# 2022 Cook County, Illinois, elections

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The Cook County, Illinois, general elections were held on November 8, 2022. Primaries were held on June 28, 2022.
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 three seats of the Cook County Board of Review, three seats on the Water Reclamation District Board, and judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County.
The Republican Party saw its representation on the Cook County Board of Commissioners reduced from two seats to a single seat. Cook County Commissioner Sean M. Morrison's victory by a margin of 2.58% in his district marked the only victory in a partisan county race for a Republican nominee, with Democrats winning all other partisan elections.

## Election information

2022 was a midterm election year in the United States. The primaries and general elections for Cook County races coincided with those for federal (House and Senate) and those for state elections.
In the primary, turnout among registered voters was 21.14%. Turnout among registered voters in suburban Cook County was 19.61%, with 319,825 ballots cast. Turnout among registered voters in the City of Chicago was 22.81%, with 341,901 ballots cast.

## Assessor

First-term incumbent assessor Fritz Kaegi, a Democrat, was reelected to a second term.

### Democratic primary

In the Democratic primary, the incumbent Kaegi was challenged by Metropolitan Water Reclamation District President Kari Steele.

#### Polling

| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Fritz Kaegi | Kari Steele | Undecided |
| Impact Research (D) | August 16–19, 2021 | 500 (LV) | ± 4.4% | 22% | 21% | 56% |

#### Endorsements
##### Mayors

* Roger Agpawa, mayor of Markham
* Nathanieal Booker, mayor of Maywood
* Ronald Denson, mayor of Calumet Park
* James Ford, mayor of Country Club Hills
* Dan Foy, mayor of Burbank
* Andre Harvey, mayor of Bellwood
* Rick Reinbold, mayor of Richton Park
* Katrina Thompson, mayor of Broadview
* George Van Dusen, mayor of Skokie

##### State representatives

* Daniel Didech, state representative from the 59th district (2019–)
* Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz, state representative from the 17th district (2019–)
* Bob Morgan, state representative from the 58th district (2019–)

##### Organizations

* Equality Illinois
2022 Cook County Assessor Democratic primary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Fritz Kaegi | 258,848 | 53.79 |
| | Democratic | Kari K. Steele | 222,371 | 46.21 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 481,219 | 100 |

### Republican nomination

No candidates ran in the Republican primary.

### Libertarian primary

Nico Tsatsoulis ran uncontested in the Libertarian primary for assessor.
2022 Cook County Assessor Libertarian primary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Libertarian | Nico Tsatsoulis | 1,931 | 53.79 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,931 | 100 |

### General election

2022 Cook County Assessor election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Fritz Kaegi | 1,063,188 | 82.31 |
| | Libertarian | Nico Tsatsoulis | 228,425 | 17.69 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,291,613 | 100 |

## Clerk

Incumbent clerk Karen Yarbrough, a Democrat, was reelected to a second term.

### Democratic primary

Yarbrough ran uncontested in the Democratic primary.
2022 Cook County Clerk Democratic primary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Karen A. Yarbrough (incumbent) | 450,832 | 100 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 450,832 | 100 |

### Republican nomination

No candidate ran in the Republican primary. The Republican Party ultimately nominated former Cook County Commissioner Tony Peraica.

### Libertarian primary

Joseph Schreiner, an occasional candidate for office and 2020 Illinois House of Representatives Libertarian candidate in District 19, ran uncontested in the Libertarian primary.
Marco Gomez expressed interest, but did not run.
2022 Cook County Clerk Libertarian primary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Libertarian | Joseph Schreiner | 1,930 | 100 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,930 | 100 |

### General election

2022 Cook County Clerk election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Karen A. Yarbrough (incumbent) | 1,003,854 | 71.58 |
| | Republican | Tony Peraica | 368,095 | 26.26 |
| | Libertarian | Joseph Schreiner | 30,514 | 2.18 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,402,463 | 100 |

## Sheriff

The incumbent sheriff Tom Dart, a Democrat, was reelected to a fifth term.
Only Democrats have held this office ever since Michael F. Sheahan unseated Republican James E. O'Grady in 1990.

### Democratic primary

Dart was challenged in the Democratic primary by Noland Rivera, Carmen Navarro Gercone, LaTonya Ruffin, and Kirk Ortiz. Only Rivera made the ballot.
2022 Cook County Sheriff Democratic primary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Thomas Dart (incumbent) | 314,427 | 86.17 |
| | Democratic | Noland Rivera | 50,455 | 13.83 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 364,882 | 100 |

### Republican nomination

No candidates ran in the Republican Party primary. The Republican Party later nominated Lupe Aguirre.

