2004 Cook County, Illinois, elections

2004 Cook County Recorder of Deeds election
Turnout	64.94%
Recorder of Deeds before election; Eugene Moore; Democratic	Elected Recorder of Deeds ; Eugene Moore; Democratic

2004 Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County election
Turnout	65.98%
Clerk before election; Dorothy A. Brown; Democratic	Elected Clerk ; Dorothy A. Brown; Democratic

The Cook County, Illinois general election was held on November 2, 2004.^[1]^[2]

Primaries were held March 16, 2004.^[3]^[4]

Elections were held for Clerk of the Circuit Court, Cook County Recorder of Deeds, State's Attorney, Board of Review Commissioner district 3, three seats on the Water Reclamation District Board, and judgeships in the Circuit Court of Cook County and its subcircuits.

Election information

2004 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, House, and Senate) and those for state elections.

Voter turnout

Voter turnout in Cook County during the primaries was 35.02%, with 921,086 ballots cast. Among these, 764,160 Democratic, 145,447 Republican, 74 Libertarian, 76 Green, and 11,326 nonpartisan primary ballots were cast. The city of Chicago saw 38.58% turnout and suburban Cook County saw 31.34% turnout.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

The general election saw 74.75% turnout, with 2,088,727 ballots cast. Chicago saw 75.13% turnout and suburban Cook County saw 74.36% turnout.^[1]^[2]

Clerk of the Circuit Court

In the 2004 Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County election, incumbent first-term Clerk Dorothy A. Brown, a Democrat, was reelected.

Primaries

Democratic

Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County Democratic primary^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dorothy A. Brown (incumbent)	479,438	74.52
	Democratic	Jerry Orbach	163,896	25.48
Total votes			643,334	100

Republican

Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County Republican primary^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Judith A. Kleiderman	116,238	100.00
Total votes			116,238	100

General election

Endorsements

Dorothy Brown (D)

Newspapers

Chicago Tribune^[7]

Results

Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County election^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dorothy A. Brown (incumbent)	1,365,285	74.06
	Republican	Judith A. Kleiderman	478,222	25.94
Total votes			1,843,507	100

Recorder of Deeds

In the 2004 Cook County Recorder of Deeds election election, incumbent Recorder of Deeds Eugene Moore, a Democrat, was reelected. Moore had first been appointed in 1999 (after Jesse White resigned to become Illinois Secretary of State), and had been elected to a full-term in 2000.

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Recorder of Deeds Democratic primary^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Eugene "Gene" Moore (incumbent)	325,906	100.00
Total votes			325,906	100

Republican

Cook County Recorder of Deeds Republican primary^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John H. Cox	117,731	100.00
Total votes			117,731	100

General election

Republican nominee Cox had declared that his intent in seeking the office was to push for its elimination, as he argued that the office was an unnecessary duplication of services and had become a "model of waste and corruption".^[7]^[8]^[9]

Endorsements

John H. Cox (R)

Newspapers

Chicago Tribune^[7]

Results

Cook County Recorder of Deeds election^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Eugene "Gene" Moore (incumbent)	1,283,762	70.74
	Republican	John H. Cox	530,945	29.26
Total votes			1,814,707	100

State's Attorney

2004 Cook County State's Attorney election

← 2000

November 2, 2004

2008 →

Turnout

66.83%^[1]^[2]


Candidate	Richard A. Devine	Phillip Spiwak
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	1,483,280	384,082
Percentage	79.43%	20.57%

State's Attorney before election

Richard A. Devine
Democratic

Elected State's Attorney

Richard A. Devine
Democratic

In the 2004 Cook County State's Attorney election, incumbent second-term State's Attorney Richard A. Devine, a Democrat, was reelected.

