Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County explained

Post:Clerk
Body:the Circuit Court of Cook County
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Incumbent:Iris Martinez
Incumbentsince:December 1, 2020
Termlength:4 years

The Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County is the clerk of Circuit Court of Cook County, located in Cook County, Illinois.

Office description

On January 1, 1964, the circuit courts of Cook County were unified. Before this, there were more than 200 separate courts in Cook County. In its unified form, it now had a single, popularly elected, clerk of court.

Pre-1964 officeholders

Notable pre-1964 officeholders included Norman T. Gassette[1] and Jacob Gross.

Officeholders since 1964

The following individuals have held the office since the modern iteration of the Circuit Court of Cook County was established in 1964.

State's AttorneyTerm in officePartyNotesCite
Joseph B. McDonough1964–1968[2]
Matthew J. DanaherDecember 1968–1974DemocraticElected in 1968 and 1972[3]
Morgan M. Finley1974–December 1988DemocraticAppointed in 1974; elected in 1976, 1980, 1984[4]
Aurelia PucinskiDecember 1988–December 1, 2000Democratic (1988–1998)
Republican (1998–2000)		Elected in 1988, 1992, 1996
Dorothy A. BrownDecember 1, 2000–December 1, 2020DemocraticElected in 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016
Iris MartinezDecember 1, 2020–presentDemocraticElected in 2020

Recent election results

|-| colspan=16 style="text-align:center;" |Clerk of the Circuit Court general elections|-!Year!Winning candidate!Party!Vote (pct)!Opponent!Party! Vote (pct)!Opponent!Party! Vote (pct)!Opponent!Party! Vote (pct)|-|1984[5] | | Morgan M. Finley| | Democratic| | 1,260,257 (61.32%)| | Deborah L. Murphy| | Republican| | 794,882 (38.68%)| | | | | | |-|1988[6] | | Aurelia Pucinski| | Democratic| | 1,170,558 (59.38%)| | Edward R. Vrdolyak| | Republican| | 800,783 (40.62%)| | | | | | |-|1992[7] | | Aurelia Pucinski| | Democratic| | 1,349,837 (68.39%)| | Herbert T. Schumann, Jr.| | Republican| | 486,185 (24.63%)|Text style="background:#D2B48C | Deloris "Dee" Jones|Text style="background:#D2B48C | Harold Washington Party|Text style="background:#D2B48C | 137,642 (6.97%)| | | |-|1996[8] | | Aurelia Pucinski| | Democratic| | 1,149,216 (70.37%)| | Sandra M. Stavropoulos| | Republican| | 397,191 (24.32%)|Text style="background:#D2B48C | Philip Morris|Text style="background:#D2B48C | Harold Washington Party|Text style="background:#D2B48C | 64,204 (3.03%)| Janet Dennis| Justice Party | 22,581 (1.38%)|-|2000[9] [10] | | Dorothy A. Brown| | Democratic| | 1,197,773 (72.94%)| | Nancy F. Mynard| | Republican| | 444,336 (27.06%)| | | | | | |-|2004[11] [12] | | Dorothy A. Brown| | Democratic| | 1,365,285 (74.06%)| | Judith A. Kleiderman| | Republican| | 478,222 (25.94%)| | | | | | |-|2008[13] [14] | | Dorothy A. Brown| | Democratic| | 1,315,731 (68.29%)| | Dianne S. Shapiro| | Republican| | 517,115 (26.84%)| | Paloma Andrade| | Green| | 93,906 (4.87%)| | | |-|2012[15] | | Dorothy A. Brown| | Democratic| | 1,291,499 (70.44%)| | Diane S. Shapiro| | Republican| | 541,973 (29.56%)| | | | | | |-|2016[16] | | Dorothy A. Brown| | Democratic| | 1,345,696 (67.22%)| | Diane S. Shapiro| | Republican| | 656,232 (32.78%)| | | | | | |-|2020[17] | | Iris Y. Martinez| | Democratic| | 1,549,615 (73.03%)| | Barbara Bellar| | Republican| | 572,169 (26.97%)| | | | | | |-|2024| TBD| TBD| TBD| | Mariyana Spyropoulos| | Democratic| | | | Lupe Aguirre| | Republican| | | | Michael Murphy | | Libertarian | |

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Andreas . Alfred Theodore . From 1857 until the fire of 1871 . A. T. Andreas . 26 December 2020 . 663 . en . 1885.
  2. Web site: Dorothy Brown Honors the Legacy of Past Clerks of the Circuit Court . Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County . 4 November 2020 . 5 August 2005.
  3. Web site: MATTHEW DANAHER, INDICTED DALEY AIDE (Published 1974) . The New York Times . 4 November 2020 . 16 December 1974.
  4. Web site: Gibson . Ray . FINLEY STEERS PUBLIC INSURANCE BUSINESS TO FRIEND . chicagotribune.com . Chicago Tribune . 18 October 2020 . 20 July 1986.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. Web site: FINAL RESULTS SUMMARY REPORT COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS GENERAL ELECTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2004 . Cook County Clerk's Office . 19 March 2020 . March 23, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200323010723/https://www.cookcountyclerk.com/sites/default/files/2004NovemberCookSUMMARY_0.pdf . dead .
  12. 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.
  13. Web site: Official General Election 11/4/2008 Summary Report Cook County Unofficial Results . Cook County Clerk's Office . 16 March 2020 . September 4, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200904053301/https://www.cookcountyclerk.com/sites/default/files/Nov08Election.pdf . dead .
  14. 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.
  15. Web site: Cook County and the City of Chicago Combined Summary Report General Election November 6, 2012 . 16 March 2020.
  16. Web site: General Election Cook County and The City of Chicago Tuesday, November 8, 2016 Combined Summary . 15 March 2020 . October 29, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201029203050/https://www.cookcountyclerk.com/sites/default/files/CombinedSummaryReport110816%20(1).pdf . dead .
  17. Web site: Cook County and The City of Chicago General Election November 3, 2020 Combined Summary . Cook County Clerk . 1 December 2020 . January 16, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210116211923/https://www.cookcountyclerk.com/sites/default/files/CombinedSummary_110320_v1.pdf . dead .

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