Cook County State's Attorney Explained

Post:State's Attorney
Salary:$192,789 (2014)
Termlength:4 years
Body:Cook County
Incumbentsince:December 1, 2016
Incumbent:Kim Foxx
Website:Office of the Cook County State's Attorney

The Cook County State's Attorney functions as the state of Illinois's district attorney for Cook County, Illinois, and heads the second-largest prosecutor's office in the United States. The office has over 700 attorneys and 1,100 employees.[1] In addition to direct criminal prosecution, the state's attorney's office files legal actions to enforce child support orders, protect consumers and the elderly from exploitation, and assist thousands of victims of domestic violence every year.[1]

Subdivisions of the state's attorney's office

The Criminal Prosecutions Bureau is the largest bureau in the office. The bureau is divided into three divisions: Felony Trial, Sexual Crimes, and Municipal. Each division is further divided into specialized units located throughout the county. The bureau is also charged with prosecuting thousands of domestic violence cases each year as well as cases of child sexual abuse through the Child Advocacy Division.

The Juvenile Justice Bureau contains two divisions: Delinquency and Child Protection. The Delinquency Division handles cases involving juveniles who have been charged with committing misdemeanors or felonies. The Child Protection Division files civil actions against parents and guardians who abuse or neglect their children.

The Narcotics Bureau consists of the following units: Preliminary Hearings/Grand Jury, Felony Trial, Narcotics Courtrooms, Drug Treatment Programs, Complex Narcotics Prosecution, and Asset Forfeitures.

The Special Prosecutions Bureau is responsible for investigating and prosecuting complex criminal and public corruption cases. It includes units for Auto Theft, Gang Crimes, Government and Financial Crimes, Organized Crime/Cold Case, and Professional Standards. It also initiates civil and criminal lawsuits to protect individuals and the general public interest. Consumer Fraud and Seniors and Persons with Disabilities are also units in the bureau.

The Civil Actions Bureau defends the county and its officeholders and employees in civil suits, provides a full range of legal services for all county agencies, and represents the county's interests in actions brought to collect monies owed for taxes and fees. The bureau has sections dedicated to Child Support Services, Complex Litigation, Labor and Employment, Civil Rights/Torts, Workers' Compensation, Municipal Litigation (including Transactions/Health Law), and Real Estate Tax Litigation.

The Investigations and Administrative Services Bureaus supply investigative, technical and administrative assistance to the office. The Administrative Services Bureau supports all the other bureaus with administrative personnel and contains the office's national award-winning Victim Witness Assistance Program that provides services to crime victims.

Appearance in fiction

A fictionalized version of the office is a major backdrop in the TV series The Good Wife and the Chicago franchise.

List of Cook County State's Attorneys

State's attorneyTerm in officePartyNotes
Carlos Haven1856–1862[2]
Joseph Knox1862–1864
Charles Reed1864–1876
Luther L. Mills1876–1884Republican
Julius Grinnell1884–1888
Joel M. Longnecker1888–1892Republican[3] [4]
Jacob J. Kern1892–1896Democratic
Charles S. Deneen1896–1904Republican
John J. Healy1904–1908Republican
John E.W. Wayman1908–1912 Republican
Maclay Hoyne1912—1920Democratic[5] [6]
Robert E. Crowe1920–1928Republican[7]
John A. Swanson1928–1932Republican
Thomas J. Courtney1932–1945Democratic
Richard B. Austin1947–1948 (acting)
John S. Boyle1948–1952Democratic
Ben Adamowski1956–1960Republican
Daniel P. Ward1960–1966Democratic
John J. Stamos1966–1968
Edward Hanrahan1968–1972Democratic
Bernard Carey1972–1980Republican
Richard M. Daley1980–1989DemocraticElected in 1980, 1984, and 1988; resigned upon winning the 1989 Chicago mayoral special election.
Cecil A. Partee1989–1990DemocraticAppointed to replace Richard Daley, and lost the 1990 special election.
Jack O'Malley1990–1996RepublicanElected in 1990 (special election) and 1992.[8] Lost re-election in 1996.
Richard A. " Dick" DevineDecember 1, 1996 –
December 1, 2008		DemocraticElected in 1996, 2000, and 2004. Did not seek re-election in 2008.
Anita AlvarezDecember 1, 2008 –
December 1, 2016		DemocraticElected in 2008 and 2012. Lost re-election in 2016.
Kim FoxxDecember 1, 2016 –
present		DemocraticElected in 2016 and 2020.

