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2002 Cook County Board of Commissioners election
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November 5, 2002
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All 17 seats on the Cook County Board of Commissioners
9 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before 12 5
Seats won 12 5
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 877,738 299,652
Percentage 74.55% 25.45%
Swing Increase 4.16% Decrease 4.16%
Results:
     Democratic hold      Republican hold
Vote Share:
     60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
     50–60%      60–70%      >90%

The 2002 Cook County Board of Commissioners election was held on November 5, 2002.[1] It was preceded by a primary election held on March 19, 2002.[2] It coincided with other 2002 Cook County, Illinois, elections (including the election for president of the Cook County Board of Commissioners). It saw all seventeen seats of the Cook County Board of Commissioners up for election to four-year terms.

As these were the first elections held following the 2000 United States census, the seats faced redistricting before this election.

1st district

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Incumbent first-term Commissioner Earlean Collins, a Democrat, was reelected.

Primaries

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Democratic

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 1st district Democratic primary[3][4][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Earlean Collins (incumbent) 31,784 66.18
Democratic Iola McGowan 9,737 20.28
Democratic Ivan V. Williams 3,765 7.84
Democratic Luther Franklin Spence 2,738 5.70
Total votes 48,024 100

Republican

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No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[3][2] The Republican Party ultimately nominated Robin Lee Meyer.[5][1]

General election

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 1st district election[5][1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Earlean Collins (incumbent) 68,055 89.83
Republican Robin Lee Meyer 7,707 10.17
Total votes 75,762 100

2nd district

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Incumbent fourth-term Commissioner Bobbie L. Steele, a Democrat, was reelected, running unopposed in both the primary and general election.

Primaries

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Democratic

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 2nd district Democratic primary[3][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bobbie L. Steele (incumbent) 35,617 100
Total votes 35,617 100

Republican

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No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[3][2]

General election

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 2nd district election[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bobbie L. Steele (incumbent) 59,011 100
Total votes 59,011 100

3rd district

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Incumbent Commissioner Jerry Butler, a Democrat who first assumed the office in 1985, was reelected, running unopposed in both the primary and general election.

Primaries

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Democratic

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 3rd district Democratic primary[3][4][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jerry "Iceman" Butler (incumbent) 52,307 100
Total votes 52,307 100

Republican

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No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[3][2]

General election

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 3rd district election[5][1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jerry "Iceman" Butler (incumbent) 76,883 100
Total votes 76,883 100

4th district

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Incumbent Commissioner John Stroger, a Democrat, was reelected.

Primaries

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Democratic

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 4th district Democratic primary[3][4][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John H. Stroger, Jr. (incumbent) 63,687 100
Total votes 63,687 100

Republican

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 4th district Republican primary[3][4][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Nathan Peoples 1,434 100
Total votes 1,434 100

General election

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 4th district election[5][1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John H. Stroger, Jr. (incumbent) 86,415 93.12
Republican Nathan Peoples 6,385 6.88
Total votes 92,800 100

5th district

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Incumbent second-term Commissioner Deborah Sims, a Democrat, was reelected.

Primaries

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Democratic

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 5th district Democratic primary[3][4][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Deborah Sims (incumbent) 35,249 66.67
Democratic Earl B. King 6,344 12.00
Democratic Robert E. Fox Jr. 6,093 11.53
Democratic Carolyn Alexander Croswell 5,182 9.80
Total votes 52,868 100

Republican

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 5th district Republican primary[3][4][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Daniel "Dan" Wooten 3,957
Total votes 3,957 100

General election

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Republican primary winner Daniel "Dan" Wooten withdrew and was not replaced on the ballot.

Cook County Board of Commissioners 5th district election[5][1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Deborah Sims (incumbent) 76,702 100
Total votes 76,702 100

6th district

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Incumbent first-term Commissioner William Moran, a Democrat, unsuccessfully sought reelection. Joan Patricia Murphy defeated him for the Democratic nomination, and won the general election unopposed.

Incumbent Moran had been a perennial candidate who, in the 1998 general election, had won an upset victory over incumbent then-Republican Barclay "Bud" Fleming.[6][7]

Barclay "Bud" Fleming, who had been ousted in 1998, also unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for this election.

Primaries

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Democratic

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 6th district Democratic primary[4][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joan Patricia Murphy 9,905 29.85
Democratic John A. Daly 7,846 23.65
Democratic Jerry Hurckes 6,756 20.36
Democratic Karla Ostantowski Fiaoni 3,024 9.11
Democratic Barclay "Bud" Fleming 2,843 8.57
Democratic William R. Moran (incumbent) 2,807 8.46
Total votes 33,181 100

Republican

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No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[2]

General election

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 6th district election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joan Patricia Murphy 66,238 100
Total votes 66,238 100

7th district

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Incumbent second-term Commissioner Joseph Mario Moreno, a Democrat, was reelected.

