2024 Cook County, Illinois, elections

The Cook County, Illinois, general election were held on November 5, 2024.^[1] Elections were held for Clerk of the Circuit Court, State's Attorney, Board of Commissioners district 1, Cook County Board of Review district 1, four seats on the Water Reclamation District Board, and judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County.^[2]

Primary elections, held using the open primary system, took place on March 19, 2024.^[1]^[3]

Clerk of the Circuit Court

The incumbent first-term clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Iris Martinez, ran for re-election, but was defeated for re-nomination by Mariyana T. Spyropoulos. In the Republican and Libertarian party primaries, one candidate each ran uncontested. Spyropoulos won the general election with 68% of the vote.

Democratic party primary

In the Democratic primary election, Martinez faced a challenge from Mariyana Spyropoulos, who had served as Metropolitan Water Reclamation District commissioner since 2016.

Candidates

Candidate	Experience	Campaign	Ref
Iris Martinez	Incumbent	Website^[usurped]	^[4]
Mariyana T. Spyropoulos	Metropolitan Water Reclamation District commissioner (2016-present)	Website	^[4]

Results

Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County Democratic primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mariyana T. Spyropoulos	329,635	65.17
	Democratic	Iris Y. Martinez (incumbent)	176,195	34.83
Total votes			505,830	100.0

Republican party primary

Lupe Aguirre ran uncontested in the Republican primary election.^[2]

Libertarian party primary

Michael Murphy ran uncontested in the Libertarian primary election.^[2]

General election

Results

Cook County Clerk of the Circuit Court election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Mariyana T. Spyropoulos	1,322,315	67.99	−5.04%
	Republican	Lupe Aguirre	498,205	25.62	−1.35%
	Libertarian	Michael Murphy	124,368	6.39	N/A
Total votes			1,944,888	100.0
	Democratic hold

State's Attorney

Incumbent second-term Cook County State's Attorney, Kim Foxx, retired at the end of her term on December 1, 2024. Two candidates were running in the Democratic primary election, and one candidate each is running uncontested in the Republican and Libertarian primary elections.

Democratic party primary

Candidates

Candidate	Experience	Campaign	Ref
Clayton Harris III	Lecturer in public policy at the University of Chicago Former assistant state's attorney	Website	^[5]
Eileen O'Neill Burke	Former judge on the Illinois First District Appellate Court (2016-2023) and Cook County Circuit Court (2008-2016)	Website	^[5]

Results

Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County Democratic primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Eileen O'Neill Burke	264,428	50.15
	Democratic	Clayton Harris III	262,857	49.85
Total votes			527,285	100.0

Republican party primary

Bob Fioretti, former Chicago City Council member and perennial candidate, was running uncontested in the Republican primary election.^[2]

Libertarian party primary

Andrew Charles Kopinski is running uncontested in the Libertarian primary election.^[2]

General election

Results

Cook County State’s Attorney election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Eileen O'Neill Burke	1,315,970	67.36	+13.15%
	Republican	Bob Fioretti	551,617	28.23	−10.85%
	Libertarian	Andrew Charles Kopinski	86,154	4.41	−2.30%
Total votes			1,953,761	100.0
	Democratic hold

Clerk

2024 Cook County Clerk special election

← 2022

November 5, 2024

2026 →


Candidate	Monica Gordon	Michelle Pennington
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	1,320,946	530,680
Percentage	68.30%	27.44%

Clerk before election

Cedric Giles
Democratic

Elected Clerk

Monica Gordon
Democratic

General election

2024 Cook County Clerk special election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Monica Gordon	1,320,946	68.30	−3.28
	Republican	Michelle Pennington	530,680	27.44	+1.18
	Libertarian	Joseph Schreiner	82,526	4.26	+2.10
Total votes			1,934,152	100.0

Board of Commissioners, 1st district (special election)

2024 Cook County Board of Commissioners 1st district special election

← 2022

November 5, 2024

2026 →


Candidate	Tara Stamps	James Humay
Party	Democratic	Libertarian
Popular vote	94,353	10,828
Percentage	89.71%	10.29%

Commissioner before election

Tara Stamps
Democratic

Elected Commissioner

Tara Stamps
Democratic

In the 2022 election, Brandon Johnson was re-elected as commissioner for the 1st district on the Cook County Board of Commissioners. After his election as Mayor of Chicago in 2023, Tara Stamps was appointed to replace him.^[6] Stamps is running for re-election to a full term, and faces a challenger in the Democratic primary election.

Democratic party primary

Candidates

Candidate	Experience	Campaign	Ref
Tara Stamps	Incumbent	Website	^[7]
Zerlina Smith-Members	Political consultant and perennial candidate	Website	^[7]

General election

2024 Cook County Board of Commissioners 1st district special election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Tara Stamps (incumbent)	94,353	89.71	−3.16
	Libertarian	James Humay	10,828	10.29	+3.16
Total votes			105,181	100.0

References

^ ^a ^b Illinois State Board of Elections (September 7, 2023). "State of Illinois 2024 Election Campaign & Finance Calendar" (PDF).
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Municipal elections in Cook County, Illinois (2024)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
^ "State Primary Election Types". www.ncsl.org. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
^ ^a ^b "Democratic Party politics loom large over fight for Cook County Circuit Court Clerk". WBEZ Chicago. 2024-02-16. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
^ ^a ^b Myers, Quinn (2024-03-06). "Meet The 2 Democrats Running For Cook County State's Attorney". Block Club Chicago. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
^ Novelo, Allison (2023-06-21). "Democrats choose community activist and CTU worker Tara Stamps to fill Mayor Brandon Johnson's old County Board seat". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
^ ^a ^b "CTU staffer fights to keep Mayor Johnson's former seat on the Cook County Board". Chicago Sun-Times. 2024-02-28. Retrieved 2024-03-18.

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[:0-1] Illinois State Board of Elections (September 7, 2023). "State of Illinois 2024 Election Campaign & Finance Calendar" (PDF).

[:1-2] "Municipal elections in Cook County, Illinois (2024)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-03-06.

[3] "State Primary Election Types". www.ncsl.org. Retrieved 2020-01-28.

[:2-4] "Democratic Party politics loom large over fight for Cook County Circuit Court Clerk". WBEZ Chicago. 2024-02-16. Retrieved 2024-03-17.

[:3-5] Myers, Quinn (2024-03-06). "Meet The 2 Democrats Running For Cook County State's Attorney". Block Club Chicago. Retrieved 2024-03-17.

[6] Novelo, Allison (2023-06-21). "Democrats choose community activist and CTU worker Tara Stamps to fill Mayor Brandon Johnson's old County Board seat". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2024-03-18.

[:4-7] "CTU staffer fights to keep Mayor Johnson's former seat on the Cook County Board". Chicago Sun-Times. 2024-02-28. Retrieved 2024-03-18.

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