| Election Name: | 2006 Cook County Board of Commissioners election |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 2002 Cook County Board of Commissioners election |
| Previous Year: | 2002 |
| Next Election: | 2010 Cook County Board of Commissioners election |
| Next Year: | 2010 |
| Election Date: | November 7, 2006 |
| Seats For Election: | All 17 seats on the Cook County Board of Commissioners |
| Majority Seats: | 9 |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Seats Before1: | 12 |
| Seats1: | 12 |
| Popular Vote1: | 924,939 |
| Percentage1: | 76.45% |
| Swing1: | 1.90% |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Seats Before2: | 5 |
| Seats2: | 5 |
| Popular Vote2: | 276,925 |
| Percentage2: | 22.89% |
| Swing2: | 2.56% |
The 2006 Cook County Board of Commissioners election was held on November 7, 2006.[1] It was preceded by a primary election held on March 21, 2006. It coincided with other 2006 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.
Fifteen members were reelected. One incumbent Democrat withdrew from their election after being renominated, while one incumbent Republican lost his primary. No seat changed parties.
Democrats ran nominees in the races for all seventeen seats. Republicans ran nominees in ten races, while the Green Party ran a nominee in a single race. Five Democratic faced no opponents in the general election, four of whom also had faced no opponents in their Democratic Party primary.
See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 1st district.
Incumbent second-term Commissioner Earlean Collins, a Democrat, was reelected.
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary. The Republican Party ultimately nominated Henrietta S. Butler.
See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 2nd district.
Incumbent commissioner Robert Steele, a Democrat, was reelected. He had been appointed to succeed his mother Bobbie L. Steele, after they were appointed President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners.
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary. The Republican Party ultimately nominated Scott W. Kummer.[2]
See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 3rd district.
Incumbent Commissioner Jerry Butler, a Democrat who first assumed the office in 1985, was reelected.
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary. The Republican Party ultimately nominated Maurice Perkins.[2]
See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 4th district.
Then-incumbent Commissioner John Stroger originally sought reelection, winning the Democratic primary, but backed-out due to health issues (and also resigned his seat), and was replaced as Democratic nominee by William Beavers, who went to win the general election.
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary. Ultimately, the Republican Party nominated Ann Rochelle Hunter.[2]
See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 5th district.
Incumbent third-term Commissioner Deborah Sims, a Democrat, was reelected.
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.
See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 6th district.
Incumbent first-term Commissioner Joan Patricia Murphy, a Democrat, was reelected.
See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 7th district.
Incumbent third-term Commissioner Joseph Mario Moreno, a Democrat, was reelected.
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.
See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 8th district.
Incumbent third-term Commissioner Roberto Maldonado, a Democrat, was reelected.
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.
See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 9th district.
Incumbent third-term Commissioner Peter N. Silvestri, a Republican, was reelected.
See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 10th district.
Incumbent second-term Commissioner Mike Quigley, a Democrat, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election.
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.
See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 11th district.
Incumbent Commissioner John P. Daley, a Democrat in office since 1992, was reelected.
See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 12th district.
Incumbent first-term Commissioner Forrest Claypool, a Democrat, was reelected.
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.
See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 13th district.
Incumbent first-term Commissioner Larry Suffredin, a Democrat, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election.
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.
See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 14th district.
Incumbent second-term Commissioner Gregg Goslin, a Republican, was reelected.
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Democratic primary. The Democratic Party ultimately nominated Michelene "Mickie" Polk.[3]
See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 15th district.
Incumbent eighth-term[4] Commissioner Carl Hansen, a Republican, sought reelection, but was defeated in the Republican primary by Tim Schneider, who went on to win the general election.
See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 16th district.
Incumbent first-term Commissioner Tony Peraica, a Republican, was reelected.
See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 17th district.
Incumbent first-term Commissioner Elizabeth Ann Doody Gorman, a Republican, was reelected.
| Party | Seats held before | Seats contested | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 12 | 17 | |
| Republican | 5 | 10 | |
| Green | 0 | 1 |
| Party | Popular vote | Seats won | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 924,939 (76.45%) | 13 | |
| Republican | 276,925 (22.89%) | 4 | |
| Green | 7,996 (0.66%) | 0 | |
| Total | 1,209,860 |
| Party | Total incumbents | Incumbents that sought reelection/retired | Incumbents that won/lost re-nomination in primaries | Incumbents that won/lost general election | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 12 | 12 sought reelection 0 retired | 12 won re-nomination 0 lost re-nomination | 11 won 0 lost | 1 candidate won renomination but withdrew from general election | |
| Republican | 5 | 5 sought reelection 0 retired | 4 won re-nomination 1 lost renomination | 4 won 0 lost | ||
| Green | No Green incumbents | |||||
| Party | Returning members | Newly elected members | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 11 | 1 | |
| Republican | 4 | 1 |