| Flag Image: | File:Flag of Cook County, Illinois (1961–2022).svg |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2008 Cook County, Illinois, elections |
| Previous Year: | 2008 |
| Next Election: | 2012 Cook County, Illinois, elections |
| Next Year: | 2012 |
| Election Date: | November 2, 2010 |
| Turnout: | 52.68% |
The Cook County, Illinois, general election was held on November 2, 2010.[1]
Primaries were held February 2, 2010.[2]
Elections were held for Assessor, Clerk, Sheriff, Treasurer, President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, all 17 seats of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, Cook County Board of Review district 1, three seats on the Water Reclamation District Board, and judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County.
2010 was a midterm election year in the United States. The primaries and general elections for Cook County races coincided with those for federal (House and Senate) and those for state elections.
Voter turnout in Cook County during the primaries was 26.41%, with 761,626 ballots cast. The city of Chicago saw 27.282% turnout and suburban Cook County saw 25.54% turnout.[3] [4]
The general election saw 52.68% turnout, with 1,424,959 ballots cast. The city of Chicago saw 52.88% turnout and suburban Cook County saw 52.48% turnout.[5] [6]
| Election Name: | 2010 Cook County Assessor election |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2006 Cook County, Illinois elections#Assessor |
| Previous Year: | 2006 |
| Next Election: | 2014 Cook County, Illinois elections#Assessor |
| Next Year: | 2014 |
| Election Date: | November 2, 2010 |
| Candidate1: | Joseph Berrios |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 648,053 |
| Percentage1: | 48.03% |
| Candidate2: | Forrest Claypool |
| Party2: | Independent politician |
| Popular Vote2: | 427,842 |
| Percentage2: | 31.71% |
| Candidate3: | Sharon Strobeck-Eckersall |
| Party3: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote3: | 237,955 |
| Percentage3: | 17.64% |
| Assessor | |
| Before Election: | James Houlihan |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Joseph Berrios |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Turnout: | 49.88% |
In the 2010 Cook County Assessor election, incumbent Assessor James Houlihan, a Democrat, first appointed in 1997 who was thrice reelected, did not seek reelection to what would have been a fourth full term.[7] Joseph Berrios was elected to succeed him.
Additionally, Andrea Raila had been a candidate before withdrawing from the race.[9]
Evanston Township assessor Sharon Strobeck-Eckersall won the Republican primary.[10]
| Election Name: | 2010 Cook County Clerk election |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2006 Cook County, Illinois elections#Clerk |
| Previous Year: | 2006 |
| Next Election: | 2014 Cook County, Illinois elections#Clerk |
| Next Year: | 2014 |
| Election Date: | November 2, 2010 |
| Candidate1: | David Orr |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,047,462 |
| Percentage1: | 77.77% |
| Candidate2: | Angel Garcia |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 299,449 |
| Percentage2: | 22.23% |
| Clerk | |
| Before Election: | David Orr |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | David Orr |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Turnout: | 49.79% |
In the 2010 Cook County Clerk election, incumbent fifth-term Clerk David Orr, a Democrat, was reelected.
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Green primary.[2]
| Election Name: | 2010 Cook County Sheriff election |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2006 Cook County, Illinois elections#Sheriff |
| Previous Year: | 2006 |
| Next Election: | 2014 Cook County, Illinois elections#Sheriff |
| Next Year: | 2014 |
| Election Date: | November 2, 2010 |
| Candidate1: | Tom Dart |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,041,696 |
| Percentage1: | 77.26% |
| Candidate2: | Frederick Collins |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 257,682 |
| Percentage2: | 19.11% |
| Sheriff | |
| Before Election: | Tom Dart |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Tom Dart |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Turnout: | 49.85% |
In the 2010 Cook County Sheriff election, incumbent first-term Sheriff Tom Dart, a Democrat, was reelected.
| Election Name: | 2010 Cook County Treasurer election |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2006 Cook County, Illinois elections#Treasurer |
| Previous Year: | 2006 |
| Next Election: | 2014 Cook County, Illinois elections#Treasurer |
| Next Year: | 2014 |
| Election Date: | November 2, 2010 |
| Candidate1: | Maria Pappas |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,042,318 |
| Percentage1: | 77.21% |
| Candidate2: | Carol A. Morse |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 307,612 |
| Percentage2: | 22.79% |
| Treasurer | |
| Before Election: | Maria Pappas |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Maria Pappas |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Turnout: | 49.91% |
In the 2010 Cook County Treasurer election, incumbent third-term Treasurer Maria Pappas, a Democrat, was reelected.
