| Flag Image: | File:Flag of Cook County, Illinois (1961–2022).svg |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2002 Cook County, Illinois, elections |
| Previous Year: | 2002 |
| Next Election: | 2006 Cook County, Illinois, elections |
| Next Year: | 2006 |
| Election Date: | November 2, 2004 |
| Turnout: | 74.75% |
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.
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 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]
| Primary | Chicago vote totals | Suburban Cook County vote totals | Total Cook County vote totals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 484,622 | 279,538 | 764,160 | ||
| 27,893 | 117,554 | 145,447 | ||
| 72 | 4 | 76 | ||
| 71 | 3 | 74 | ||
| Nonpartisan | 2,310 | 9,016 | 11,326 | |
| Total | 514,971 | 406,115 | 921,086 |
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]
| Election Name: | 2004 Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County election |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2000 Cook County, Illinois elections#Clerk of the Circuit Court |
| Previous Year: | 2000 |
| Next Election: | 2008 Cook County, Illinois elections#Clerk of the Circuit Court |
| Next Year: | 2008 |
| Election Date: | November 2, 2004 |
| Candidate1: | Dorothy A. Brown |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,365,285 |
| Percentage1: | 74.06% |
| Candidate2: | Judith A. Kleiderman |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 478,222 |
| Percentage2: | 25.94% |
| Clerk | |
| Before Election: | Dorothy A. Brown |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Dorothy A. Brown |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Turnout: | 65.98% |
In the 2004 Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County election, incumbent first-term Clerk Dorothy A. Brown, a Democrat, was reelected.
| Election Name: | 2004 Cook County Recorder of Deeds election |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2000 Cook County, Illinois elections#Recorder of Deeds |
| Previous Year: | 2000 |
| Next Election: | 2008 Cook County, Illinois elections#Recorder of Deeds |
| Next Year: | 2008 |
| Election Date: | November 2, 2004 |
| Candidate1: | Eugene Moore |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,283,762 |
| Percentage1: | 70.74% |
| Candidate2: | John H. Cox |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 530,945 |
| Percentage2: | 29.26% |
| Recorder of Deeds | |
| Before Election: | Eugene Moore |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Eugene Moore |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Turnout: | 64.94% |
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.
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]
| Election Name: | 2004 Cook County State's Attorney election |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2000 Cook County, Illinois elections#State's Attorney |
| Previous Year: | 2000 |
| Next Election: | 2008 Cook County, Illinois elections#State's Attorney |
| Next Year: | 2008 |
| Election Date: | November 2, 2004 |
| Candidate1: | Richard A. Devine |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,483,280 |
| Percentage1: | 79.43% |
| Candidate2: | Phillip Spiwak |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 384,082 |
| Percentage2: | 20.57% |
| State's Attorney | |
| Before Election: | Richard A. Devine |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Richard A. Devine |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Turnout: | 66.83% |
In the 2004 Cook County State's Attorney election, incumbent second-term State's Attorney Richard A. Devine, a Democrat, was reelected.
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).[9] [10]
| Election Name: | 2004 Cook County Board of Review election |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 2002 Cook County, Illinois elections#Cook County Board of Review |
| Previous Year: | 2002 |
| Next Election: | 2006 Cook County, Illinois elections#Cook County Board of Review |
| Next Year: | 2006 |
| Election Date: | November 2, 2004 |
| Seats For Election: | 2 of 3 seats on the Cook County Board of Review |
| Majority Seats: | 2 |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| 1Blank: | Seats up |
| 2Blank: | Races won |
| Seats Before1: | 2 |
| Seats After1: | 2 |
| 1Data1: | 1 |
| 2Data1: | 1 |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Seats Before2: | 1 |
| Seats After2: | 1 |
| 1Data2: | 0 |
| 2Data2: | 0 |
| Map Size: | 300px |
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.[11]
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.[11]
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[3] [4]
| Election Name: | 2004 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago election |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 2002 Cook County, Illinois elections#Water Reclamation District Board |
| Previous Year: | 2002 |
| Next Election: | 2006 Cook County, Illinois elections#Water Reclamation District Board |
| Next Year: | 2006 |
| Election Date: | November 2, 2004 |
| Seats For Election: | 3 of 9 seats on the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago |
| Majority Seats: | 5 |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| 1Blank: | Seats up |
| 2Blank: | Races won |
| Seats Before1: | 9 |
| Seats After1: | 9 |
| 1Data1: | 3 |
| 2Data1: | 3 |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Seats Before2: | 0 |
| Seats After2: | 0 |
| 1Data2: | 0 |
| 2Data2: | 0 |
| Party3: | Green Party (United States) |
| Seats Before3: | 0 |
| Seats After3: | 0 |
| 1Data3: | 0 |
| 2Data3: | 0 |
| Map Size: | 300px |
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.
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.
Coinciding with the primaries, elections were held to elect both the Democratic and Republican committeemen for the wards of Chicago.[4]