Primaries

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Democratic

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 7th district Democratic primary[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joseph Mario Moreno (incumbent) 19,417 100
Total votes 19,417 100

Republican

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No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[3][2] The Republican Party ultimately nominated Juan Moreno.[5][1]

General election

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 7th district election[5][1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joseph Mario Moreno (incumbent) 26,491 83.13
Republican Juan Moreno 5,377 16.87
Total votes 31,868 100

8th district

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Incumbent second-term Commissioner Roberto Maldonado, a Democrat, was reelected, running unopposed in both the primary and general election.

Primaries

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Democratic

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 8th district Democratic primary[3][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Roberto Maldonado (incumbent) 26,514 100
Total votes 26,514 100

Republican

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No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[3][2]

General election

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 8th district election[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Roberto Maldonado (incumbent) 38,741 100
Total votes 38,741 100

9th district

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Incumbent second-term Commissioner Peter N. Silvestri, a Republican, was reelected.

Primaries

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Democratic

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 9th district Democratic primary[3][4][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Robert Martwick 26,796 72.04
Democratic Fred Marshall 10,399 27.96
Total votes 37,195 100

Republican

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 9th district Republican primary[3][4][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Peter N. Silvestri (incumbent) 14,098 100
Total votes 14,098 100

General election

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 9th district election[5][1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Peter N. Silvestri (incumbent) 50,343 53.67
Democratic Robert Martwick 43,452 46.33
Total votes 93,795 100

10th district

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Incumbent first-term Commissioner Mike Quigley, a Democrat, was reelected.

Primaries

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Democratic

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 10th district Democratic primary[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mike Quigley (incumbent) 22,357 72.04
Democratic Mary Ellen E. Daly 12,127 27.96
Total votes 34,484 100

Republican

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No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[3][2]

General election

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 10th district election[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mike Quigley (incumbent) 60,457 100
Total votes 60,457 100

11th district

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Incumbent Commissioner John P. Daley, a Democrat in office since 1992, was reelected.

Primaries

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Democratic

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 11th district Democratic primary[3][4][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John P. Daley (incumbent) 55,926 100
Total votes 55,926 100

Republican

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 11th district Republican primary[3][4][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican William J. Walsh 5,150 100
Total votes 5,150 100

General election

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 11th district election[5][1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John P. Daley (incumbent) 69,422 75.85
Republican William J. Walsh 22,099 24.15
Total votes 91,521 100

12th district

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Incumbent fourth-term[8] Commissioner Ted Lechowicz, a Democrat, sought reelection, but was defeated in the Democratic primary by Forrest Claypool who went on to win the general election.

Primaries

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Democratic

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 12th district Democratic primary[3][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Forrest Claypool 20,663 51.13
Democratic Thaddeus "Ted" Lechowicz (incumbent) 19,748 48.87
Total votes 40,411 100

Republican

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No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[3][2]

General election

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 12th district election[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Forrest Claypool 53,457 100
Total votes 53,457 100

13th district

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Incumbent second-term Commissioner Calvin Sutker, a Democrat, sought reelection, but was defeated in the Democratic primary by Larry Suffredin, who went on to win the general election.

Primaries

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Democratic

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In what was regarded to be an upset, Sutker unseated incumbent Suffredin.[9]

Cook County Board of Commissioners 13th district Democratic primary[3][4][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Larry Suffredin 20,994 55.89
Democratic Calvin R. Sutker (incumbent) 16,567 44.11
Total votes 37,561 100

Republican

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No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[3][2] The Republican Party ultimately nominated Robert D. Shearer, Jr.[5][1]

General election

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 13th district election[5][1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Larry Suffredin (incumbent) 59,151 69.92
Republican Robert D. Shearer, Jr. 25,450 30.08
Total votes 84,601 100

14th district

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Incumbent first-term Commissioner Gregg Goslin, a Republican, was reelected.

Primaries

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Democratic

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 14th district Democratic primary[4][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Allan M. Monat 15,269 100
Total votes 15,269 100

Republican

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 14th district Republican primary[4][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gregg Goslin (incumbent) 21,288 100
Total votes 21,288 100

General election

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 14th district election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gregg Goslin (incumbent) 51,691 61.15
Democratic Allan M. Monat 32,836 38.85
Total votes 84,527 100

15th district

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Incumbent seventh-term[10] Commissioner Carl Hansen, a Republican, was reelected.

Primaries

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Democratic

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 15th district Democratic primary[4][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Brian J. McPartlin 11,611 100
Total votes 11,611 100

Republican

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 15th district Republican primary[4][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Carl R. Hansen (incumbent) 7,698 43.45
Republican Michael S. Olszewski 5,837 32.95
Republican Timothy O. Schneider 4,181 23.60
Total votes 17,716 100

General election

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 15th district election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Carl R. Hansen (incumbent) 38,530 59.56
Democratic Brian J. McPartlin 26,165 40.44
Total votes 64,695 100

16th district

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Incumbent Commissioner Allan C. Carr, a Republican, sought reelection, but was defeated in the Republican primary by Tony Peraica, who went on to win the general election.

