Judicial Elections

Election results: All Cook County judges won retention in 2022 election
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Democrats maintained their majority on the state’s highest court after winning one of the two competitive supreme court races in the collar counties.
Democrats maintained their majority on the state’s highest court after winning one of the two competitive supreme court races in the collar counties.
Nearly half of states have public commissions that evaluate judges’ performance. But Illinois, where voters rely on evaluations from bar associations, has historically resisted judicial reforms.
With Roe overturned, a Republican majority on the state’s highest court could limit access to abortions, particularly for teens, across the Midwest.
Guía de Injustice Watch para las elecciones judiciales de Cook County de noviembre de 2022
Though lauded for his handling of a specialized drug court program, Charles Burns’ decisions in felony cases have been undone by higher courts more often than his colleagues’.
Injustice Watch’s nonpartisan guide to the November 2022 Cook County judicial elections.
En la elección general de este año, tres de cada cuatro votantes del Condado de Cook votaron a favor o en contra de al menos un juez que buscaba la retención. ¿Es este nivel de compromiso una casualidad o una nueva normalidad?
Three in four Cook County voters in this year’s general election voted for or against at least one judge up for retention. Is this level of engagement a fluke or a new normal?
With nearly all the votes counted, Judge Jackie Portman-Brown did not get enough “yes” votes to stay on the bench as of Tuesday. Another judge is holding on to his seat by 282 votes.
These are the judicial races to keep an eye on as the votes come in.