### Libertarian primary

Cook County Sheriff's Department Deputy Brad Sandefur ran uncontested in the Libertarian primary after perennial candidate Richard Mayers was disqualified and removed from the ballot. Jack Kozlowski had expressed interest, but did not run.
2022 Cook County Sheriff Libertarian primary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Libertarian | Brad Sandefur | 1,957 | 100 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,957 | 100 |

### General election

2022 Cook County Sheriff election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Thomas Dart (incumbent) | 1,041,525 | 74.21 |
| | Republican | Lupe Aguirre | 321,252 | 22.89 |
| | Libertarian | Brad Sandefur | 40,752 | 2.90 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,403,529 | 100 |

## Treasurer

Incumbent treasurer Maria Pappas, a Democrat, was reelected to a seventh term.

### Democratic primary

Pappas ran unchallenged in the Democratic primary.
2022 Cook County Treasurer Democratic primary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Maria Pappas (incumbent) | 468,247 | 100 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 468,247 | 100 |

### Republican primary

No candidates ran in the Republican primary. The Republican Party later nominated Peter Kopsaftis.

### Libertarian primary

Michael Murphy ran unchallenged in the Libertarian primary.
2022 Cook County Treasurer Libertarian primary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Libertarian | Michael Murphy | 1,968 | 100 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,968 | 100 |

### General election

2022 Cook County Treasurer election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Maria Pappas (incumbent) | 1,063,160 | 75.41 |
| | Republican | Peter Kopsaftis | 314,013 | 22.27 |
| | Libertarian | Michael Murphy | 32,577 | 2.31 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,409,750 | 100 |

## President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners

Incumbent president Toni Preckwinkle, a Democrat, was elected to a fourth term.

### Democratic primary

Community activist Zerlina Smith-Members and former Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin challenged Preckwinkle in the Democratic primary. Only Boykins made the ballot.
2022 President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners Democratic primary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Toni Preckwinkle (incumbent) | 374,699 | 75.76 |
| | Democratic | Richard Boykin | 119,915 | 24.24 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 494,614 | 100 |

### Republican primary

No candidates ran in the Republican primary. Subsequently, Bob Fioretti, who previously ran for the office in the Democratic primary in 2018, was nominated by the Republican Party.

### Libertarian primary

Thea Tsatsos, a 2002 candidate for U.S. House of Representatives in District 1, ran unchallenged in the Libertarian primary.
Ruben Pantoja considered running, but did not file.
2022 President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners Libertarian primary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Libertarian | Thea Tsatsos | 1,992 | 100 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,992 | 100 |

### General election

2022 President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Toni Preckwinkle (incumbent) | 967,062 | 68.54 |
| | Republican | Bob Fioretti | 399,339 | 28.30 |
| | Libertarian | Thea Tsatsos | 44,615 | 3.16 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,441,016 | 100 |

## Cook County Board of Commissioners

The 2022 Cook County Board of Commissioners election saw all 17 seats of the Cook County Board of Commissioners up for election to four-year terms.
As this was the first election held following the 2020 United States census, the seats faced redistricting before this election. A new map was unanimously adopted by the Cook County Board of Commissioners in September 2021.
Democrats won 16 seats, while Republicans won only a single seat.

## Cook County Board of Review

In the 2022 Cook County Board of Review election, all three seats, all of which were Democratic-held, were up for reelection.
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. This was the first year since 2012 that all three seats were coincidingly up for election.
The seats faced redistricting before this election.

### 1st district

Democratic nominee George Cardenas, a Chicago alderman, won the general election without an opponent. First-term Commissioner Tammy Wendt, a Democrat first elected in 2020, had been defeated for renomination by Cardenas. This election was for a four-year term.

#### Democratic primary
##### Candidates

* George Cardenas Chicago Alderman, 12th ward, 2003–present
* Tammy Wendt, incumbent commissioner of the Board of Review

##### Results

2022 Cook County Board of Review 1st district Democratic primary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | George A. Cardenas | 61,278 | 57.24 |
| | Democratic | Tammy Wendt (incumbent) | 45,781 | 42.76 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 107,059 | 100 |

#### Republican primary

No candidates ran in the Republican primary.

#### General election

2022 Cook County Board of Review 1st district election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | George A. Cardenas | 289,067 | 100 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 289,067 | 100 |

### 2nd district

Democratic nominee Samantha Steele won election to the 2nd district seat. Incumbent second-term Commissioner Michael Cabonargi, a Democrat, was defeated for renomination by Steele in the Democratic primary. This election was for a four-year term.

