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1998 Cook County, Illinois, elections

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The Cook County, Illinois, general election was held on November 3, 1998.[1]

1998 Cook County, Illinois, elections
← 1996 November 3, 1998 2000 →
Turnout54.61%

Primaries were held on March 17, 1998.[2]

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, all 3 seats of the Cook County Board of Review, 4 seats on the Water Reclamation District Board, and judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County.

Election information

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1998 was a midterm election year in the United States. The primaries and general elections for Cook County races coincided with those for federal (Senate and House) and those for state elections.

Voter turnout

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Primary election

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Voter turnout in Cook County during the primaries was 28.68%.[3]

On its own, suburban Cook County saw 23.95% turnout.[2][4]

Vote totals of primaries[2]
Primary Chicago vote totals Suburban Cook County vote totals Total Cook County vote totals
Democratic 431,146 182,250 613,396
Republican 25,783 136,260 162,043
Libertarian 38 25 63
Reform 112 152 264
Nonpartisan 531 4,283 4,814
Total 457,610 322,970 780,580

General election

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The general election saw 54.61% turnout, with 1,433,423 ballots cast.[3] Chicago saw 752,506 ballots cast while suburban Cook County saw 53.95% turnout (with 680,917 ballots cast).[1][4]

Assessor

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1998 Cook County Assessor election
← 1994 November 3, 1998 2002 →
Turnout46.71%[1][3]
 
Candidate James Houlihan Jose Carlos Gomez
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 926,646 260,245
Percentage 75.58% 21.23%
Assessor before election

James Houlihan
Democratic

Elected Assessor

James Houlihan
Democratic

In the 1998 Cook County Assessor election, incumbent assessor James Houlihan, a Democrat, was elected to his first full-term. Houlihan had been appointed to the office in 1997, after Thomas Hynes (who had served as Cook County assessor since 1978) opted to resign from the office.[5]

Primaries

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Democratic

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Cook County Assessor Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James M. Houlihan (incumbent) 330,292 100
Total votes 330,292 100

Republican

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Cook County Assessor Republican primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jose Carlos Gomez 103,091 100
Total votes 103,091 100

General election

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Cook County Assessor election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James M. Houlihan (incumbent) 926,646 75.58
Republican Jose Carlos Gomez 260,245 21.23
Justice Party Philip Morris 39,111 3.19
Total votes 1,226,002 100

Clerk

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1998 Cook County Clerk election
← 1994 November 3, 1998 2002 →
Turnout48.70%[1][3]
     
Candidate David Orr Judie A. Jones
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 988,136 290,256
Percentage 77.30% 22.70%
Clerk before election

David Orr
Democratic

Elected Clerk

David Orr
Democratic

In the 1998 Cook County Clerk election, incumbent second-term clerk David Orr, a Democrat, was reelected.

Primaries

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Democratic

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Cook County Clerk Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic David Orr (incumbent) 404,839 100
Total votes 404,839 100

Republican

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Cook County Clerk Republican primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Judith A. "Judie" Jones 109,540 100
Total votes 109,540 100

General election

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Cook County Clerk election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic David Orr (incumbent) 988,136 77.30
Republican Judith A. "Judie" Jones 290,256 22.70
Total votes 1,278,392 100

Sheriff

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1998 Cook County Sheriff election
← 1994 November 3, 1998 2002 →
Turnout48.38%[1][3]
 
Candidate Michael F. Sheahan LeRoy Martin
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 903,053 366,867
Percentage 71.11% 28.89%
Sheriff before election

Michael F. Sheahan
Democratic

Elected Sheriff

Michael F. Sheahan
Democratic

In the 1998 Cook County Sheriff election, incumbent second-term sheriff Michael F. Sheahan, a Democrat, was reelected.

Primaries

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Democratic

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Cook County Sheriff Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Michael F. Sheahan (incumbent) 367,157 100
Total votes 367,157 100

Republican

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Former Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department LeRoy Martin won the Republican primary.

Cook County Sheriff Republican primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican LeRoy Martin 107,868 100
Total votes 107,868 100

General election

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Cook County Sheriff election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Michael F. Sheahan (incumbent) 903,053 71.11
Republican LeRoy Martin 366,867 28.89
Total votes 1,269,920 100

Treasurer

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1998 Cook County Treasurer election
← 1994 November 3, 1998 2002 →
Turnout47.91%[1][3]
 
Candidate Maria Pappas Anthony Peraica
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 978,373 279,355
Percentage 77.79% 22.21%
Treasurer before election

Edward J. Rosewell
Democratic

Elected Treasurer

Maria Pappas
Democratic

In the 1998 Cook County Treasurer election, incumbent sixth-term treasurer Edward J. Rosewell, a Democrat, did not seek reelection after having been indicted over a ghost jobs scheme (for which he would ultimately plead guilty).[6] Cook County Commissioner Maria Pappas was elected to succeed him.

