2012 Illinois judicial elections
{{Short description|none}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2012 Illinois judicial elections
| country =
| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 2010 Illinois judicial elections
| previous_year = 2010
| next_election = 2014 Illinois judicial elections
| next_year = 2014
| election_date = November 6, 2012
| turnout =
}}
{{Elections in Illinois}}
The 2012 Illinois judicial elections consisted of both partisan and retention elections, including those one seat of the Supreme Court of Illinois for ten seats in the Illinois Appellate Court.{{Cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Illinois_judicial_elections,_2012 |title=Illinois judicial elections, 2012 |website=Ballotpedia|language=en|access-date=2021-05-13}} Primary elections were held on March 20, 2012, and general elections were held on November 6, 2012. These elections were part of the 2012 Illinois elections.
{{Toclimit|limit=3}}
Supreme Court of Illinois
Justices of the Supreme Court of Illinois are elected by district. One seat held a partisan election, while another 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.{{cite web |title=Illinois Constitution - Article VI |url=http://www.ilga.gov/commission/lrb/con6.htm |website=www.ilga.gov |publisher=Illinois General Assembly |access-date=22 March 2020}} Justices hold ten year terms.
=1st district=
In October 2010, Democrat Mary Jane Theis was appointed by the Supreme Court to fill the vacancy left by the retirement of justice Thomas R. Fitzgerald.{{cite web |title=JUSTICE MARY JANE THEIS TO BECOME NEWEST MEMBER OF THE ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT |url=https://courts.illinois.gov/Media/PressRel/2010/102510_2.pdf |publisher=Illinois Courts |access-date=13 May 2021 |date=25 October 2010}} Theis successfully ran for election to fill this seat for a full term.
==Democratic primary==
{{Election box begin no change | title=Supreme Court of Illinois 1st district Democratic primary{{cite web |title=Election Results |url=https://www.elections.il.gov/ElectionOperations/ElectionVoteTotals.aspx |website=www.elections.il.gov |publisher=Illinois State Board of Elections |access-date=13 May 2021 |archive-date=22 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222093629/https://www.elections.il.gov/ElectionOperations/ElectionVoteTotals.aspx |url-status=dead }}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Mary Jane Theis (incumbent)
|votes = 193,863
|percentage = 48.37
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Joy Cunningham
|votes = 91,639
|percentage = 22.87
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Aurelia Marie Pucinski
|votes = 85,554
|percentage = 21.35
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Thomas W. Flannigan
|votes = 29,708
|percentage = 7.41
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 537,239
| percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box end}}
==Republican primary==
==General election==
{{Election box begin no change | title=Supreme Court of Illinois 1st district election}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Mary Jane Theis (incumbent)
|votes = 1,333,122
|percentage = 74.72
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = James Gerard Riley
|votes = 451,039
|percentage = 25.28
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 1,784,161
| percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box end}}
The court has seven seats total separated into five districts. The first district contains three seats (making it a multi-member district), while other four districts are single-member districts. Justices hold ten year terms.
=Retention elections=
To be retained, judges were required to have 60% of their vote be "yes".
| class="wikitable"
! rowspan =2 |District ! colspan=5 | Incumbent ! rowspan="2" |Cite |
| colspan="2"|Party
! Name ! In office since ! Previous years elected/retained !Yes !No |
|---|
| 3rd
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | | February 1, 2001 | 2002 (elected) | 389,891 | 80,929 | {{cite news|author=|title=Judicial candidates Anderson, Glenn endorsed|date=October 30, 1998|newspaper=Charleston Times-Courier|via=NewsBank}}{{cite web |title=Rita Garman |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Rita_Garman |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=13 May 2021 |language=en}} |
Illinois Appellate Court
=1st district (Cahill vacancy)=
A vacancy was created by the death of Robert Cahill.{{cite web |title=Robert Cahill (Illinois) |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Robert_Cahill_(Illinois) |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=13 May 2021 |language=en}} Matthias William Delort was elected to fill the judgeship.{{cite web |title=Mathias W. Delort |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Mathias_W._Delort |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=13 May 2021 |language=en}} This was a regular election, as Cahill's term would have ended in 2012.
