1998 Cook County Board of Commissioners election

1998 Cook County Board of Commissioners election
November 3, 1998
All 17 seats on the Cook County Board of Commissioners; 9 seats needed for a majority

The 1998 Cook County Board of Commissioners election was held on November 3, 1998.^[1] It was preceded by a primary election held on March 17, 1998.^[2] It coincided with other 1998 Cook County, Illinois, elections (including the election for president of the Cook County Board of Commissioners). It saw all seventeen seats of the Cook County Board of Commissioners up for election to four-year terms.

1st district

Incumbent commissioner Darlena Williams-Burnett, a Democrat appointed in 1997 after fellow Democrat Danny K. Davis resigned to serve in the United States House of Representatives, lost renomination in the Democratic primary to Earlean Collins.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] Collins would go on to win the general election.

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 1st district Democratic primary^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Earlean Collins	15,001	45.26
	Democratic	Darlena Williams-Burnett (incumbent)	11,968	36.11
	Democratic	Lori L. Jordan	3,271	9.87
	Democratic	Brenetta Howell Barrett	2,901	8.75
Total votes			33,141	100

Republican

Cook County Board of Commissioners 1st district Republican primary^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Luther Franklin Spence	1,583	100
Total votes			1,583	100

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 1st district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Earlean Collins	62,134	88.80
	Republican	Luther Franklin Spence	7,835	11.20
Total votes			69,969	100

2nd district

Incumbent third-term commissioner Bobbie L. Steele, a Democrat, was reelected, running unopposed in both the primary and general election.

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 2nd district Democratic primary^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bobbie L. Steele (incumbent)	26,141	100
Total votes			26,141	100

Republican

No candidates ran in the Republican primary.^[2]

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 2nd district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bobbie L. Steele (incumbent)	61,487	100
Total votes			61,487	100

3rd district

Incumbent commissioner Jerry Butler, a Democrat who first assumed office in 1985, was reelected.

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 3rd district Democratic primary^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jerry "Iceman" Butler (incumbent)	38,266	100
Total votes			38,266	100

Republican

Cook County Board of Commissioners 3rd district Republican primary^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Nathan Peoples	1,385	100
Total votes			1,385	100

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 3rd district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jerry "Iceman" Butler (incumbent)	72,279	91.25
	Republican	Nathan Peoples	6,928	8.75
Total votes			79,207	100

4th district

Incumbent commissioner John Stroger, a Democrat, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election.

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 4th district Democratic primary^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John H. Stroger, Jr. (incumbent)	51,551	100
Total votes			51,551	100

Republican

No candidates ran in the Republican primary.^[2]

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 4th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John H. Stroger, Jr. (incumbent)	91,847	100
Total votes			91,847	100

5th district

Incumbent first-term commissioner Deborah Sims, a Democrat, was reelected.

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 5th district Democratic primary^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Deborah Sims (incumbent)	20,457	55.04
	Democratic	William "Bill" Lockhart	16,711	44.96
Total votes			37,168	100

Republican

No candidates ran in the Republican primary.^[2]

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 5th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Deborah Sims (incumbent)	75,008	100
Total votes			75,008	100

6th district

Incumbent first-term commissioner Bud Fleming, a Republican, unsuccessfully sought reelection, being unseated by Democratic nominee William Moran.^[6] Moran's victory of Flemming was considered an upset victory. Before winning this race, Moran had been regarded as a perennial candidate.^[7]^[8]

Primaries

Democratic

William Moran, who had never held office, defeated John David Desimone, who had served as President of the Chicago Heights Park District since 1995.^[9]

Cook County Board of Commissioners 6th district Democratic primary^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William Moran	10,089	58.26
	Democratic	John David Desimone	7,229	41.74
Total votes			17,318	100

Republican

Cook County Board of Commissioners 6th district Republican primary^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Barclav "Bud" Fleming (incumbent)	7,670	51.21
	Republican	Cindy Panayotovich	7,309	48.79
Total votes			14,979	100

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 6th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William Moran	36,771	50.40
	Republican	Barclav "Bud" Fleming (incumbent)	36,186	49.60
Total votes			72,957	100

7th district

Incumbent first-term commissioner Joseph Mario Moreno, a Democrat, was reelected.