Election results

|-| colspan=16 style="text-align:center;" |Cook County State's Attorney general elections|-!Year!Winning candidate!Party!Vote (pct)!Opponent!Party! Vote (pct)!Opponent!Party! Vote (pct)!Opponent!Party! Vote (pct)!Opponent!Party! Vote (pct)|-|1912| | Maclay Hoyne| | Democratic| | 122,419 (27.85%)| | Lewis Rinaker | | Republican| | 113,181 (25.74%)| | William A. Cunnea| | Socialist| | 107,647 (24.49%)| | George I. Haight| | Progressive| | 93,495 (21.27%)| | John H. Hill| | Prohibition| | 2,895 (0.66%)|-|1916[9] | | Maclay Hoyne| | Democratic| | 236,384 (44.57%)| | Harry B. Miller | | Republican| | 191,456 (36.10%)| | William A. Cunnea| | Socialist| | 102,579 (19.34%)|||||||-|1920[10] | | Robert E. Crowe| | Republican| | 525,115 (58.44%)| | Michael L. Igoe| | Democratic| | 319,236 (35.53%)| | William A. Cunnea| | Socialist| | 50,766 (5.65%)| | John C. Teevan| | Farmer-Labor| | 3,463 (0.39%)||||-| 1924
…
1968| colspan=15 | |-|1972[11] [12] | | Bernard Carey| | Republican| | | | Edward Hanrahan| | Democratic| | ||||||||||-|1976[12] | | Bernard Carey| | Republican| | | | Edward J. Egan| | Democratic| | ||||||||||-|1980[13] | | Richard M. Daley| | Democratic| | 1,058,529 (50.39%)| | Bernard Carey| | Republican| | 1,042,287 (49.61%)| | | | | |||| |-|1984[14] | | Richard M. Daley| | Democratic| | 1,418,775 (65.98%)| | Richard J. Brzeczek| | Republican| | 731,634 (34.02%)| | | | | | ||||-|1988[15] | | Richard M. Daley| | Democratic| | 1,303,906 (66.70%)| | Terrance W. Gainer| | Republican| | 650,942 (33.30%)| | | | | |||| |-|1990[16] | | Jack O'Malley| | Republican| | 692,192 (52.96%)| | Cecil A. Partee| | Democratic| | 511,424 (39.13%)|Text style="background:#D2B48C | Janice H. Robinson|Text style="background:#D2B48C | Harold Washington Party|Text style="background:#D2B48C | 103,353 (7.91%)| | |||| |-|1992[17] | | Jack O'Malley| | Republican| | 1,272,939 (61.27%)| | Patrick J. O'Connor| | Democratic| | 804,528 (38.73%)||||||| | | |-|1996[18] | | Richard A. Devine| | Democratic| | 805,659 (47.88%)| | Jack O'Malley| | Republican| | 694,306 (41.26%)| R. Eugene Pincham| Justice Party | 156,695 (9.31%)|Text style="background:#D2B48C | Lawrence C. Redman, Jr.|Text style="background:#D2B48C | Harold Washington Party|Text style="background:#D2B48C | 26,131 (1.55%)||||-|2000[19] [20] | | Richard A. Devine| | Democratic| | 1,337,578 (78.30%)| | David P. Gaughan| | Republican| | 370,678 (21.70%)| | | | | |||| |-|2004[21] [22] | | Richard A. Devine| | Democratic| | 1,483,280 (79.43%)| | Philip Spiwak| | Republican| | 384,082 (20.57%)| | | | |||| | |-|2008[23] [24] | | Anita Alvarez| | Democratic| | 1,378,452 (69.90%)| | Tony Peraica| | Republican| | 494,611 (25.08%)| | Thomas O'Brien| | Green| | 99,101 (5.03%)| | | ||||-|2012[25] | | Anita Alvarez| | Democratic| | 1,427,145 (77.05%)| | Lori S. Yokoyama| | Republican| | 421,810 (22.77%)| | | | |||| | |-|2016[26] | | Kim Foxx| | Democratic| | 1,459,087 (72.06%)| | Christopher E.K. Pfannkuche| | Republican| | 565,671 (27.94%)| | | |||| | | |-|2020[27] | | Kim Foxx| | Democratic| | 1,194,299 (54.21%)| | Pat O'Brien| | Republican| | 861,108 (39.08%)| | Brian Dennehy| | Libertarian| | 147,769 (6.71%)||| | | |