Primaries

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Democratic

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Melrose Park Village President Ronald M. Serpico[11] won the Democratic primary, defeating lawyer[12] William Edward Gomolinski, Patrick "Chico" Hernandez and Stephen J. Mazur.

Cook County Board of Commissioners 16th district Democratic primary[3][4][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ronald M. Serpico, Sr. 9,865 37.58
Democratic William Edward Gomolinski 8,634 32.89
Democratic Patrick "Chico" Hernandez 4,648 17.71
Democratic Stephen J. Mazur 3,105 11.83
Total votes 26,252 100

Republican

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 16th district Republican primary[3][4][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tony Peraica 11,813 57.46
Republican Allan C. Carr (incumbent) 8,746 42.54
Total votes 20,559 100

General election

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 16th district election[5][1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tony Peraica 38,858 53.14
Democratic Ronald M. Serpico, Sr. 34,262 46.86
Total votes 73,120 100

17th district

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Incumbent fourth-term[13] Commissioner Herb Schumann, a Republican, sought reelection, but was defeated in the Republican primary by Elizabeth Ann Doody Gorman, who went on to win the general election.

Primaries

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Democratic

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 17th district Democratic primary[4][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Candice Marie Morrison 20,630 100
Total votes 20,630 100

Republican

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 17th district Republican primary[4][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Elizabeth "Liz" Doody Gorman 11,345 51.41
Republican Herbert T. Schumann, Jr. (incumbent) 10,721 48.59
Total votes 22,066 100

General election

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Democratic primary winner Candice Marie Morrison withdrew before the election.[1]

Cook County Board of Commissioners 17th district election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Elizabeth "Liz" Doody Gorman 53,212 100
Total votes 53,212 100

Summarizing statistics

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Contest summary
PartySeats held beforeSeats contestedSeats won
Democratic121612
Republican5105
Contests by parties contesting
Parties contestingTotalDemocratic winsRepublicans wins
Seats contested by Democratic and Republican nominees954
Seats contested only by Democratic nominees77N/a
Seats contested only by Republican nominees1N/a1
Vote summary
PartyPopular voteSeats won
Democratic877,738 (74.55%)12
Republican299,652 (25.45%)5
Total1,177,390N/a
Fate of incumbents
PartyTotal incumbentsIncumbents that sought reelection/retiredIncumbents that won/lost re-nomination in primariesIncumbents that won/lost general election
Democratic1212 sought reelection
0 retired		9 won re-nomination
3 lost re-nomination		9 won
0 lost
Republican55 sought reelection
0 retired		3 won re-nomination
2 lost re-nomination		3 won
0 lost
Composition of elected board (returning/newly elected members)
PartyReturning membersNewly elected members
Democratic93
Republican32

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "SUBURBAN COOK COUNTY RESULTS". voterinfonet.com. Cook County Clerk. Archived from the original on February 9, 2005.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 "OFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS PRIMARY ELECTION TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2002 DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY" (PDF). Cook County, Illinois. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 22, 2020. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 "TABULATED STATEMENT OF THE RETURNS AND PROCLAMATION OF THE RESULTS OF THE CANVASS OF THE ELECTION RETURNS FOR THE GENERAL PRIMARY ELECTION HELD IN EACH OF THE PRECINCTS IN ALL THE WARDS IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO ON TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2002 A.D." (PDF). Chicago Board of Election Commissioners. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 "SUBURBAN COOK COUNTY RESULTS". voterinfonet.com. Cook County Clerk. Archived from the original on February 9, 2005.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "TABULATED STATEMENT OF THE RETURNS AND PROCLAMATION OF THE RESULTS OF THE CANVASS OF THE ELECTION RETURNS FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION HELD IN EACH OF THE PRECINCTS IN ALL THE WARDS IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2002 A.D." (PDF). Chicago Board of Election Commissioners. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Editorial board questionnaires and endorsements -- chicagotribune.com". primaries2010.elections.chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on June 25, 2020. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
  7. ↑ "CHOICES FOR COOK COUNTY BOARD". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Ex-Cook Commissioner 'Ted' Lechowicz dies". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. January 5, 2009. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
  9. ↑ Stewart, Russ (April 24, 2002). ""Alienator Factor" cuts down Lechowicz, Sutker". Russ Stewart, Attorney at Law. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
  10. ↑ Pohl, Kimberly (February 3, 2010). "Longtime Cook Co. Board member Carl Hansen dies -- Daily Herald". prev.dailyherald.com. Daily Herald. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  11. ↑ "Ronald M. Serpico". Village of Melrose Park. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  12. ↑ Skolnik, Bob (October 17, 2006). "Western Springs lawyer hopes to unseat Peraica in 16th District". www.rblandmark.com. Riverside and Brookfield Landmark. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  13. ↑ "HERBERT T. SCHUMANN SR". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. November 21, 1990. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
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