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 7th district Democratic primary^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joseph Mario Moreno (incumbent)	15,120	100
Total votes			15,120	100

Republican

Cook County Board of Commissioners 7th district Republican primary^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Irma C. Lopez	1,156	100
Total votes			1,156	100

General election

Republican primary winner Irma C. Lopez was replaced on the ballot by Alberto Alva.

Cook County Board of Commissioners 7th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joseph Mario Moreno (incumbent)	25,587	84.27
	Republican	Alberto Alva	4,962	15.73
Total votes			30,549	100

8th district

Incumbent first-term commissioner Roberto Maldonado, a Democrat, was reelected, running unopposed in both the primary and general election.

Primaries

Democratic

Incumbent Roberto Maldono was challenged by Francisco Duprey, who had served as the director of school services for Chicago Public Schools and had also led Chicago's Department of Economic Development.^[10]^[11]

Cook County Board of Commissioners 8th district Democratic primary^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Roberto Maldonado (incumbent)	12,619	64.97
	Democratic	Francisco Duprey	6,803	35.03
Total votes			19,422	100

Republican

No candidates ran in the Republican primary.^[2]

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 8th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Roberto Maldonado (incumbent)	31,356	100
Total votes			31,356	100

9th district

Incumbent first-term commissioner Peter N. Silvestri, a Republican, was reelected.

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 9th district Democratic primary^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joan A. Sullivan	17,569	63.66
	Democratic	Frank Nino	10,029	36.34
Total votes			27,598	100

Republican

Cook County Board of Commissioners 9th district Republican primary^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Peter N. Silvestri (incumbent)	8,534	100
Total votes			8,534	100

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 9th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Peter N. Silvestri (incumbent)	47,720	55.76
	Democratic	Joan A. Sullivan	37,854	44.24
Total votes			85,574	100

10th district

Incumbent second-term commissioner Maria Pappas, a Democrat, did not seek reelection, instead opting to run for Cook County Treasurer. Democrat Mike Quigley was elected to succeed her in office.

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 10th district Democratic primary^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Quigley	11,185	44.78
	Democratic	Ralph Martire	6,799	27.22
	Democratic	Peter Miller	2,604	10.43
	Democratic	Brian J. Berg	2,536	10.15
	Democratic	Stefanos "Scott" Venable	1,854	7.42
Total votes			24,978	100

Republican

No candidates ran in the Republican primary.^[2]

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 10th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Quigley	56,208	100
Total votes			56,208	100

11th district

Incumbent commissioner John P. Daley, a Democrat in office since 1992, was reelected.

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 11th district Democratic primary^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John P. Daley (incumbent)	42,616	100
Total votes			42,616	100

Republican

Cook County Board of Commissioners 11th district Republican primary^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William Walsh	3,541	100
Total votes			3,541	100

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 11th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John P. Daley (incumbent)	70,457	76.49
	Republican	William Walsh	21,654	23.51
Total votes			92,111	100

12th district

Incumbent third-term^[12] commissioner Ted Lechowicz, a Democrat, was reelected.

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 12th district Democratic primary^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thaddeus "Ted" Lechowicz (incumbent)	22,785	48.87
Total votes			22,785	100

Republican

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.^[1]

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 12th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thaddeus "Ted" Lechowicz (incumbent)	47,588	100
Total votes			47,588	100

13th district

Incumbent first-term Commissioner Calvin Sutker, a Democrat, was reelected.

