2014 Cook County, Illinois, elections

The Cook County, Illinois, general election was held on November 4, 2014.

Primaries were held March 18, 2014.

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 seat 3, three seats on the Water Reclamation District Board, and judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County.

Election information
2014 was a midterm election year in the United States. The primaries and general elections for Cook County races coincided with those for federal congressional races and those for state elections.

Voter turnout
Voter turnout in Cook County during the primaries was 16.26%, with 458,396 ballots cast. Among these, 285,728 Democratic, 169,922 Republican, 245 Green, and 2,501 nonpartisan primary ballots were cast. The city of Chicago saw 16.54% turnout and suburban Cook County saw 15.99% turnout.

The general election saw 49.30% turnout, with 1,364,436 ballots cast. The city of Chicago saw 48.81% turnout and suburban Cook County saw 49.79% turnout.

Assessor
In the 2014 Cook County Assessor election, incumbent first-term Assessor Joseph Berrios, a Democrat, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election.

Republican
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.

Clerk
In the 2014 Cook County Clerk election, incumbent sixth-term Clerk David Orr, a Democrat, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and the general election.

Republican
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.

Sheriff
In the 2014 Cook County Sheriff election, incumbent second-term Sheriff Tom Dart, a Democrat, was reelected.

Republican
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.

Treasurer
In the 2014 Cook County Treasurer election, incumbent fourth-term Treasurer Maria Pappas, a Democrat, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election.

Republican
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.

President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners
In the 2014 President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners election, incumbent first-term President Toni Preckwinkle, a Democrat, was reelected.

Republican
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.

Cook County Board of Commissioners
The 2014 Cook County Board of Commissioners election saw all seventeen seats of the Cook County Board of Commissioners up for election to four-year terms.

Fifteen members were reelected. One member did not seek reelection. One member was defeated in their party's primary. This meant that a total of two individuals were newly-elected.

As these were the first elections held following the 2010 United States Census, the seats faced redistricting before this election.

Cook County Board of Review
In the 2014 Cook County Board of Review election, one seat, Democratic-held, out of its three seats was up for election. Incumbent Larry Rogers, Jr. was reelected.

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.

3rd district
Incumbent third-term member Larry Rogers, Jr., a Democrat last reelected in 2012, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election. This election was to a four-year term.

Republican
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.

Water Reclamation District Board
In the 2014 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. 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, Cynthia M. Santos and Frank Avila both Democrats. Each won reelection. Joining them in winning the general election was fellow Democrat Tim Bradford.

Judicial elections
11 judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County were up for partisan elections due to vacancies. 72 circuit court judges had retention elections.

15 subcircuit courts judgeships were also up for partisan elections due to vacancies. Multiple subcircuit judges had retention elections.

Other elections
Coinciding with the primaries, elections were held to elect both the Democratic and Republican committeemen for the suburban townships.