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County State’s Attorney Democratic primary^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard A. Devine (incumbent)	505,791	79.06
	Democratic	Tommy H. Brewer	133,978	20.94
Total votes			639,769	100

Republican

Cook County State’s Attorney Republican primary^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Philip Spiwak	116,365	100.00
Total votes			116,365	100

General election

Endorsements

Richard Devine (D)

Newspapers

Chicago Tribune^[7]

Results

Cook County State’s Attorney election^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard A. Devine (incumbent)	1,483,280	79.43
	Republican	Philip Spiwak	384,082	20.57
Total votes			1,867,362	100

Cook County Board of Review

2004 Cook County Board of Review election

← 2002

November 2, 2004

2006 →

2 of 3 seats on the Cook County Board of Review
2 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Party	Democratic	Republican
Seats before	2	1
Seats after	2	1
Seat change
Seats up	1	0
Races won	1	0

In the 2004 Cook County Board of Review election, one seat, Democratic-held, was up for election. The incumbent 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.^[10]

3rd district

Incumbent second-term member Robert Shaw, a Democrat last reelected in 2002, lost reelection, being unseated by in the Democratic primary by Larry R. Rogers Jr., who went on to win the general election unopposed. Rogers' margin-of-victory over Shaw in the Democratic primary was narrow, at 1,087 votes (equal to 0.37 of votes cast). This election was to a four-year term.^[10]

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Board of Review 3rd district Democratic primary^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Larry R. Rogers, Jr.	148,987	50.18
	Democratic	Robert Shaw (incumbent)	147,900	49.81
Total votes			296,887	100

Republican

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.^[3]^[4]

General election

Cook County Board of Review 3rd district election^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Larry R. Rogers, Jr.	518,543	100.00
Total votes			518,543	100

Water Reclamation District Board

2004 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago election

← 2002

November 2, 2004

2006 →

3 of 9 seats on the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
5 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Democratic	Republican	Green
Seats before	9	0	0
Seats after	9	0	0
Seat change
Seats up	3	0	0
Races won	3	0	0

In the 2004 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.

Judicial elections

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] Retention elections were held for other judgeships.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "FINAL RESULTS SUMMARY REPORT COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS GENERAL ELECTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2004" (PDF). Cook County Clerk's Office. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "OFFICIAL SUMMARY REPORT COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS PRIMARY ELECTION TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 2004 STATISTICS" (PDF). Cook County Clerk's Office. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
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^ "Voter Registration and Turnout 1990 - 2019 | Cook County Clerk's Office". www.cookcountyclerk.com. Cook County Clerk. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Streamlining Cook County". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. 15 October 2004. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
^ "Republican Candidate – John Cox". IowaCaucus.biz. Archived from the original on December 4, 2007. Retrieved November 21, 2007.
^ Cooper, Jonathan J.; Press, The Associated (6 June 2018). "Gainesville Sun". www.gainesville.com. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
^ ^a ^b "35 ILCS 200/5-5". ilga.gov. Government of Illinois. Retrieved 18 March 2020.

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[6] "Voter Registration and Turnout 1990 - 2019 | Cook County Clerk's Office". www.cookcountyclerk.com. Cook County Clerk. Retrieved 19 March 2020.

[tribgenendorse-7] "Streamlining Cook County". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. 15 October 2004. Retrieved 23 March 2020.

[8] "Republican Candidate – John Cox". IowaCaucus.biz. Archived from the original on December 4, 2007. Retrieved November 21, 2007.

[9] Cooper, Jonathan J.; Press, The Associated (6 June 2018). "Gainesville Sun". www.gainesville.com. Retrieved 23 March 2020.

[35ILCS-10] "35 ILCS 200/5-5". ilga.gov. Government of Illinois. Retrieved 18 March 2020.

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Election information

Voter turnout

Clerk of the Circuit Court

Primaries

Democratic

Republican

General election

Recorder of Deeds

Primaries

Democratic

Republican

General election

State's Attorney

Primaries

Democratic

Republican

General election

Cook County Board of Review

3rd district

Primaries

Democratic

Republican

General election

Water Reclamation District Board

Judicial elections

See also

References