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Green primary.[2]
| Election Name: | 2010 President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners election |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2006 President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners election |
| Previous Year: | 2006 |
| Next Election: | 2014 Cook County, Illinois elections#President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners |
| Next Year: | 2014 |
| Election Date: | November 2, 2010 |
| Candidate1: | Toni Preckwinkle |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 939,056 |
| Percentage1: | 69.54% |
| Candidate2: | Roger A. Keats |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 357,070 |
| Percentage2: | 26.44 |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Todd Stroger |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Toni Preckwinkle |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Turnout: | 49.92% |
In the 2010 President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners election, incumbent President Todd Stroger, a Democrat appointed in 2006 and elected outright to a full term later that year, lost reelection, being unseated in the Democratic primary by Toni Preckwinkle, who went on to win the general election.
Her victory in this election would make Preckwinkle the first woman to be popularly elected to the office of president of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, and the second woman overall to hold the position after Bobbie L. Steele.[11]
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Dorothy A. Brown | Forrest Claypool | Terrence J. O'Brien | Toni Preckwinkle | Todd Stroger | Other | Undecided | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WGN-TV/Chicago Tribune[13] | January 16–20, 2010 | 503 | ± 4.4% | 24% | – | 16% | align=center | 36% | 11% | – | 12% | |
| WGN-TV/Chicago Tribune[14] [15] | December 2–8, 2009 | 502 | ± 4.4% | align=center | 29% | – | 11% | 20% | 14% | 2% | 11% | |
| Cooper & Secrest Associates[16] | November 11–17, 2009 | 605 | ± 4.0% | align=center | 29% | — | 15% | 16% | 13% | — | 27% | |
| Fako & Associates for Supporters of Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown[17] | April 21–22, 2009 | 295 | ± 5.70% | 21% | align=center | 33% | — | 10% | 7% | — | ||
| Bennett, Petts, & Normington for SEIU[18] [19] [20] | March 23—25 2009 | ± 4.3 | – | align=center | 28% | – | 18% | 23% | – | 36% |
See also: 2010 Cook County Board of Commissioners election.
| Election Name: | 2010 Cook County Board of Commissioners election |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 2006 Cook County Board of Commissioners election |
| Previous Year: | 2006 |
| Next Election: | 2014 Cook County Board of Commissioners election |
| Next Year: | 2014 |
| Election Date: | November 2, 2010 |
| 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: | 13 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Popular Vote1: | 875,019 |
| Percentage1: | 67.30% |
| Swing1: | 9.15% |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Seats Before2: | 5 |
| Seats2: | 4 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Popular Vote2: | 356,573 |
| Percentage2: | 27.42% |
| Swing2: | 4.53% |
| Party4: | Green Party (United States) |
| Seats Before4: | 0 |
| Seats4: | 0 |
| Popular Vote4: | 68,644 |
| Percentage4: | 5.28% |
| Swing4: | 4.62% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
The 2010 Cook County Board of Commissioners election saw all seventeen seats of the Cook County Board of Commissioners up for election to four-year terms.
| Election Name: | 2010 Cook County Board of Review election |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 2008 Cook County, Illinois elections#Cook County Board of Review |
| Previous Year: | 2008 |
| Next Election: | 2012 Cook County, Illinois elections#Cook County Board of Review |
| Next Year: | 2012 |
| Election Date: | November 2, 2010 |
| Seats For Election: | 1 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: | 3 |
| Seats After1: | 2 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| 1Data1: | 1 |
| 2Data1: | 0 |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Seats Before2: | 0 |
| Seats After2: | 1 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| 1Data2: | 0 |
| 2Data2: | 1 |
| Map Size: | 300px |
In the 2010 Cook County Board of Review election, one seat, Democratic-held, out of its three seats was up for election.
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.[24]
See also: Cook County Board of Review 1st district.
Incumbent first-term member Brendan Houlihan, a Democrat who had been elected in 2006, lost reelection to Republican Dan Patlak. This election was to a two-year term.[24]
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Green primary.[2]
| Election Name: | 2010 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago election |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 2008 Cook County, Illinois elections#Water Reclamation District Board |
| Previous Year: | 2008 |
| Next Election: | 2012 Cook County, Illinois elections#Water Reclamation District Board |
| Next Year: | 2012 |
| Election Date: | November 2, 2010 |
| 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 2010 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 race.[2] Since three six-year seats were up for election, voters could vote for up to three candidates and the top-three finishers would win.
Two of the incumbents for the three seats were seeking reelection, Democrats Barbara McGowan and Mariyana Spyropoulos.[25] Each won reelection, joined by fellow Democrat Michael A. Alvarez in winning election.
8 judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County were up for partisan elections due to vacancies.[1] Other judgeships had retention elections.
13 subcircuit courts judgeships were also up for partisan elections due to vacancies.[1] Other judgeships had retention elections.
Coinciding with the primaries, elections were held to elect the Democratic, Republican, and Green committeemen for the suburban townships.[26]