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2018 Illinois judicial elections

December 20, 2023

The 2018 Illinois judicial elections consisted of both partisan and retention elections, including those for one seat on the Supreme Court of Illinois and five seats in the Illinois Appellate Court.[1][2] Primary elections were held on March 20, 2018, and general elections were held on November 6, 2018.[1][2] These elections were part of the 2018 Illinois elections.

2018 Illinois judicial elections
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Supreme Court of Illinois edit

Justices of the Supreme Court of Illinois are elected by district. One seat held a retention election.

The court has seven seats total separated into five districts. The first district, representing Cook County, contains three seats, making it a multi-member district, while other four districts are single-member districts.[3] Justices hold ten year terms.[3]

Retention elections edit

To be retained, judges were required to have 60% of their vote be "yes".

District Incumbent Vote Cite
Party Name In office since Previous years elected/retained Yes
(Retain) 		No
(Remove)
1st Democratic Anne M. Burke July 6, 2006 2008 (elected) 1,106,59
(81.1%) 		258,253 (18.9%) [1][4][5]

Illinois Appellate Court edit

Illinois Appellate Court justices hold ten-year terms.[3]

4th district (Appleton vacancy) edit

Incumbent Peter C. Cavanagh, who was appointed in May 2017 to fill the vacancy left when Tom Appleton resigned his seat, won reelection.[6][7][8] This was a special election for two years, as Appeton's term would have ended in 2020.[9]

Democratic primary edit

No Democratic primary was held, as no candidates filed to run.

Republican primary edit

Due to the time the vacancy was created being so close to the May 6 filing date for candidates to make the ballot,[2][10] Cavanaugh was not on the ballot, and instead ran as a write-in candidate.[10]

Illinois Appellate Court 4th district (Appleton vacancy) Republican primary[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Write-in Pete Cavanaugh (incumbent) 9,910 99.78
Write-in Timothy Forman 22 0.22
Total votes 9,932 100

General election edit

Illinois Appellate Court 4th district (Appleton vacancy) election[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Pete Cavanaugh (incumbent) 377,400 100
Total votes 377,400 100

4th district (Pope vacancy) edit

Incumbent Republican Thomas M. Harris, Jr., who was appointed in July 2017 to fill the vacancy left when Carole Pope resigned her seat, won reelection, running unopposed in both Republican primary and general election.[13][14] This was a special election for four years, as Pope's term would have ended in 2022.[15]

Democratic primary edit

No Democratic primary was held, as no candidates filed to run.

Republican primary edit

Illinois Appellate Court 4th district (Pope vacancy) Republican primary[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Thomas M. Harris, Jr. (incumbent) 101,530 100
Total votes 101,530 100

General election edit

Illinois Appellate Court 4th district (Pope vacancy) election[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Thomas M. Harris, Jr. (incumbent) 377,404 100
Total votes 377,404 100

5th district edit

Republican David K. Overstreet was elected to fill the vacancy that was created after Richard P. Goldenhersh retired in 2017.[12][16] This was a regular election, as Goldenhersh's term would have expired in 2018.[17]

Democratic primary edit

Illinois Appellate Court 5th district Democratic primary[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kevin T. Hoerner 69,967 100
Total votes 69,967 100

Republican primary edit

Illinois Appellate Court 5th district Republican primary[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican David K. Overstreet 84,744 100
Total votes 84,744 100

General election edit

Illinois Appellate Court 5th district election[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican David K. Overstreet 281,846 58.77
Democratic Kevin T. Hoerner 197,723 41.23
Total votes 479,569 100

Retention elections edit

To be retained, judges were required to have 60% of their vote be "yes".

District Incumbent Vote Cite
Party Name In office since Previous years elected/retained Yes
(Retain) 		No
(Remove)
1st Democratic Margaret Stanton McBride December 7, 1998 1998 (elected), 2008 (retained) 1,067,004
(81.1%) 		248,831
(18.9%) 		[18]
2nd Republican Robert McLaren December 5, 1988 1988 (elected), 1998, 2008 (retained) 782,693 (79.3%) 203,831 (20.7%) [19][20]