==Democratic primary==
Candidates
- Matthias William Delort, Cook County Circuit Court judge
- Mary Brigid Hayes, member of the Village of La Grange Park Police Commission{{cite web |title=Mary Brigid Hayes -- 1st Appellate - Cahill Vacancy -- Chicago Tribune editorial board questionnaire |url=http://primaries2012.elections.chicagotribune.com/editorial/mary-brigid-hayes/index.html |website=primaries2012.elections.chicagotribune.com |publisher=Chicago Tribune |access-date=13 May 2021 |date=2012}}
- Kay Marie Hanlon, Northfield Township trustee{{cite web |title=Kay Marie Hanlon -- 1st Appellate - Cahill Vacancy -- Chicago Tribune editorial board questionnaire |url=http://primaries2012.elections.chicagotribune.com/editorial/kay-marie-hanlon/index.html |website=primaries2012.elections.chicagotribune.com |publisher=Chicago Tribune |access-date=13 May 2021 |date=2012}}
- Pamela E. Hill-Veal, Cook County Circuit Court judge{{cite web |title=Pamela Hill-Veal |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Pamela_Hill-Veal |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=13 May 2021 |language=en}}
- James Michael McGing, 1992 Democratic nominee for Illinois State Senate 7th district{{cite web |title=James Michael McGing -- 1st Appellate - Cahill Vacancy -- Chicago Tribune editorial board questionnaire |url=http://primaries2012.elections.chicagotribune.com/editorial/james-michael-mcging/index.html |website=primaries2012.elections.chicagotribune.com |publisher=Chicago Tribune |access-date=13 May 2021 |date=2012}}{{cite web |title=State of Illinois official vote cast at the general election .. |url=https://archive.org/details/stateofillinois1992illi/mode/2up |publisher=Illinois State Board of Elections |access-date=7 April 2020}}
- Laura Marie Sullivan, Cook County Circuit Court judge{{cite web |title=Laura Sullivan |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Laura_Sullivan |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=13 May 2021 |language=en}}
Results
{{Election box begin no change | title=Illinois Appellate Court 1st district (Cahill vacancy) Democratic primary}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Matthias William Delort
|votes = 90,855
|percentage = 24.82
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Pamela E. Hill-Veal
|votes = 83,463
|percentage = 22.80
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Laura Marie Sullivan
|votes = 65,293
|percentage = 17.84
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Mary Brigid Hayes
|votes = 57,909
|percentage = 15.82
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = James Michael McGing
|votes = 34,353
|percentage = 9.38
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Kay Marie Hanlon
|votes = 34,215
|percentage = 9.35
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 366,088
| percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box end}}
==Republican primary==
==General election==
{{Election box begin no change | title=Illinois Appellate Court 1st district (Cahill vacancy) election}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Matthias William Delort
|votes = 1,381,611
|percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 1,381,611
| percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box end}}
=1st district (Coleman vacancy)=
A vacancy was created when Sharon Johnson Coleman stepped down in order to accept a position on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.{{cite web |title=Nathaniel R. Howse |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Nathaniel_R._Howse |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=13 May 2021 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Sharon Coleman |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Sharon_Coleman |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=13 May 2021 |language=en}} Nathaniel Roosevelt Howse, Jr. was elected to fill the judgeship. Before being elected to this judgeship, Howse had already been serving on the Appellate Court, having been appointed to a different 1st district judgeship in August 2009, after the retirement of Denise M. O'Malley.{{cite web |title=M.R.1062 |url=https://courts.illinois.gov/supremecourt/Announce/2009/072709.pdf |publisher=State of Illinois Supreme Court |access-date=13 May 2021 |date=11 May 2009}} This was a regular election, as Coleman's term would have ended in 2012.
==Democratic primary==
{{Election box begin no change | title=Illinois Appellate Court 1st district (Coleman vacancy) Democratic primary}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Nathaniel Roosevelt Howse, Jr.
|votes = 242,772
|percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 242,772
| percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box end}}
==Republican primary==
==General election==
{{Election box begin no change | title=Illinois Appellate Court 1st district (Coleman vacancy) election}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Nathaniel Roosevelt Howse, Jr.
|votes = 1,334,521
|percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 1,334,521
| percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box end}}
=1st district (Gallagher vacancy)=
A vacancy was created when Michael Gallagher retired.{{cite web |title=P. Scott Neville |url=https://ballotpedia.org/P._Scott_Neville |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=13 May 2021 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Michael Gallagher |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Michael_Gallagher_(Illinois) |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=13 May 2021 |language=en}} P. Scott Neville Jr. was elected to fill the judgeship. Before being elected to this judgeship, Neville had already been serving on the Appellate Court, having been served as an appointed member of the first district since 2004.{{cite news|author=|title=Appellate Court gets Hartigan replacement|date=June 11, 2004|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|accessdate=May 10, 2020|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2004-05-25-0405250325-story.html}}
==Democratic primary==
Candidates
- P. Scott Neville Jr., Illinois Appellate Court judge
- Marguerite Quinn, Cook County Circuit Court judge{{cite web |title=Marguerite Quinn: Candidate Profile |url=https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20120131/submitted/301319581/ |website=Daily Herald |access-date=13 May 2021 |date=31 January 2012}}
- Patrick J. Sherlock, Cook County Circuit Court judge{{cite web |title=Patrick J. Sherlock |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Patrick_J._Sherlock |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=13 May 2021 |language=en}}
Results
{{Election box begin no change | title=Illinois Appellate Court 1st district (Gallagher vacancy) Democratic primary}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = P. Scott Neville, Jr.