#### Democratic primary

2022 Cook County Board of Review 2nd district Democratic primary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Samantha Steele | 90,293 | 52.42 |
| | Democratic | Michael Cabonargi (incumbent) | 81,970 | 47.58 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 172,263 | 100 |

#### Republican primary

No candidates ran in the Republican primary.

#### General election

2022 Cook County Board of Review 2nd district election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Samantha Steele | 413,835 | 100 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 413,835 | 100 |

### 3rd district

Incumbent commissioner Larry Rogers, Jr., a Democrat, was reelected to a sixth term. He was unopposed in both the Democratic primary and the general election. This election was for a two-year term.

#### Democratic primary

2022 Cook County Board of Review 3rd district Democratic primary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Larry Rogers, Jr. (incumbent) | 160,923 | 100 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 160,923 | 100 |

#### Republican primary

No candidates ran in the Republican primary.

#### General election

2022 Cook County Board of Review 3rd district election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Larry Rogers Jr. (incumbent) | 375,518 | 100 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 375,518 | 100 |

## Water Reclamation District Board

In the 2022 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago election, three six-year term seats were up for a regularly-scheduled election and an additional seat was upon for election to a partial term in a special election.

### Regular election

Three seats with six-year terms were up for election in the regular election, with voters able to vote for up to three candidates. In both the primaries and general election, the top-three finishers were the winners.
Incumbent Democrat Mariyana Spyropoulos was reelected alongside New Democratic members Yumeka Brown and Patricia Theresa Flynn. Incumbent Democrats Josina Morita and Barbara McGowan did not seek reelection.

#### Democratic primary

Incumbent Mariyana Spyropoulos was renominated. Among the unsuccessful candidates was former commissioner Rick Avila.
2022 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago regular election Democratic primary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Mariyana T. Spyropoulos (incumbent) | 257,580 | 22.24 |
| | Democratic | Patricia Theresa Flynn | 201,003 | 17.35 |
| | Democratic | Yumeka Brown | 185,222 | 15.99 |
| | Democratic | Sharon Waller | 149,165 | 12.88 |
| | Democratic | Precious W. Brady-Davis | 126,672 | 10.94 |
| | Democratic | Frank Avila | 99,815 | 8.62 |
| | Democratic | Rick Garcia | 76,019 | 6.56 |
| | Democratic | Cristina P. Nonato | 62,738 | 5.42 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,158,214 | 100 |

#### Republican primary

Only one candidate, R. Cary Capparelli, ran in the Republican primary.
2022 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago regular election Republican primary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | R. Cary Capparelli | 100,427 | 100 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 100,427 | 100 |

#### Green nomination

The Green Party nominated only one candidate, Mark E. Buettner.

### General election

2022 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago regular election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Mariyana T. Spyropoulos (incumbent) | 865,103 | 29.56 |
| | Democratic | Patricia Theresa Flynn | 766,291 | 26.18 |
| | Democratic | Yumeka Brown | 710,037 | 24.26 |
| | Republican | R. Cary Capparelli | 365,671 | 12.49 |
| | Green | Mark E. Buettner | 219,771 | 7.51 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 2,926,813 | 100 |

### Special election

A seat with a partial unexpired term was up for election. Incumbent Perry D. Chakena, who had been appointed to fill the vacancy, unsuccessfully sought the Democratic Party nomination to finish the partial term that she had been appointed to.

#### Democratic primary

2022 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago special election Democratic primary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Daniel "Pogo" Pogorelski | 156,746 | 35.99 |
| | Democratic | Elizabeth Joyce | 154,754 | 35.54 |
| | Democratic | Chakena D. Perry (incumbent) | 123,993 | 28.47 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 435,493 | 100 |

#### Republican nomination

No candidate ran in the Republican primary

#### Green nomination

The Green Party nominated Toneal M. Jackson.
2022 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago special election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Daniel "Pogo" Pogorelski | 974,338 | 78.96 |
| | Green | Toneal M. Jackson | 259,623 | 21.04 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,223,961 | 100 |

## Circuit Court of Cook County

Judicial elections to the Circuit Court of Cook County were also held. All 61 justices up for retention elections were retained. There were 29 partisan elections to fill judicial vacancies. Democratic nominees won all of these, with only one judicial race having a competitive general election (featuring a Republican Party opponent).

## Other elections

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