2022 Cook County Board of Commissioners election

2022 Cook County Board of Commissioners election

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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 15 2 Seats won 16 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 1,013,467 299,095 Percentage 74.88% 22.10% Swing 6.91% 3.88%
Results by gains and holds Results by winning party vote share Results:      Democratic gain      Democratic hold      Republican hold Vote Share:      50–60%      60–70%      80–90%      >90%      50–60%

The 2022 Cook County Board of Commissioners election saw all seventeen seats of the Cook County Board of Commissioners up for election to four-year terms. The election coincided with other 2022 Cook County, Illinois, elections (including an election for the president of the Board of Commissioners) with the primary elections held on June 28, 2022^[1] and the general election held on November 8, 2022.^[2]

As this was the first elections held following the 2020 United States Census, the seats faced redistricting before this election.^[3] A new map was unanimously adopted by the Cook County Board of Commissioners in September 2021.^[4]

Democrats won an increased majority with 16 seats, while Republicans won only a single seat (a net gain of one seat for Democrats and net loss of one seat for Republicans). Thirteen incumbent members won reelection (12 Democrats and 1 Republican). Three incumbent members did not seek reelection (2 Democrats and 1 Republican). One member (a Democrat) was unseated in their primary. A single seat, held by a retiring Republican, changed parties. The Democratic Party ran nominees for all seventeen seats. The Republican Party ran nominees for eleven seats, an increase from the eight seats they ran nominees for in 2018. The Libertarian Party, which had run no nominees in the 2018 election, ran nominees for four seats in 2022.

Incumbent 1st district commissioner Brandon Johnson, a Democrat, was reelected to a second term.

No candidate ran in the Republican primary.^[1]

The incumbent 2nd district commissioner Dennis Deer, a Democrat who was first appointed in 2017, was reelected to a second full term and third overall term.

No candidate ran in the Republican primary.^[1] The Republican Party ultimately nominated Evan Kasal.^[2]

Incumbent 3rd district commissioner Bill Lowry, a Democrat, was reelected to a second term. He was unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election.

No candidate ran in the Republican primary.^[1]

The incumbent 4th District commissioner Stanley Moore, a Democrat, was reelected to a third full (fourth overall) term.

No candidate ran in the Republican primary.^[1] Republicans ultimately nominated Lynn Franco.^[2]

Democrat Monica Gordon was elected to the 5th district seat. The incumbent 5th district commissioner was Deborah Sims, a seventh-term Democrat who did not seek reelection.

Monica Gordon, a trustee of Prairie State College, won the primary. She was endorsed by retiring incumbent Debora Sims.^[5]

No candidate ran in the Republican primary.^[1]

The Libertarian Party nominated Jason Decker.^[2]

Incumbent 6th district commissioner Donna Miller, a Democrat, was reelected to a second term.

No candidate ran in the Republican primary.^[1]

The Libertarian Party nominated Anna Biedrzycki.^[2]

Incumbent 7th district commissioner Alma Anaya, a Democrat, was reelected to a second term. She was unopposed in both the Democratic primary and the general election.

No candidate ran in the Republican primary.^[1]

Anthony Joel Quezada was elected to the 8th district seat, being unopposed in the general election. Incumbent 8th district commissioner is Luis Arroyo Jr., a second-term Democrat, was defeated for renomination in the Democratic primary by Quezada.

No candidate ran in the Republican primary.^[1]

Democratic nominee Maggie Trevor won the 9th district seat, flipping the longtime Republican seat to the Democratic Party. Incumbent 9th district commissioner is Peter N. Silvestri, a seventh-term Republican, did not seek reelection.^[6]

Maggie Trevor won the Democratic nomination. Trevor had previously been the unsuccessful Democratic 2018 and 2020 Democratic nominee for the 54th district seat in the Illinois House of Representatives.^[7]

Incumbent 10th district commissioner Bridget Gainer, a Democrat, was reelected to a third full (fourth overall) term.

No candidates ran in the Republican primary.^[1] The Republican Party ultimately nominated Laura Mary Kotelman.^[2]

Incumbent 11th district commissioner John P. Daley, a Democrat, was reelected to a seventh full (eighth overall) term.

Incumbent 12th district commissioner Bridget Degnen, a Democrat, was reelected to a second term.

No candidates ran in the Republican primary.^[1] Republicans ultimately nominated Alice Hu.^[2]

Democratic nominee Josina Morita was elected to the 13th district seat. Incumbent 13th district commissioner Larry Suffredin, a fifth-term Democrat, did not seek reelection.^[8]

No candidates ran in the Republican primary.^[1] Republicans ultimately nominated Andrew Border.^[2]

Incumbent 14th district commissioner Scott R. Britton, a Democrat, was reelected to a second term.

Incumbent 15th district commissioner Kevin B. Morrison, was reelected to a second term.

Incumbent 16th district commissioner Frank Aguilar, a Democrat who was appointed in 2020,^[9] was elected to a full term.

Incumbent 17th district commissioner Sean M. Morrison, a Republican, was reelected to a second full (third overall) term. He was the only Republican nominee to win any Cook County partisan elections in 2022.^[2]