|votes = 159,170
|percentage = 44.30
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Marguerite Quinn
|votes = 119,865
|percentage = 33.36
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Patrick J. Sherlock
|votes = 80,256
|percentage = 22.34
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 359,291
| percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box end}}
==Republican primary==
==General election==
{{Election box begin no change | title=Illinois Appellate Court 1st district (Gallagher vacancy) election}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = P. Scott Neville, Jr.
|votes = 1,306,485
|percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 1,306,485
| percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box end}}
=1st district (O'Brien vacancy)=
A vacancy was created when Sheila O'Brien retired in 2011.{{cite web |title=Jesse G. Reyes |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Jesse_G._Reyes |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=29 May 2021 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Sheila O'Brien |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Sheila_O%27Brien |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=29 May 2021 |language=en}} Jesse G. Reyes was elected to fill the judgeship.
==Democratic primary==
Candidates
- William Stewart Boyd, Cook County Circuit Court judge{{cite web |title=William Stewart Boyd -- 1st Appellate - O'Brien Vacancy -- Chicago Tribune editorial board questionnaire |url=http://primaries2012.elections.chicagotribune.com/editorial/william-stewart-boyd/index.html |website=primaries2012.elections.chicagotribune.com |publisher=Chicago Tribune |access-date=29 May 2021}}
- Ellen L. Flannigan, Cook County Circuit Court judge{{cite web |title=Ellen L. Flannigan -- 1st Appellate - O'Brien Vacancy -- Chicago Tribune editorial board questionnaire |url=http://primaries2012.elections.chicagotribune.com/editorial/ellen-l-flannigan/index.html |website=primaries2012.elections.chicagotribune.com |publisher=Chicago Tribune |access-date=29 May 2021}}
- Rodolfo "Rudy" Garcia, Illinois Appellate Court judge{{cite web |title=Rodolfo (Rudy) Garcia -- 1st Appellate - O'Brien Vacancy -- Chicago Tribune editorial board questionnaire |url=http://primaries2012.elections.chicagotribune.com/editorial/rodolfo-rudy-garcia/index.html |website=primaries2012.elections.chicagotribune.com |publisher=Chicago Tribune |access-date=29 May 2021}}
- Jesse G. Reyes, Cook County Circuit Court judge{{cite web |title=Judge Jesse G. Reyes for Illinois First District Appellate Court in Illinois |url=https://trellis.law/judge/jesse.g.reyes |website=trellis.law |publisher=Trellis |access-date=29 May 2021 |language=en}}
- Don R. Sampen, former Illinois assistant attorney general{{cite web |title=Don R. Sampen -- 1st Appellate - O'Brien Vacancy -- Chicago Tribune editorial board questionnaire |url=http://primaries2012.elections.chicagotribune.com/editorial/don-r-sampen/index.html |website=primaries2012.elections.chicagotribune.com |publisher=Chicago Tribune |access-date=29 May 2021}}
Results
{{Election box begin no change | title=Illinois Appellate Court 1st district (O'Brien vacancy) Democratic primary}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Jesse G. Reyes
|votes = 120,390
|percentage = 33.04
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = William Stewart Boyd
|votes = 93,912
|percentage = 25.77
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Ellen L. Flannigan
|votes = 80,668
|percentage = 22.14
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Rodolfo "Rudy" Garcia
|votes = 45,539
|percentage = 12.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Don R. Sampen
|votes = 23,873
|percentage = 6.55
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 364,382
| percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box end}}
==Republican primary==
==General election==
{{Election box begin no change | title=Illinois Appellate Court 1st district (O'Brien vacancy) election}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Jesse G. Reyes
|votes = 1,317,266
|percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 1,317,266
| percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box end}}
=1st district (Theis vacancy)=
A vacancy was created when Mary Jane Theis was appointed to the Illinois Supreme Court in 2010.{{cite web |title=Mary Jane Theis |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Mary_Jane_Theis |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=29 May 2021 |language=en}} Maureen Connors, who had been appointed in October 2010 to fill the judgeship until a permanent occupant would be elected in 2012, was elected to permanently fill the judgeship.{{cite web |title=Maureen Connors |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Maureen_Connors |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=29 May 2021 |language=en}}
==Democratic primary==
Candidates
Results
{{Election box begin no change | title=Illinois Appellate Court 1st district (Theis vacancy) Democratic primary}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Maureen Elizabeth Connors (incumbent)
|votes = 325,268
|percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 325,268
| percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box end}}
==Republican primary==
==General election==
{{Election box begin no change | title=Illinois Appellate Court 1st district (Theis vacancy) election}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Maureen Elizabeth Connors (incumbent)
|votes = 1,316,225
|percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 1,316,225
| percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box end}}
=1st district (Tully vacancy)=
A vacancy was created when John Tully retired on December 31, 2009.{{cite web |title=John Tully |url=https://ballotpedia.org/John_Tully |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=29 May 2021 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Terrence J. Lavin |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Terrence_J._Lavin |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=29 May 2021 |language=en}} Terrance J. Lavin, who had been appointed on February 1, 2010, to fill the judgeship until a permanent occupant would be elected in 2012, was elected to permanently fill the judgeship.
