2004 Cook County, Illinois, elections

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Turnout 74.75%

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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, Recorder of Deeds, State's Attorney, Board of Review district 3, three seats on the Water Reclamation District Board, and judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County.

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

Primary election

Voter turnout in Cook County during the primaries was 35.02%. The city of Chicago saw 38.58% turnout and suburban Cook County saw 31.34% turnout.[3][4][5][6]

Vote totals of primaries[3][4]
Primary Chicago vote totals Suburban Cook County vote totals Total Cook County vote totals
Democratic 484,622 279,538 764,160
Republican 27,893 117,554 145,447
Green 72 4 76
Libertarian 71 3 74
Nonpartisan 2,310 9,016 11,326
Total 514,971 406,115 921,086

General election

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

2004 Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County election
← 2000 November 2, 2004 2008 →
Turnout 65.98%[1][2]
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Candidate Dorothy A. Brown Judith A. Kleiderman
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,365,285 478,222
Percentage 74.06% 25.94%
Clerk before election

Dorothy A. Brown
Democratic

 Elected Clerk

Dorothy A. Brown
Democratic

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
Total votes 116,238 100

General election

Endorsements
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

2004 Cook County Recorder of Deeds election
← 2000 November 2, 2004 2008 →
Turnout 64.94%[1][2]
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Candidate Eugene Moore John H. Cox
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,283,762 530,945
Percentage 70.74% 29.26%
Recorder of Deeds before election

Eugene Moore
Democratic

 Elected Recorder of Deeds

Eugene Moore
Democratic

In the 2004 Cook County Recorder of Deeds 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
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
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
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

In the Democratic primary, incumbent Dick Devine defeated challenger Tommy H. Brewer (who had previously, in 1994, run unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination Cook County Sheriff).[10][11]

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
Total votes 116,365 100

General election

Endorsements
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 Steady Steady
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.[12]

3rd district

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See also: Cook County Board of Review 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.[12]

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
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 Steady Steady Steady
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.

Other elections

Coinciding with the primaries, elections were held to elect both the Democratic and Republican committeemen for the wards of Chicago.[4]

See also

References

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