Lower courts edit

See also: 2018 Cook County, Illinois elections § Judicial elections

Lower courts also saw judicial elections.[11][12][21] This included 52 partisan elections to fill vacancies on circuit courts and 34 partisan elections to fill vacancies on subcircuit courts.[12]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Illinois Supreme Court elections, 2018". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Illinois intermediate appellate court elections, 2018". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Illinois Constitution - Article VI". www.ilga.gov. Illinois General Assembly. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
  4. ^ "Anne M. Burke". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  5. ^ (PDF) (Press release). Illinois Supreme Court. July 5, 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 14, 2012.
  6. ^ "Peter C. Cavanagh". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  7. ^ Schoenburg, Bernard. "Schoenburg: Judge Cavanagh interested in appellate court". The State Journal-Register. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  8. ^ "M.R. 1403" (PDF). Supreme Court of Illinois. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  9. ^ "Thomas Appleton". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  10. ^ a b Schoenburg, Bernard (March 21, 2018). "Pete Cavanagh easily makes it to fall appellate court ballot". The State Journal-Register. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  11. ^ a b c d e "Election Results 2018 GENERAL PRIMARY". www.elections.il.gov. Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  12. ^ a b c d e f "Election Results 2018 GENERAL ELECTION". www.elections.il.gov. Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  13. ^ "Thomas M. Harris Jr". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  14. ^ Schoenburg, Bernard. "Pope retiring, Harris appointed and running for appellate court". The State Journal-Register. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  15. ^ "Carol Pope". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  16. ^ Rieck, Dana (October 27, 2017). "Former Jefferson County judge to seek election to appellate court". Belleville News-Democrat. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  17. ^ "Richard Goldenhersh". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  18. ^ "Margaret Stanton McBride". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  19. ^ "Robert McLaren". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  20. ^ "FOR STATE SUPREME, APPELLATE COURTS". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. November 1, 1988. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  21. ^ "Illinois local trial court judicial elections, 2018". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 2, 2020.

