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    Judicial Elections

    Stories about people running for judge, judges running for retention, and the process of judicial elections and appointments.

    Judicial Elections
    A hand holds a judicial eletcion ballot with question marks around it

    Everything you need to know about Cook County judicial elections

    By Maya Dukmasova | February 16, 2022

    Who can run? Why are judicial elections partisan? How do I pick a judge who shares my values? Injustice Watch and WBEZ’s Curious City are teaming up to answer your questions about judicial elections.

    News
    The sillouhettes of judges huddled in a rrom with their backs turned.

    Applications open for 10 new Cook County associate judges

    By Maya Dukmasova | February 2, 2022

    Associate judges are picked by the elected circuit judges in a closed-door process that some say privileges political insiders.

    Judicial Elections
    A map showing the 20 new judicial subcircuits in Cook County

    Illinois legislature creates five new judicial subcircuits in Cook County to further diversify the bench

    By Maya Dukmasova | January 12, 2022

    Bill rushed through state legislature last week promises years of hyperlocal judicial races, which could make it easier to become a judge but might come at a cost to the Cook County Democratic Party.

    Judicial Elections
    Five people in business attire, two seated, three standing, in front of a grey wall.

    Democrats endorsed for Cook County judge are diverse, experienced — and loyal

    By Maya Dukmasova | December 14, 2021

    Cook County Democrats slated 10 candidates and 12 alternates for judicial seats for the 2022 primary election.

    Judicial Elections
    Toni Preckwinkle sits in the foreground in a green jacket, while Joanne Fehn stands at a lecturn in the large and airy IBEW Local 134 union hall

    Judicial hopefuls seek Cook County Democratic Party’s endorsement for 2022 primary

    By Maya Dukmasova and Chloe Hilles | October 15, 2021

    A diverse lineup of judicial candidates courted the party’s central committee at the obscure “pre-slating” event.

    Judicial Elections
    Ald. Howard Brookins (21st Ward), who is planning to run in the next Cook County judicial election, in June 2022.

    Chicago Ald. Howard Brookins Jr. eyeing a run for Cook County judge

    By Maya Dukmasova | October 13, 2021

    “I’ve been splitting my time between the practice of law and being a city council member, and I have never been one to think that I would die in office,” Brookins said.

    News
    The sillouhettes of judges huddled in a rrom with their backs turned.

    New class of Cook County associate judges more racially diverse than past years

    By Aviva Waldman, Carlos Ballesteros and Josh McGhee | September 15, 2021

    Former prosecutors dominate the roster of 22 new associate judges, who were selected last week by the county’s circuit judges.

    News
    The sillouhettes of judges huddled in a rrom with their backs turned.

    Illinois courts name 22 new associate judges in Cook County

    By Aviva Waldman and Adeshina Emmanuel | September 9, 2021

    Associate judges are chosen via a closed election that only Cook County’s 249 circuit court judges can vote in.

    Judicial Elections

    Chicago alderperson eyes a seat on the bench in 2022 election

    By Kelly Garcia and Amy Qin | August 23, 2021

    West Side Ald. Chris Taliaferro, a former police sergeant, wants a seat on the 11th judicial subcircuit, which covers parts of Chicago’s West Side and nearby suburbs.

    News

    Illinois appellate court denies exonerated man’s innocence certificate

    By Amy Qin | July 2, 2021

    While the state vacated Wayne Washington’s 1996 conviction for Marshall Morgan’s murder, he’s still fighting an uphill battle for an innocence certificate.

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