Primaries

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Democratic

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Cook County Treasurer Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Maria Pappas (incumbent) 332,547 70.43
Democratic Thomas Murphy 139,634 29.57
Total votes 472,181 100

Republican

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Cook County Treasurer Republican primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Anthony Peraica 106,386 100
Total votes 106,386 100

General election

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Cook County Treasurer election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Maria Pappas (incumbent) 978,373 77.79
Republican Anthony Peraica 279,355 22.21
Total votes 1,257,728 100

President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners

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1998 President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners election
← 1994 November 3, 1998 2002 →
Turnout50.10%[1][3]
     
Candidate John Stroger Aurelia Pucinski
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 834,972 480,191
Percentage 63.49% 36.61%
President before election

John Stroger
Democratic

Elected President

John Stroger
Democratic

In the 1998 President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners election, incumbent first-term president John Stroger, a Democrat, was reelected.

Primaries

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Democratic

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Incumbent John H. Stroger, Jr. defeated Cook County commissioner Calvin R. Sutker.

President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John H. Stroger, Jr. (incumbent) 363,670 72.98
Democratic Calvin R. Sutker 134,626 27.02
Total votes 498,296 100

Republican

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Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County Aurelia Pucinski left the Democratic Party and joined the Republican party in December 1997 to run as its nominee for President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners.[7]

President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners Republican primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Aurelia Marie Pucinski 120,627 100
Total votes 120,627 100

General election

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President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John H. Stroger, Jr. (incumbent) 834,972 63.49
Republican Aurelia Marie Pucinski 480,191 36.61
Total votes 1,315,163 100

Cook County Board of Commissioners

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Main article: 1998 Cook County Board of Commissioners election
1998 Cook County Board of Commissioners election
← 1994 November 3, 1998 2002 →
All 17 seats on the Cook County Board of Commissioners
9 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before 11 6
Seats won 12 5
Seat change   1   1
Popular vote 791,445 332,957
Percentage 70.39% 29.61%

The 1998 Cook County Board of Commissioners election saw all seventeen seats of the Cook County Board of Commissioners up for election to four-year terms.

Cook County Board of Review

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1998 Cook County Board of Review election
← 1994 (Board of Appeals) November 3, 1998 2002 →
3 of 3 seats on the Cook County Board of Review
2 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats after 2 1

In the 1998 Cook County Board of Review election, all three seats were up for election. This was the first election for what would be a newly reconstituted body. In 1996, the Illinois Legislature successfully passed Public Act 89-671, which made it so that, in 1998, the Cook County Board of Appeals would be renamed Cook County Board of Review and be reconstituted as a three-member body.[8]

All elections held in 1998 were for four-year terms.[9]

1st district

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See also: Cook County Board of Review 1st district

Republican Maureen Murphy defeated Democrat David McAfee.[9]

Primaries

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Democratic
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Cook County Board of Review 1st district Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic David B. McAfee 71,631 100
Total votes 71,631 100
Republican
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Cook County Board of Review 1st district Republican primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Maureen Murphy 29,154 31.95
Republican Wiliam A. Darr 18,023 19.75
Republican Thomas E. Walsh 14,856 16.28
Republican Katie O'Brien 13,307 14.58
Republican John A. Lartz 12,003 13.15
Republican Mary P. Redding 3,917 4.29
Total votes 91,260 100

General election

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Cook County Board of Review 1st district election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Maureen Murphy (incumbent) 272,921 60.76
Democratic David B. McAfee 176,252 39.24
Total votes 449,173 100

2nd district

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See also: Cook County Board of Review 2nd district

Joseph Berrios a ten incumbent on the predecessor organization, the Cook County Board of (Tax) Appeals, was elected, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election.

Primaries

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Democratic
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Cook County Board of Review 2nd district Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joseph Berrios 106,251 100
Total votes 106,251 100
Republican
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No candidates ran in the Republican primary.[2]

General election

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Cook County Board of Review 2nd district election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joseph Berrios 259,209 100
Total votes 259,209 100

3rd district

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See also: Cook County Board of Review 3rd district

Robert Shaw, a Democrat, was elected.

