| Election Name: | 2022 Cook County Board of Commissioners election |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 2018 Cook County Board of Commissioners election |
| Previous Year: | 2018 |
| Next Election: | 2026 Cook County Board of Commissioners election |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Election Date: | November 8, 2022 |
| Seats For Election: | All 17 seats on the Cook County Board of Commissioners |
| Majority Seats: | 9 |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Seats Before1: | 15 |
| Seats1: | 16 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,013,467 |
| Percentage1: | 74.88% |
| Swing1: | 6.91% |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Seats Before2: | 2 |
| Seats2: | 1 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Popular Vote2: | 299,095 |
| Percentage2: | 22.10% |
| Swing2: | 3.88% |
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 and the general election held on November 8, 2022.[1]
As this was the first elections held following the 2020 United States Census, the seats faced redistricting before this election.[2] A new map was unanimously adopted by the Cook County Board of Commissioners in September 2021.[3]
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.
See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 1st district.
Incumbent 1st district commissioner Brandon Johnson, a Democrat, was reelected to a second term.
No candidate ran in the Republican primary.
See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 2nd district.
The incumbent 2nd district commissioner is 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. The Republican Party ultimately nominated Evan Kasal.[1]
See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 3rd district. 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.
See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 4th district.
The incumbent 4th District commissioner is Stanley Moore, a Democrat, was reelected to a third full (fourth overall) term.
No candidate ran in the Republican primary. Republicans ultimately nominated Lynn Franco.[1]
See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 5th district. 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.[4]
No candidate ran in the Republican primary.
The Libertarian Party nominated Jason Decker.[1]
See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 6th district.
Incumbent 6th district commissioner Donna Miller, a Democrat, was reelected to a second term.
No candidate ran in the Republican primary.
The Libertarian Party nominated Anna Biedrzycki.[1]
See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 7th district.
Incumbent 7th district commissioner is 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.
See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 8th district. 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.
See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 9th district. 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.[5]
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.[6]
See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 10th district.
Incumbent 10th district commissioner Bridget Gainer, a Democrat, was reelected to a third full (fourth overall) term.
No candidates ran in the Republican primary. The Republican Party ultimately nominated Laura Mary Kotelman.[1]
See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 11th district.
Incumbent 11th district commissioner John P. Daley, a Democrat, was reelected to a seventh full (eighth overall) term.
See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 12th district.
Incumbent 12th district commissioner Bridget Degnen, a Democrat, was reelected to a second term.
No candidates ran in the Republican primary. Republicans ultimately nominated Alice Hu.[1]
See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 13th district. 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.[7]
No candidates ran in the Republican primary. Republicans ultimately nominated Andrew Border.[1]
See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 14th district.
Incumbent 14th district commissioner is Scott R. Britton, a Democrat, was reelected to a second term.
See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 15th district.
Incumbent 15th district commissioner is Kevin B. Morrison, was reelected to a second term.
See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 16th district. Incumbent 16th district commissioner is Frank Aguilar, a Democrat who was appointed in 2020,[8] was elected to a full term.
See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 17th district.
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.[1]
| Party | Seats held before | Seats contested | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 15 | 17 | |
| Republican | 2 | 11 | |
| Libertarian | 0 | 4 |
| Party | Popular vote | Seats won | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 1,013,467 (74.88%) | 17 | |
| Republican | 299,095 (22.10%) | 1 | |
| Libertarian | 39,491 (2.88%) | 0 | |
| Total | 1,352,053 |
| Party | Total incumbents | Incumbents that sought reelection/retired | Incumbents that won/lost re-nomination in primaries | Incumbents that won general election | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 15 | 13 sought reelection 2 retired | 12 won re-nomination 1 lost renomination | 12 won 0 lost | |
| Republican | 2 | 1 sought reelection 1 retired | 1 won re-nomination 0 lost renomination | 1 won 0 lost | |
| Libertarian | There were no Libertarian incumbents | ||||
| Party | Returning members | Newly-elected members | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 12 | 4 | |
| Republican | 1 | 0 | |
| Libertarian | 0 | 0 |