2000_Cook_County,_Illinois,_elections
2000 Cook County, Illinois, elections
American election
The Cook County, Illinois, general election was held on November 7, 2002.[1][2]
Primaries were held March 21, 2000.[3]
Elections were held for Clerk of the Circuit Court, Recorder of Deeds, State's Attorney, four seats on the Water Reclamation District Board, and judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County.
2000 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
Primary election
Voter turnout in Cook County during the primaries was 28.26%.[4] The city of Chicago saw 32.82% turnout and suburban Cook County saw 23.13% turnout.[5][6]
| Primary | Chicago vote totals | Suburban Cook County vote totals | Total Cook County vote totals |
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| Democratic | 242,642 | 148,370 | 573,012 |
| Republican | 27,701 | 124,830 | 152,531 |
| Nonpartisan | 2,086 | 8,841 | 10,927 |
| Total | 454,429 | 282,041 | 736,470 |
General election
The general election saw 71.50% turnout, with 1,988,821 ballots cast.[4] Chicago saw 70.22% turnout and suburban Cook County saw 72.94% turnout.[2][5]
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| Turnout | 59.04%[1][2][4] | |||||||||||||||
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In the 2000 Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County election, incumbent third-term clerk Aurelia Pucinski, a Republican who had been elected as a Democrat (switching parties in 1998), did not seek reelection.[7] Democrat Dorothy A. Brown was elected to succeed her.
Brown's election made her the first African-American to serve as clerk of the circuit court of Cook County.[8]
Primaries
Democratic
- Candidates
The following candidates ran for the Democratic Party nomination for Clerk of the Circuit Court:
| Candidate | Experience | Ref | |
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| Dorothy A. Brown | General Auditor for the CTA since 1991 Candidate for Chicago City Treasurer in 1999 |
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| Patrick Levar | Chicago Alderman for the 45th Ward since 1987 | [7] | |
| Joe Moore | Chicago Alderman for the 49th Ward since 1991 | [11] | |
| Patricia Young | Commissioner of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago since 1992 | [7][12] | |
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- Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Dorothy A. Brown | 222,906 | 48.54 | |
| Democratic | Patrick J. Levar | 126,642 | 27.58 | |
| Democratic | Patricia Young | 57,999 | 12.63 | |
| Democratic | Joe Moore | 51,673 | 11.26 | |
| Total votes | 459,254 | 100 | ||
Republican
- Candidate
The following candidate ran for the Democratic Party nomination for Clerk of the Circuit Court:
- Nancy Mynard, information technology company executive[7]
- Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Nancy F. Mynard | 97,149 | 100 | |
| Total votes | 97,149 | 100 | ||
General election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Dorothy A. Brown | 1,197,773 | 72.94 | |
| Republican | Nancy F. Mynard | 444,336 | 27.06 | |
| Total votes | 1,642,109 | 100 | ||
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| Turnout | 57.50%[1][2][4] | |||||||||||||||
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In the 2000 Cook County Recorder of Deeds election, incumbent Recorder of Deeds Eugene Moore, a Democrat, was elected to his first full term. Moore had first been appointed in 1999 (after Jesse White resigned to become Illinois Secretary of State).
Primaries
Democratic
- Candidate
The following candidate ran for the Democratic Party nomination for Clerk of the Circuit Court:
- Eugene "Gene" Moore, incumbent
- Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Eugene "Gene" Moore (incumbent) | 353,823 | 100 | |
| Total votes | 353,823 | 100 | ||
Republican
- Candidate
The following candidate ran for the Democratic Party nomination for Clerk of the Circuit Court:
- Arthur D. Sutton
- Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Arthur D. Sutton | 95,678 | 100 | |
| Total votes | 95,678 | 100 | ||
General election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Eugene "Gene" Moore (incumbent) | 1,167,630 | 73.01 | |
| Republican | Arthur D. Sutton | 431,717 | 26.99 | |
| Total votes | 1,599,347 | 100 | ||
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| Turnout | 61.42%[1][2][4] | |||||||||||||||
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In the 2000 Cook County State's Attorney election, incumbent first-term State's Attorney Richard A. Devine, a Democrat, was reelected.
Primaries
Democratic
- Candidate
The following candidate ran for the Democratic Party nomination for Clerk of the Circuit Court:
- Richard A. Devine, incumbent[13]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Richard A. Devine (incumbent) | 379,990 | 100 | |
| Total votes | 379,990 | 100 | ||
Republican
- Candidate
The following candidate ran for the Democratic Party nomination for Clerk of the Circuit Court:
- David P. Gaughan, former Assistant Cook County State's Attorney (1989–1999)[13]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | David P. Gaughan | 96,112 | 100 | |
| Total votes | 96,112 | 100 | ||
General election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Richard A. Devine (incumbent) | 1,337,578 | 78.30 | |
| Republican | David P. Gaughan | 370,678 | 21.70 | |
| Total votes | 1,708,256 | 100 | ||
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In the 2000 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago election, four of the nine seats on the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago board were up for election. Three were up in a regularly-scheduled at-large election, while a fourth seat was up in for a separate special election.[1][2][3]
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.
One ballot questions was included on ballots county-wide during the March primary.
Tobacco Settlement
A ballot question involving tobacco settlement funds was included on the March primary ballot.
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Yes | 421,260 | 86.70 | |
| No | 64,608 | 13.30 | |
| Total votes | 485,868 | 100 | |
Coinciding with the primaries, elections were held to elect both the Democratic and Republican committeemen for the wards of Chicago.[3]
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- "OFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS PRIMARY ELECTION COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 2000" (PDF). Cook County Clerk. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
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- Hanna, Janan (25 October 2000). "COURT CLERK FOES HOPE TO PHASE OUT FRICTION". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- "African Americans and the Vote: Firsts in Cook County Leadership | CookCountyIL.gov". www.cookcountyil.gov. Government of Cook County. Archived from the original on 18 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- Sjostrom, Joseph (February 7, 1999). "Treasurer Candidate Brown To Address City Club Of Chicago". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2012-12-22.
- "Election Results for 1999 General Election, Treasurer, City of Chicago, IL". chicagodemocracy.org. Chicago Democracy Project. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
- Hardy, Thomas (April 3, 1991). "Familiar Faces Are Ushered Out Of City Council". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
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- Hanna, Janan (25 October 2000). "THIS TIME, ROOKIE STATE'S ATTORNEY CANDIDATE FACES LONG ODDS". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 23 June 2020.