Primaries

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Democratic
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Cook County Board of Review 3rd district Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Robert Shaw 175,973 84.81
Democratic Arvin Boddie 31,514 15.19
Total votes 207,487 100
Republican
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No candidates ran in the Republican primary.[2]

General election

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Cook County Board of Review 3rd district election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Robert Shaw 406,862 100
Total votes 406,862 100

Water Reclamation District Board

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1998 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago election
← 1996 November 3, 1998 2000 →
4 of 9 seats on the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
5 seats needed for a majority

In the 1998 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago election, four of the nine seats on the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago board were up for election. Three were regularly scheduled elections, and one was a special election due to a vacancy.[2][1]

Democrats won all four seats up for election.

Democratic incumbents Gloria Alitto Majewski and Patricia Young were reelected in the at-large election.[1][10][11]

At-large election

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Three six-year term seats were up for an at-large election. Since three six-year seats were up for election, voters could vote for up to three candidates, and the top-three finishers would win.

Primaries

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Democratic
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Water Reclamation District Board at-large Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Patricia Young (incumbent) 192,440 17.56
Democratic Gloria Alitto Majewski (incumbent) 170,076 15.52
Democratic Barbara McGowan 154,945 14.14
Democratic James Patrick Sheehan 109,485 9.99
Democratic Sally Johnson 96,537 8.81
Democratic Josephine Fragale 78,547 7.17
Democratic M. Frank Avila 52,463 4.79
Democratic Robert J. Pettis 43,704 3.99
Democratic Carl M. Anderson, Jr. 40,257 3.67
Democratic Jerry Paszek 36,379 3.32
Democratic Ronald Edward Hackett 26,662 2.43
Democratic M. Sam Esteban 17,895 1.63
Total votes 1,019,390 100
Republican
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Water Reclamation District Board at-large Republican primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jack O'Connor 91,579 36.07
Republican Rita L. Mullins 86,642 34.12
Republican James W. "Todd" Miles 75,678 29.81
Total votes 253,899 100

General election

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Water Reclamation District Board at-large election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Patricia Young (incumbent) 724,404 24.14
Democratic Barbara McGowan 666,612 22.21
Democratic Gloria Alitto Majewski (incumbent) 663,622 22.11
Republican Jack O'Connor 356,495 11.88
Republican Rita L. Mullins 308,632 10.28
Republican James W. "Todd" Miles 281,112 9.37
Total votes 3,000,877 100

Unexpired term

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A special election was held to fill a seat left vacant.

Primaries

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Democratic
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Water Reclamation District Board unexpired term Democratic primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James C. "Jim" Harris 268,623 71.52
Democratic Janet Tuscher-Campion 106,965 28.48
Total votes 375,588 100
Republican
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Water Reclamation District Board unexpired term Republican primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James C. "Jim" Harris 707,778 66.63
Republican Susan L. Kelsey 354,523 33.37
Total votes 1,062,301 100

General election

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Water Reclamation District Board unexpired term election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Susan L. Kelsey 100,201 100
Total votes 100,201 100

Judicial elections

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Partisan elections were held for judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County, due to vacancies. Other judgeships had retention elections.[1]

Partisan elections were also held for subcircuit courts judgeships due to vacancies. Other judgeships had retention elections.[1]

Ballot questions

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One ballot question was included on ballots county-wide during the March primary election.

Managed Care Act advisory referendum

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An advisory referendum was included on the March primary ballots on the Managed Care Act.

Managed Care Act advisory referendum[2][3]
Candidate Votes %
Yes 491,917 91.99
No 42,814 8.01
Total votes 534,731 100
Voter turnout 19.65%

Other elections

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Coinciding with the primaries, elections were held to elect both the Democratic and Republican committeemen for the suburban townships.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "OFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS GENERAL ELECTION COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1998" (PDF). results.cookcountyclerkil.gov.
  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 "OFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS PRIMARY ELECTION COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1998" (PDF). www.cookcountyclerkil.com. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "Voter Turnout". www.elections.il.gov. Illinois State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on 30 May 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Voter Registration and Turnout 1990 - 2019 | Cook County Clerk's Office". www.cookcountyclerk.com. Cook County Clerk. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  5. ^ Kass, John (10 March 1997). "SOME FEEL SLIGHTED IN HYNES' RESIGNATION". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  6. ^ O'Connor, Matt (26 November 1998). "ROSEWELL MAKES DEAL IN GHOST-JOBS PROBE". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  7. ^ Becker, Robert (11 December 1997). "AURELIA PUCINSKI JOINS GOP". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  8. ^ "History of The Board of Review". Cook County Board Of Review. 23 May 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  9. ^ a b "35 ILCS 200/5-5". ilga.gov. Government of Illinois. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  10. ^ "Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago". mwrd.org. Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  11. ^ "Patricia Young: Candidate Profile". Daily Herald. 31 January 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
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