Electoral Board

The Cook County Electoral Board hears objections to candidate nominating papers, petitions and other disputes over candidacies and referenda. The Board is chaired by the Cook County Clerk. Its other members are the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County and the Cook County State's Attorney. Check this page for hearing schedules and rulings.

For electoral board rules of procedure, click here.

Rulings and objections in PDF format are available by clicking on the case number.

Last Updated: 12/28/2009 10:32 a.m. - 111 Records

Electoral Board Case List

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Case #	Jurisdiction	Objector	Candidate	Party	HearingDate/Status
BR 01	Board of Review 1st District	Ken Jochum	Sean M. Morrison	REP	Objection Overruled
CB 01	County Bd. Commissioner 4th Dist.	Wilbon Brown	Denise Dixon	DEM	Objection Sustained
CB 02	County Bd. Commissioner 5th Dist.	Lela Charles	Sheila Y. Chalmers-Currin	DEM	Objection Overruled
CB 03	County Bd. Commissioner 4th Dist.	Wilbon Brown	Elgie R. Sims, Jr.	DEM	Objection Overruled
CB 04	County Bd. Commissioner 4th Dist.	Wilborn Brown	Karen W. Sommerfield	DEM	Objection Sustained
CB 05	County Bd. Commissioner 14th Dist.	Peter Amarantos	Kurt M. "Ike" Eichaker	REP	Objection Sustained
CB 06	County Bd. Commissioner 17th Dist.	Matthew J. Ogean	Richard Dalka	GRN	Objection Overruled
CB 07	County Bd. Commissioner 2nd Dist.	Bobbie L. Steele	George Blakemore	DEM	Objection Sustained
CB 08	County Bd. Commissioner 2nd Dist.	Bobbie Steele	Robert Palmer	DEM	Candidate Withdrawn
CB 09	County Bd. Commissioner 2nd Dist.	Charles R. Mc Kinley		GRN	Objection Overruled
CB 10	County Bd. Commissioner 2nd Dist.	Charles R. Mc Kinley	Frank M. Bass	DEM	Objection Overruled
CB 11	County Bd. Commissioner 17th Dist.	Patrick Maher	Donna Sanders	DEM	Objection Overruled
CB 12	County Bd. Commissioner 17th Dist.	Patrick Maher	John J. Maher	DEM	Objection Sustained
CB 13	County Bd. Commissioner 10th Dist.	Dennis J. Kriby	Kevin W. Graham	DEM	Objection Sustained
CB 16	County Bd. Commissioner 1st Dist.	Howard R. Walton	Mary Collins	DEM	Objection Sustained
CB 17	County Bd. Commissioner 4th Dist.	Kevin Stinson	Denise Dixon	DEM	Moot
CB 18	County Bd. Commissioner 4th Dist.	Kevin Stinson	Karen W. Sommerfield	DEM	Moot
CB 19	County Bd. Commissioner 7th Dist.	Arthur R. Parra, Sr. & Anthony Sutor	Jesus G. Garcia	DEM	Objection Overruled
CB 20	County Bd. Commissioner 16th Dist.	Deborah Mikolajewski	Tony Peraica	REP	Objection Overruled
CB 21	County Bd. Commissioner 16th Dist.	Tony Peraica	Brian A. Sloan	REP	Objection Overruled
CB 22	County Bd. Commissioner 1st Dist.	Priscilla Yates	Odis (OJ) Johnson	DEM	Candidate Withdrawn
CB 23	County Bd. Commissioner 1st Dist.	Priscilla Yates	Chris Harris	DEM	Objection Overruled
CC 01	President Cook County Board Comm.	Thomas Tresser	Sean Burke	GRN	Objection Sustained