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: About the Cook County State's Attorney's Office. 2017-02-23. Cook County State's Attorney. en. 2020-02-25.
  2. Book: Lindberg, Richard C. . 1998 . To Serve and Collect: Chicago Politics and Police Corruption from the Lager Beer Riot to the Summerdale Scandal, 1855-1960 . SIU Press . 332 . 0809322234.
  3. Book: Bateman . Newton . Selby . Paul . 1905 . History of Cook County . Munsell Publishing Company. 938 .
  4. Book: Blue Book of the State of Illinois . 1914 . Office of the Illinois Secretary of State . 420 . en.
  5. Web site: TIMES . Special to THE NEW YORK . MACLAY HOYNE, 67, DEAD IN CHICAGO; State's Attorney for Cook County 2 Terms, 1912-20 --Won 5,000 Convictions FIRST CITY POST IN 1903 Counsel for Sanitary District, 1927-29--Williams Athlete Was Grandson of Mayor . The New York Times . 13 March 2020 . 2 October 1939.
  6. Web site: [Cook County State's Attorney, Maclay Hoyne, standing on a s |url=https://explore.chicagocollections.org/image/chicagohistory/71/db7w22m/ |website=Explore Chicago Collections |accessdate=13 March 2020 |language=en].
  7. Web site: The Daily News Almanac and Political Register for ... . Chicago Daily News Company . 13 March 2020 . 791 . en . 1920.
  8. Web site: Hinton . Rachel . Republicans: O'Brien has 'really decent chance' to oust Foxx in November . Chicago Sun-Times . 16 June 2020 . en . 19 March 2020.
  9. Book: The Chicago Daily News Almanac and Year Book for ... . 1916 . Chicago Daily News Company . 598 . en.
  10. Book: The Chicago Daily News Almanac and Year Book for ... . 1921 . Chicago Daily News Company . 784 . March 13, 2020 . en.
  11. Web site: Kifner . John Kifner . Defeat of Hanrahan for Prosecutor Is a Stunning Blow to Daley's Organization (Published 1972) . The New York Times . 22 October 2020 . 9 November 1972.
  12. News: Colby . Peter W. . Green . Paul Michael . Patterns of change in suburban voting . 5 November 2020 . Illinois Issues . October 1979.
  13. Illinois Elections (p. 90) c. 1986. Publishers, Paul Green, David Everson, Peter Colby, and Joan Parker
  14. Web site: OFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS GENERAL ELECTION COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1984 . voterinfo.net . Cook County Clerk . https://web.archive.org/web/20081003205039/http://www.voterinfonet.com/results/archive/1984NovCombinedSummary.pdf . 3 October 2008.
  15. Web site: OFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS GENERAL ELECTION COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1988 . voterinfo.net . Cook County Clerk . https://web.archive.org/web/20081003205808/http://www.voterinfonet.com/results/archive/1988NovCombinedSummary.pdf . 3 October 2008.
  16. Web site: OFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS GENERAL ELECTION COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1990 . voterinfo.net . https://web.archive.org/web/20081003205145/http://www.voterinfonet.com/results/archive/1990NovCombinedSummary.pdf . 3 October 2008.
  17. Web site: OFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS GENERAL ELECTION COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1992 . voterinfo.net . Cook County Clerk . https://web.archive.org/web/20081010121257/http://www.voterinfonet.com/results/archive/1992NovCombinedSummary.pdf . 10 October 2008.
  18. Web site: OFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS GENERAL ELECTION COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1996 . voterinfo.net . Cook County Clerk . https://web.archive.org/web/20081102032935/http://www.voterinfonet.com/results/archive/1996NovCombinedSUMMARY.pdf . 2 November 2008.
  19. Web site: SUBURBAN COOK COUNTY RESULTS . voterinfonet.com . Cook County Clerk . https://web.archive.org/web/20050301190004/http://www.voterinfonet.com/results/032100/032100_index.html . 1 March 2005 . dead.
  20. Web site: TABULATED STATEMENT OF THE RETURNS AND PROCLAMATION OF THE RESULTS OF THE CANVASS OF THE ELECTION RETURNS FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION HELD IN EACH OF THE PRECINCTS IN ALL THE WARDS IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER, 2000 A.D. . Chicago Board of Election Commissioners . 18 June 2020.
  21. Web site: FINAL RESULTS SUMMARY REPORT COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS GENERAL ELECTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2004 . Cook County Clerk's Office . 19 March 2020 . 23 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200323010723/https://www.cookcountyclerk.com/sites/default/files/2004NovemberCookSUMMARY_0.pdf . dead .
  22. Web site: TABULATED STATEMENT OF THE RETURNS AND PROCLAMATION OF THE RESULTS OF THE CANVASS OF THE ELECTION RETURNS FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION IN EACH OF THE PRECINCTS IN ALL THE WARDS IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2004 A.D.. Chicago Board of Elections . 19 March 2020.
  23. Web site: Official General Election 11/4/2008 Summary Report Cook County Unofficial Results . Cook County Clerk's Office . 16 March 2020 . 4 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200904053301/https://www.cookcountyclerk.com/sites/default/files/Nov08Election.pdf . dead .
  24. Web site: TABULATED STATEMENT OF THE RETURNS AND PROCLAMATION OF THE RESULTS OF THE CANVASS OF THE ELECTION RETURNS FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION IN EACH OF THE PRECINCTS IN ALL THE WARDS IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2008 A.D.. Chicago Board of Elections . 16 March 2020.
  25. Web site: Cook County and the City of Chicago Combined Summary Report General Election November 6, 2012 . 16 March 2020.
  26. Web site: General Election Cook County and The City of Chicago Tuesday, November 8, 2016 Combined Summary . 15 March 2020 . 29 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201029203050/https://www.cookcountyclerk.com/sites/default/files/CombinedSummaryReport110816%20(1).pdf . dead .
  27. Web site: Cook County and The City of Chicago General Election November 3, 2020 Combined Summary . Cook County Clerk . 1 December 2020 . 16 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210116211923/https://www.cookcountyclerk.com/sites/default/files/CombinedSummary_110320_v1.pdf . dead .

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