2004 Cook County, Illinois, elections

The Cook County, Illinois, general election was held on November 2, 2004.^[1][2]

2004 Cook County, Illinois, elections

← 2002 November 2, 2004 2006 →
Turnout	74.75%

Primaries were held March 16, 2004.^[3][4]

Elections were held for Clerk of the Circuit Court, Recorder of Deeds, State's Attorney, Board of Review district 3, three seats on the Water Reclamation District Board, and judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County.

Election information

2004 was a presidential election year in the United States. The primaries and general elections for Cook County races coincided with those for federal races (President, House, and Senate) and those for state elections.

Voter turnout

Primary election

Voter turnout in Cook County during the primaries was 35.02%. The city of Chicago saw 38.58% turnout and suburban Cook County saw 31.34% turnout.^[3][4][5][6]

Vote totals of primaries^[3][4]

Primary	Chicago vote totals	Suburban Cook County vote totals	Total Cook County vote totals
Democratic	484,622	279,538	764,160
Republican	27,893	117,554	145,447
Green	72	4	76
Libertarian	71	3	74
Nonpartisan	2,310	9,016	11,326
Total	514,971	406,115	921,086

General election

The general election saw 74.75% turnout, with 2,088,727 ballots cast. Chicago saw 75.13% turnout and suburban Cook County saw 74.36% turnout.^[1][2]

Clerk of the Circuit Court

2004 Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County election

← 2000 November 2, 2004 2008 →
Turnout	65.98%[1][2]
Candidate Dorothy A. Brown Judith A. Kleiderman Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1,365,285 478,222 Percentage 74.06% 25.94%
Clerk before election Dorothy A. Brown Democratic Elected Clerk Dorothy A. Brown Democratic

In the 2004 Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County election, incumbent first-term Clerk Dorothy A. Brown, a Democrat, was reelected.

Primaries

Democratic

Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County Democratic primary^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dorothy A. Brown (incumbent)	479,438	74.52
	Democratic	Jerry Orbach	163,896	25.48
Total votes			643,334	100

Republican

Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County Republican primary^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Judith A. Kleiderman	116,238	100
Total votes			116,238	100

General election

Endorsements

Dorothy Brown (D)

Newspapers

• Chicago Tribune^[7]

Results

Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County election^[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Dorothy A. Brown (incumbent)	1,365,285	74.06	+1.12
	Republican	Judith A. Kleiderman	478,222	25.94	−1.12
Total votes			1,843,507	100

Recorder of Deeds

2004 Cook County Recorder of Deeds election

← 2000 November 2, 2004 2008 →
Turnout	64.94%[1][2]
Candidate Eugene Moore John H. Cox Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1,283,762 530,945 Percentage 70.74% 29.26%
Recorder of Deeds before election Eugene Moore Democratic Elected Recorder of Deeds Eugene Moore Democratic

In the 2004 Cook County Recorder of Deeds election, incumbent Recorder of Deeds Eugene Moore, a Democrat, was reelected. Moore had first been appointed in 1999 (after Jesse White resigned to become Illinois Secretary of State), and had been elected to a full-term in 2000.

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Recorder of Deeds Democratic primary^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Eugene "Gene" Moore (incumbent)	325,906	100
Total votes			325,906	100

Republican

Cook County Recorder of Deeds Republican primary^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John H. Cox	117,731	100
Total votes			117,731	100

General election

Republican nominee Cox had declared that his intent in seeking the office was to push for its elimination, as he argued that the office was an unnecessary duplication of services and had become a "model of waste and corruption".^[7][8][9]

Endorsements

John H. Cox (R)

Newspapers

• Chicago Tribune^[7]

Results

Cook County Recorder of Deeds election^[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Eugene "Gene" Moore (incumbent)	1,283,762	70.74
	Republican	John H. Cox	530,945	29.26
Total votes			1,814,707	100

State's Attorney

2004 Cook County State's Attorney election

← 2000 November 2, 2004 2008 →
Turnout	66.83%[1][2]
Candidate Richard A. Devine Phillip Spiwak Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1,483,280 384,082 Percentage 79.43% 20.57%
State's Attorney before election Richard A. Devine Democratic Elected State's Attorney Richard A. Devine Democratic

In the 2004 Cook County State's Attorney election, incumbent second-term State's Attorney Richard A. Devine, a Democrat, was reelected.

Primaries

Democratic

In the Democratic primary, incumbent Dick Devine defeated challenger Tommy H. Brewer (who had previously, in 1994, run unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination Cook County Sheriff).^[10][11]

Cook County State’s Attorney Democratic primary^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard A. Devine (incumbent)	505,791	79.06
	Democratic	Tommy H. Brewer	133,978	20.94
Total votes			639,769	100

Republican

Cook County State’s Attorney Republican primary^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Philip Spiwak	116,365	100
Total votes			116,365	100

General election

Endorsements

Richard Devine (D)

Newspapers

• Chicago Tribune^[7]

Results

Cook County State’s Attorney election^[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Richard A. Devine (incumbent)	1,483,280	79.43	+1.13
	Republican	Philip Spiwak	384,082	20.57	−1.13
Total votes			1,867,362	100

Cook County Board of Review

2004 Cook County Board of Review election

← 2002 November 2, 2004 2006 →
2 of 3 seats on the Cook County Board of Review 2 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Democratic Republican Seats before 2 1 Seats after 2 1 Seat change Seats up 1 0 Races won 1 0

In the 2004 Cook County Board of Review election, one seat, Democratic-held, was up for election. The incumbent won 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.^[12]

3rd district

See also: Cook County Board of Review 3rd district

Incumbent second-term member Robert Shaw, a Democrat last reelected in 2002, lost reelection, being unseated by in the Democratic primary by Larry R. Rogers, Jr., who went on to win the general election unopposed. Rogers' margin-of-victory over Shaw in the Democratic primary was narrow, at 1,087 votes (equal to 0.37 of votes cast). This election was to a four-year term.^[12]

Primaries

Democratic

Cook County Board of Review 3rd district Democratic primary^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Larry R. Rogers, Jr.	148,987	50.18
	Democratic	Robert Shaw (incumbent)	147,900	49.81
Total votes			296,887	100

Republican

No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.^[3][4]

General election

Cook County Board of Review 3rd district election^[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Larry R. Rogers, Jr.	518,543	100
Total votes			518,543	100

Water Reclamation District Board

2004 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago election

← 2002 November 2, 2004 2006 →
3 of 9 seats on the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago 5 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Democratic Republican Green Seats before 9 0 0 Seats after 9 0 0 Seat change Seats up 3 0 0 Races won 3 0 0

In the 2004 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 election.

Judicial elections

Pasrtisan elections were held for judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County due to vacancies. Retention elections were also held for the Circuit Court.^[1][2]

Partisan elections were also held for subcircuit courts judgeships due to vacancies.^[1][2] Retention elections were held for other judgeships.

Other elections

Coinciding with the primaries, elections were held to elect both the Democratic and Republican committeemen for the wards of Chicago.^[4]

See also

• 2004 Illinois elections