CC 02	County Assessor	Jesse R. Juarez & Susana Y. Accova	Eugene "Gene" Staples	DEM	Objection Sustained
CC 03	County Assessor	Jesse Ruben Juraz & Susana Y. Accove	Robert Shaw	DEM	Objection Overruled
CC 04	President Cook County Board Comm.	Chauncy L. Stroud & Darnetta K. Tyus	Todd H. Stroger	DEM	Objection Withdrawn
CC 05	President Cook County Board Comm.	Dena Hall-Townsend	Dorothy A. Brown	DEM	Objection Overruled
CD 01	Rep. In Congress, 9th	Ira Kahn	Susanne Atanus	REP	Objection Overruled
CD 02	Rep. In Congress, 5th	Brian Quinn & Jacob Borden	David Ratowitz	REP	Objection Withdrawn
CD 03	Rep. In Congress, 5th	David Ratowitz	Ashvin Lad	REP	Objection Withdrawn
CD 04	Rep. In Congress, 5th	David Ratowitz	Rosanna Pulido	REP	Objection Withdrawn
CD 05	Rep. In Congress, 7th	Dionne Thompson	Clarence Desmond Clemons	DEM	Objection Sustained
CD 06	Rep. In Congress, 7th	Dionne Thompson	Sharon Denise Dixon	DEM	Objection Overruled
CD 07	Rep. In Congress, 7th	Dionne Thompson	Robert Dallas	DEM	Objection Sustained
JUD 01	Judge of the Circuit Court	Michael Fleming	Steven G. Watkins	DEM	Objection Withdrawn
JUD 02	Cook Circuit Court Judge 1st Sub - (Additional Judgeship A)	Deanna Booker Walker	Elliott Powell	DEM	Objection Sustained
JUD 03	Judge of the Circuit Court	Bernadette Sharp	William D. Moore	DEM	Objection Sustained
JUD 04	Circuit Court Judge Full Circuit (Vacancy of Hayes)	Bridget Mitchell	Bonnie Carol McGrath	DEM	Objection Overruled
JUD 05	Circuit Court Judge Full Circuit (Vacancy of Bronstein)	Susan Touhy	Sharon Finegan Patterson	DEM	Objection Overruled
JUD 06	Circuit Court Judge Full Circuit (Vacancy of Bronstein)	Susan Touhy	James Edward Hanlon	DEM	Objection Withdrawn
JUD 07	Circuit Court Judge Full Circuit (Vacancy of Dolan)	Michael T. Barry	Ubi O'Neal	DEM	Objection Withdrawn
JUD 08	Apellate Court Judge First District (Vacancy of South)	Michael T. Barry	William D. O'Neal	DEM	Objection Overruled
JUD 09	Circuit Court Judge Full Circuit (Vacancy of Dolan)	Michael T. Barry	Susan Kennedy Sullivan	DEM	Objection Overruled
JUD 10	Apellate Court Judge First District (Vacancy of McNulty)	Ellen L. Flannigan	Claudia Grace Conlon	DEM	Candidate Withdrawn
JUD 11	Circuit Court Judge Full Circuit (Vacancy of Bronstein)	Thomas William Flannigan	James Edward Hanlon	DEM	Candidate Withdrawn
JUD 12	Judge of the Circuit Court	Richard Karwaczka	Scott Edward Lipinski	DEM	Objection Sustained
JUD 13	Judge of the Circuit Court	Maryanne Hanson	Radusa Ostojic	DEM	Objection Overruled
JUD 14	Circuit Court Judge Full Circuit (Vacancy of Riley)	Jesse Ruben Juarez & Susana Y. Accove	Tracey J. Stokes	DEM	Objection Overruled
JUD 15	Judge of the Circuit Court	Maryanne Hanson	Carrie M. Foris	DEM	Candidate Withdrawn
JUD 16	Circuit Court Judge Full Circuit (Vacancy of Bronstein)	Marian MacCarthy	James Edward Hanlon	DEM	Objection Sustained
JUD 17	Cook Circuit Court Judge 1st Sub - (Vacancy of Johnson Coleman)	Syshina London	Thaddeus L. Wilson	DEM	Objection Overruled
