noverini: A Judge for all People - Honored to Serve". Patch. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
- ^ a b c "2022 General Election Results - Judicial".
- ^ Mansur, Sarah (November 4, 2020). "Failed retention is first ever in Illinois Supreme Court's history; Overstreet wins Karmeier seat". The Southern. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
- ^ Mansur, Sarah (November 10, 2020). "Illinois Supreme Court names Democrat to replace Tom Kilbride". Pekin Daily Times. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
- ^ Mansur, Sarah (November 10, 2020). "Illinois Supreme Court appoints justice to replace Kilbride; Justice Robert Carter says he won't seek election in 2022". The Quad-City Times. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
- ^ "Justice Mary K. O'Brien Kicks off Campaign for Illinois Supreme Court". Morris Herald-News. November 9, 2021.
- ^ "November 8, 2022 - General Election Results" (PDF). Cook County Clerk.
- ^ a b Dukmasova, Maya (December 14, 2021). "Democrats endorsed for Cook County judge are diverse, experienced — and loyal". Injustice Watch.
- ^ Newman, Jonah (March 16, 2022). "Illinois Appellate Court Judge Sheldon Harris announces retirement, creating vacancy for June primary". Injustice Watch.
- ^ a b Dukmasova, Maya; Hilles, Chloe (October 15, 2021). "Judicial hopefuls seek Cook County Democratic Party's endorsement for 2022 primary". Injustice Watch.