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 13th district Democratic primary^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Calvin R. Sutker (incumbent)	22,650	100
Total votes			22,650	100

Republican

No candidates ran in the Republican primary.^[2]

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 13th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Calvin R. Sutker (incumbent)	53,277	70.74
	Republican	Ellen R. Schrodt	22,037	29.26
Total votes			75,314	100

14th district

Incumbent commissioner Richard Siebel, a Republican, did not seek reelection. Republican Gregg Goslin was elected to succeed him.

Primaries

Democratic

No candidates ran in the Democratic primary.^[2]

Republican

Cook County Board of Commissioners 14th district Republican primary^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gregg Goslin	10,539	51.38
	Republican	Delores Stephan	9,974	48.62
Total votes			20,513	100

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 14th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gregg Goslin	45,781	59.27
	Democratic	Joyce Thompson Fitzgerald	31,458	40.73
Total votes			77,239	100

15th district

Incumbent sixth-term^[13] commissioner Carl R. Hansen, a Republican, was reelected.

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 15th district Democratic primary^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bridget Mary White	3,955	63.24
	Democratic	Ronald G. Bobkowski	2,299	36.76
Total votes			11,611	100

Republican

Cook County Board of Commissioners 15th district Republican primary^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carl R. Hansen (incumbent)	8,047	50.72
	Republican	Michael S. Olszewski	5,431	34.23
	Republican	Kenneth B. Dubinsky	2,388	15.05
Total votes			15,866	100

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 15th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carl R. Hansen (incumbent)	35,681	61.00
	Democratic	Bridget Mary White	22,810	39.00
Total votes			58,491	100

16th district

Incumbent Commissioner Allan C. Carr, a Republican, was reelected.

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 16th district Democratic primary^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John E. Bertone	9,970	100
Total votes			9,970	100

Republican

Cook County Board of Commissioners 16th district Republican primary^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Allan C. Carr (incumbent)	13,934	100
Total votes			13,934	100

General election

Democratic nominee John E. Bertone withdrew and was not replaced on the ballot.^[14]

Cook County Board of Commissioners 16th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Alan C. Carr (incumbent)	53,453	100
Total votes			53,453	100

17th district

Incumbent third-term^[15] commissioner Herb Schumann, a Republican, was reelected.

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Board of Commissioners 17th district Democratic primary^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John K. Murphy	10,227	100
Total votes			10,227	100

Republican

Cook County Board of Commissioners 17th district Republican primary^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Herbert T. Schumann, Jr. (incumbent)	15,613	100
Total votes			15,613	100

General election

Cook County Board of Commissioners 17th district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Herbert T. Schumann, Jr. (incumbent)	50,720	56.82
	Democratic	John K. Murphy	38,545	43.18
Total votes			89,265	100

Summarizing statistics

Contest summary
Party	Seats held before	Seats contested	Seats won
Democratic	11	16	12
Republican	6	11	5

Contests by parties contesting
Parties contesting	Total	Democratic wins	Republicans wins
Seats contested by Democratic and Republican nominees	10	6	4
Seats contested only by Democratic nominees	6	6	N/a
Seats contested only by Republican nominees	1	N/a	1

Vote summary
Party	Popular vote	Seats won
Democratic	791,445 (70.39%)	12
Republican	332,957 (29.61%)	5
Total	1,124,402	N/a

Fate of incumbents
Party	Total incumbents	Incumbents that sought reelection/retired	Incumbents that won/lost re-nomination in primaries	Incumbents that won/lost general election
Democratic	11	10 sought reelection 1 retired	9 won re-nomination 1 lost re-nomination	9 won 0 lost
Republican	6	5 sought reelection 1 retired	5 won re-nomination 0 lost re-nomination	4 won 1 lost

Composition of elected board (returning/newly elected members)
Party	Returning members	Newly elected members
Democratic	9	3
Republican	4	1