JUD 18	Apellate Court Judge First District (Vacancy of South)	Erin M. Schertler	William D. O'Neal	DEM	Objection Overruled
JUD 19	Circuit Court Judge Full Circuit (Vacancy of Hayes)	Daniel Crowe	Carl B. Boyd	DEM	Objection Overruled
JUD 20	Cook Circuit Court Judge 1st Sub - (Vacancy of Steele)	Mitchell L. Johnson	Michelle Hugghis Flagg	DEM	Objection Withdrawn
JUD 21	Cook Circuit Court Judge 1st Sub - (Vacancy of Steele)	Mitchell L. Johnson	Theodore "Ted" London	DEM	Objection Overruled
JUD 22	Apellate Court Judge First District (Vacancy of McNulty)	Ellen L. Flannigan	Kathleen G. Kennedy	DEM	Objection Overruled
JUD 23	Cook Circuit Court Judge 1st Sub - (Vacancy of Johnson Coleman)	Alphonse Moore	Linnae Bryant	DEM	Objection Overruled
JUD 24	Cook Circuit Court Judge 1st Sub - (Vacancy of Johnson Coleman)	Alphonse Moore	Jesse Outlaw	DEM	Candidate Withdrawn
JUD 25	Judge of the Circuit Court	Larry Kelly	Radusa Ostojic	DEM	Objection Sustained
JUD 26	Circuit Court Judge Full Circuit (Vacancy of O’Malley)	Daniel O'Brien	Melanie Rose Nuby	DEM	Candidate Withdrawn
JUD 27	Circuit Court	Kent Sinson	Paul Martin McMahon	DEM	Objection Sustained
JUD 28	Circuit Court	Elizabeth A. Granoff	Brad Trowbridge	DEM	Candidate Withdrawn
JUD 29	Circuit Court	Margaret M. Johnson & Susana Y. Accove	Jessica O'Brien	DEM	Candidate Withdrawn
JUD 30	Circuit Court	Paul Martin McMahon	Daniel J. Gallagher	DEM	Objection Withdrawn
JUD 31	Circuit Court	Jessica A. O'Brien	Daniel J. Gallagher	DEM	Objection Withdrawn
JUD 32	Circuit Court	Elizabeth A. Granoff	James P. Pieczonka	DEM	Candidate Withdrawn
MWRD 01	Water Reclamation Commissioner	Todd Connor	Jerry J. Marzullo	DEM	Objection Sustained
MWRD 02	Water Reclamation Commissioner	Dan Jeske & Kurt Warnstedt	Theodore "Teddy" Aguilar	DEM	Objection Sustained
MWRD 03	Water Reclamation Commissioner	Vassilios Hatzos & Charlotte O'Dell	Mary Ann Paolantonio Salemi	DEM	Objection Sustained
MWRD 04	Water Reclamation Commissioner	Clifford A. Krueter	Kathleen Mary O'Reilley	DEM	Objection Overruled
MWRD 05	Water Reclamation Commissioner	John Chwarzynski	Stella B. Black	DEM	Objection Overruled
RGA 01	Rep. In Gen. Assembly, 21st 2-yr	Esther Collins	Jeffrey P. Malinowski	DEM	Candidate Withdrawn
RGA 02	Rep. In Gen. Assembly, 17th 2-yr	Michael La Fontaine	Leobon Gameng	REP	Default - Candidate Removed
RGA 03	Rep. In Gen. Assembly, 17th 2-yr	Michael La Fontaine	Phil Collins	REP	Objection Sustained
RGA 04	Rep. In Gen. Assembly, 20th 2-yr	Robert J. Cisek	Nancy Micek	DEM	Objection Sustained
RGA 05	Rep. In Gen. Assembly, 19th 2-yr	Joseph Lyons	David J. Anderson	REP	Objection Overruled
RGA 06	Rep. In Gen. Assembly, 21st 2-yr	Robert Molaro	Terrence J. Collins	DEM	Objection Withdrawn
RGA 07	Rep. In Gen. Assembly, 23rd 2-yr	Rudolph Acosta	Rudy Lozano	DEM	Objection Overruled
RGA 08	Rep. In Gen. Assembly, 27th 2-yr	Rory Perry	Vernita Boyd	DEM	Objection Sustained
RGA 09	Rep. In Gen. Assembly, 29th 2-yr	Larisha McNeal	Sheryl E. Tillman	DEM	Objection Overruled