December 20, 2023
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The 2018 Illinois judicial elections consisted of both partisan and retention elections including those for one seat on the Supreme Court of Illinois and five seats in the Illinois Appellate Court 1 2 Primary elections were held on March 20 2018 and general elections were held on November 6 2018 1 2 These elections were part of the 2018 Illinois elections 2018 Illinois judicial elections 2016 November 6 2018 2020 Contents 1 Supreme Court of Illinois 1 1 Retention elections 2 Illinois Appellate Court 2 1 4th district Appleton vacancy 2 1 1 Democratic primary 2 1 2 Republican primary 2 1 3 General election 2 2 4th district Pope vacancy 2 2 1 Democratic primary 2 2 2 Republican primary 2 2 3 General election 2 3 5th district 2 3 1 Democratic primary 2 3 2 Republican primary 2 3 3 General election 2 4 Retention elections 3 Lower courts 4 ReferencesSupreme Court of Illinois editJustices of the Supreme Court of Illinois are elected by district One seat held a retention election The court has seven seats total separated into five districts The first district representing Cook County contains three seats making it a multi member district while other four districts are single member districts 3 Justices hold ten year terms 3 Retention elections edit To be retained judges were required to have 60 of their vote be yes District Incumbent Vote CiteParty Name In office since Previous years elected retained Yes Retain No Remove 1st Democratic Anne M Burke July 6 2006 2008 elected 1 106 59 81 1 258 253 18 9 1 4 5 Illinois Appellate Court editIllinois Appellate Court justices hold ten year terms 3 4th district Appleton vacancy edit Incumbent Peter C Cavanagh who was appointed in May 2017 to fill the vacancy left when Tom Appleton resigned his seat won reelection 6 7 8 This was a special election for two years as Appeton s term would have ended in 2020 9 Democratic primary edit No Democratic primary was held as no candidates filed to run Republican primary edit Due to the time the vacancy was created being so close to the May 6 filing date for candidates to make the ballot 2 10 Cavanaugh was not on the ballot and instead ran as a write in candidate 10 Illinois Appellate Court 4th district Appleton vacancy Republican primary 11 Party Candidate Votes Write in Pete Cavanaugh incumbent 9 910 99 78Write in Timothy Forman 22 0 22Total votes 9 932 100General election edit Illinois Appellate Court 4th district Appleton vacancy election 12 Party Candidate Votes Republican Pete Cavanaugh incumbent 377 400 100Total votes 377 400 1004th district Pope vacancy edit Incumbent Republican Thomas M Harris Jr who was appointed in July 2017 to fill the vacancy left when Carole Pope resigned her seat won reelection running unopposed in both Republican primary and general election 13 14 This was a special election for four years as Pope s term would have ended in 2022 15 Democratic primary edit No Democratic primary was held as no candidates filed to run Republican primary edit Illinois Appellate Court 4th district Pope vacancy Republican primary 11 Party Candidate Votes Republican Thomas M Harris Jr incumbent 101 530 100Total votes 101 530 100General election edit Illinois Appellate Court 4th district Pope vacancy election 12 Party Candidate Votes Republican Thomas M Harris Jr incumbent 377 404 100Total votes 377 404 1005th district edit Republican David K Overstreet was elected to fill the vacancy that was created after Richard P Goldenhersh retired in 2017 12 16 This was a regular election as Goldenhersh s term would have expired in 2018 17 Democratic primary edit Illinois Appellate Court 5th district Democratic primary 11 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Kevin T Hoerner 69 967 100Total votes 69 967 100Republican primary edit Illinois Appellate Court 5th district Republican primary 11 Party Candidate Votes Republican David K Overstreet 84 744 100Total votes 84 744 100General election edit Illinois Appellate Court 5th district election 12 Party Candidate Votes Republican David K Overstreet 281 846 58 77Democratic Kevin T Hoerner 197 723 41 23Total votes 479 569 100Retention elections edit To be retained judges were required to have 60 of their vote be yes District Incumbent Vote CiteParty Name In office since Previous years elected retained Yes Retain No Remove 1st Democratic Margaret Stanton McBride December 7 1998 1998 elected 2008 retained 1 067 004 81 1 248 831 18 9 18 2nd Republican Robert McLaren December 5 1988 1988 elected 1998 2008 retained 782 693 79 3 203 831 20 7 19 20 Lower courts editSee also 2018 Cook County Illinois elections Judicial elections Lower courts also saw judicial elections 11 12 21 This included 52 partisan elections to fill vacancies on circuit courts and 34 partisan elections to fill vacancies on subcircuit courts 12 References edit a b c Illinois Supreme Court elections 2018 Ballotpedia Retrieved April 2 2020 a b c Illinois intermediate appellate court elections 2018 Ballotpedia Retrieved April 2 2020 a b c Illinois Constitution Article VI www ilga gov Illinois General Assembly Retrieved March 22 2020 Anne M Burke Ballotpedia Retrieved April 2 2020 Justice Anne M Burke to Be Sworn in to Illinois Supreme Court PDF Press release Illinois Supreme Court July 5 2006 Archived from the original PDF on March 14 2012 Peter C Cavanagh Ballotpedia Retrieved April 2 2020 Schoenburg Bernard Schoenburg Judge Cavanagh interested in appellate court The State Journal Register Retrieved April 2 2020 M R 1403 PDF Supreme Court of Illinois Retrieved April 2 2020 Thomas Appleton Ballotpedia Retrieved April 2 2020 a b Schoenburg Bernard March 21 2018 Pete Cavanagh easily makes it to fall appellate court ballot The State Journal Register Retrieved April 2 2020 a b c d e Election Results 2018 GENERAL PRIMARY www elections il gov Illinois State Board of Elections Retrieved April 2 2020 a b c d e f Election Results 2018 GENERAL ELECTION www elections il gov Illinois State Board of Elections Retrieved April 2 2020 Thomas M Harris Jr Ballotpedia Retrieved April 2 2020 Schoenburg Bernard Pope retiring Harris appointed and running for appellate court The State Journal Register Retrieved April 2 2020 Carol Pope Ballotpedia Retrieved April 2 2020 Rieck Dana October 27 2017 Former Jefferson County judge to seek election to appellate court Belleville News Democrat Retrieved April 2 2020 Richard Goldenhersh Ballotpedia Retrieved April 2 2020 Margaret Stanton McBride Ballotpedia Retrieved April 2 2020 Robert McLaren Ballotpedia Retrieved April 2 2020 FOR STATE SUPREME APPELLATE COURTS chicagotribune com Chicago Tribune November 1 1988 Retrieved April 2 2020 Illinois local trial court judicial elections 2018 Ballotpedia Retrieved April 2 2020 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2018 Illinois judicial elections amp oldid 1174347980, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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