References

^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "OFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS GENERAL ELECTION COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1998" (PDF). results.cookcountyclerkil.gov.
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai "OFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS PRIMARY ELECTION COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1998" (PDF). www.cookcountyclerkil.com. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
^ "Our Campaigns - Candidate - Darlena Williams-Burnett". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
^ "CHICAGO OBSERVER". Crain's Chicago Business. December 12, 1998. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
^ "Editorial board questionnaires and endorsements -- chicagotribune.com". primaries2010.elections.chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
^ Ziemba, Stanleyriter Janice Neumann contributed to this (November 1, 2001). "County Board contest big draw". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
^ "Editorial board questionnaires and endorsements -- chicagotribune.com". primaries2010.elections.chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on June 25, 2020. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
^ "CHOICES FOR COOK COUNTY BOARD". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
^ Smith, Scott D. (March 6, 1998). "6th District Democrats gear up for showdown". nwitimes.com. The Times of Northwest Indiana. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
^ O'Brien, Dennis (September 6, 1996). "OFFICIAL ADMITS PRIOR KNOWLEDGE OF BUS PROBLEMS". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune.
^ Galvan, Manuel (September 16, 1986). "HISPANIC ALDERMAN MAY GO AFTER WASHINGTON'S JOB". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
^ "Ex-Cook Commissioner 'Ted' Lechowicz dies". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. January 5, 2009. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
^ Pohl, Kimberly (February 3, 2010). "Longtime Cook Co. Board member Carl Hansen Dies -- Daily Herald". prev.dailyherald.com. Daily Herald. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
^ Cohen, Laurie; Becker, Robert; Pallasch, Abdon M. (October 28, 1998). "AN INVISIBLE CANDIDATE OUT OF RACE". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved October 26, 2020.
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[general-1] ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "OFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS GENERAL ELECTION COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1998" (PDF). results.cookcountyclerkil.gov.

[primary-2] ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai "OFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS PRIMARY ELECTION COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1998" (PDF). www.cookcountyclerkil.com. Retrieved October 15, 2020.

[3] "Our Campaigns - Candidate - Darlena Williams-Burnett". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. Retrieved October 13, 2020.

[4] "CHICAGO OBSERVER". Crain's Chicago Business. December 12, 1998. Retrieved October 13, 2020.

[5] "Editorial board questionnaires and endorsements -- chicagotribune.com". primaries2010.elections.chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved October 13, 2020.

[6] Ziemba, Stanleyriter Janice Neumann contributed to this (November 1, 2001). "County Board contest big draw". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved October 14, 2020.

[7] "Editorial board questionnaires and endorsements -- chicagotribune.com". primaries2010.elections.chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on June 25, 2020. Retrieved June 22, 2020.

[8] "CHOICES FOR COOK COUNTY BOARD". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved June 22, 2020.

[9] Smith, Scott D. (March 6, 1998). "6th District Democrats gear up for showdown". nwitimes.com. The Times of Northwest Indiana. Retrieved October 14, 2020.

[10] O'Brien, Dennis (September 6, 1996). "OFFICIAL ADMITS PRIOR KNOWLEDGE OF BUS PROBLEMS". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune.

[11] Galvan, Manuel (September 16, 1986). "HISPANIC ALDERMAN MAY GO AFTER WASHINGTON'S JOB". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved October 14, 2020.

[12] "Ex-Cook Commissioner 'Ted' Lechowicz dies". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. January 5, 2009. Retrieved June 22, 2020.

[heraldHansen-13] Pohl, Kimberly (February 3, 2010). "Longtime Cook Co. Board member Carl Hansen Dies -- Daily Herald". prev.dailyherald.com. Daily Herald. Retrieved March 17, 2020.

[14] Cohen, Laurie; Becker, Robert; Pallasch, Abdon M. (October 28, 1998). "AN INVISIBLE CANDIDATE OUT OF RACE". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved October 26, 2020.

[15] "HERBERT T. SCHUMANN SR". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. November 21, 1990. Retrieved June 23, 2020.