RGA 10	Rep. In Gen. Assembly, 29th 2-yr	Darius Hogans	Kenneth Williams	DEM	Candidate Withdrawn
SCC 01	Grn State Central C-Man 3rd	Rita Maniotis	Richard B. Mayers	GRN	Objection Sustained
SCC 02	Grn State Central C-Man 3rd	Raymond T. Nice	Richard B. Mayers	GRN	Moot
SCC 03	Dem State Central C-Man 4th	Jose Guereca	David Donahue	DEM	Candidate Withdrawn
SCC 04	Grn State Central C-Woman 3rd	Raymond T. Nice	Rita Maniotis	GRN	Objection Overruled
SCC 04	Grn State Central C-Man 3rd	Raymond T. Nice	Jerome A. Pohlen	GRN	Objection Overruled
SCC 05	Dem State Central C-Woman 7th	Dionne Thompson	Karen A. Yarbrough	DEM	Objection Overruled
SS 01	State Senator, 10th 2-yr	Brendan O'Sullivan	John Nocita	DEM	Objection Sustained
SS 02	State Senator, 10th 2-yr	Brendan O'Sullivan	Thomas M. Ryan	DEM	Objection Overruled
SS 03	State Senator, 10th 2-yr	Lindsey Hemmer	John G. Mulroe	DEM	Objection Overruled
SS 04	State Senator, 10th 2-yr	Wanda Majcher	Mary Sendra Anselmo	DEM	Objection Overruled
TC 01	Cicero Rep Township Committeeman	Ed Ledvina	Craig A. Pesek	REP	Objection Overruled
TC 02	Worth Dem Township Committeeman	Patrick Doherty	Alfredo "AL" Pedroza	DEM	Objection Sustained
TC 03	Bloom Rep Township Committeeman	David A. Troiani	Miriam Shabo	REP	Objection Sustained
TC 04	Worth Dem Township Committeeman	Dennis Magee	John O'Sullivan	DEM	Objection Overruled
TC 05	Cicero Dem Township Committeeman	Exan Javier Santos	Roberto Garcia	DEM	Objection Sustained
TC 06	Worth Dem Township Committeeman	Dennis Magee	Alfredo "AL" Pedroza	DEM	Objection Sustained
TC 07	Lyons Rep Township Committeeman	Tony Peraica	James Pittacora	REP	Objection Overruled
TC 08	Proviso Rep Township Committeeman	Fred Potter	Michael A. Corrigan	REP	Objection Overruled
TC 09	Proviso Rep Township Committeeman	Fred Potter	Joseph A. Benning	REP	Objection Sustained
TC 10	Proviso Rep Township Committeeman	Steven P. Kent	Joseph A. Benning	REP	Objection Sustained
TC 11	Proviso Rep Township Committeeman	Steven P. Kent	Kerry Dodero Beswick	REP	Objection Overruled
TC 12	Proviso Rep Township Committeeman	Steven Kent	Fred Potter	REP	Objection Withdrawn
TC 13	Orland Rep Township Committeeman	Mark Daniel	Gerald F. Maher	REP	Objection Overruled
TC 14	Proviso Dem Township Committeeman	Clarence Thomas	John Conteduca	DEM	Objection Sustained
TC 15	Bloom Dem Township Committeeman	Carmen E. Sendejas	Joseph A. Faso	DEM	Objection Overruled
TC 16	River Forest Dem Township Committeeman	David H. Latham	John F. Hosty	DEM	Candidate Withdrawn
TC 17	Lyons Rep Township Committeeman	James Pittacora	Tony Peraica	REP	Objection Overruled
TC 18	Palatine Rep Township Committeeman	Patricia A. Sutarik	Aaron B. Del Mar	REP	Objection Overruled
TC 19	Palatine Rep Township Committeeman	Patricia A. Sutarik	Collin Corbett	REP	Objection Withdrawn
TC 20	Berwyn Rep Township Committeeman	Anthony Castrogiovanni	Robert Bembenek Jr.	REP	Default - Candidate Removed