==Democratic primary==
Candidates
Results
{{Election box begin no change | title=Illinois Appellate Court 1st district (Tully vacancy) Democratic primary}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Terrence J. Lavin (incumbent)
|votes = 319,241
|percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 319,241
| percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box end}}
==Republican primary==
==General election==
{{Election box begin no change | title=Illinois Appellate Court 1st district (Tully vacancy) election}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Terrence J. Lavin (incumbent)
|votes = 1,280,939
|percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 1,280,939
| percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box end}}
=2nd district (O'Malley vacancy)=
A vacancy was created when Jack O'Malley retired on December 3, 2010.{{cite web |title=Jack O'Malley (Illinois) |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Jack_O%27Malley_(Illinois) |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=29 May 2021 |language=en}} Joseph Birkett, who had been appointed on fill the judgeship until a permanent occupant would be elected in 2012, was elected to permanently fill the judgeship.{{cite web |title=Joseph Birkett |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Joseph_Birkett |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=29 May 2021 |language=en}}
==Democratic primary==
==Republican primary==
Candidates
Results
{{Election box begin no change | title=Illinois Appellate Court 1st district (O'Malley vacancy) Republican primary}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Joe Birkett (incumbent)
|votes = 259,025
|percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 259,025
| percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box end}}
==General election==
{{Election box begin no change | title=Illinois Appellate Court 1st district (O'Malley vacancy) election}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Joe Birkett (incumbent)
|votes = 946,823
|percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 946,823
| percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box end}}
=4th district (Myerscough vacancy)=
A vacancy was created when Sue E. Myerscough left her judgeship in the Illinois Appellate Court's 4th district to become a judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois in February 2010.{{cite web |title=Sue Myerscough |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Sue_Myerscough |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=29 May 2021 |language=en}} Carol Pope was elected to fill the judgeship.{{cite web |title=Carol Pope |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Carol_Pope |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=29 May 2021 |language=en}} Before being elected to this judgeship, Pope had already been serving on the Illinois Appellate Court's, having been appointed to a different 4th district judgeship in December 2008.
==Democratic primary==
==Republican primary==
Candidates
Results
{{Election box begin no change | title=Illinois Appellate Court 1st district (Myerscough vacancy) Republican primary}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Carol Pope
|votes = 115,826
|percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 115,826
| percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box end}}
==General election==
{{Election box begin no change | title=Illinois Appellate Court 1st district (Myerscough vacancy) election}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Carol Pope
|votes = 428,665
|percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 428,665
| percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box end}}
=5th district (Donovan vacancy)=
A vacancy was created when James Donovan retired on December 2, 2012.{{cite web |title=James Donovan |url=https://ballotpedia.org/James_Donovan |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=29 May 2021 |language=en}} Judy Cates was elected to fill the judgeship.{{cite web |title=Judy Cates |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Judy_Cates |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=29 May 2021 |language=en}}
==Democratic primary==
Candidates
- Judy Cates, attorney and former St. Clair County state's attorney
Results
{{Election box begin no change | title=Illinois Appellate Court 1st district (Donovan vacancy) Democratic primary}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Judy Cates
|votes = 52,050
|percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 52,050
| percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box end}}
==Republican primary==
Candidates
- Stephen P. McGlynn, Illinois 20th Judicial Circuit judge and former Illinois Appellate Court judge{{cite web |title=Stephen P. McGlynn |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Stephen_P._McGlynn |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=29 May 2021 |language=en}}
Results
{{Election box begin no change | title=Illinois Appellate Court 1st district (Donovan vacancy) Republican primary}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Stephen McGlynn
|votes = 79,925
|percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 79,925
| percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box end}}
==General election==
{{Election box begin no change | title=Illinois Appellate Court 1st district (Donovan vacancy) election}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Judy Cates
|votes = 283,926
|percentage = 52.09
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Stephen McGlynn
|votes = 261,170
|percentage = 47.91
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 545,096
| percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Retention elections=
To be retained, judges were required to have 60% of their vote be "yes".
| class="wikitable"
! rowspan =2 |District ! colspan=5 | Incumbent ! rowspan =2 |Cite |
| colspan="2"|Party
! Name ! In office since ! Previous years elected/retained !Yes !No |
|---|
| 1st
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" | |James Fitzgerald Smith | December 2, 2002 | 2002 (elected) | 1,058,999 | 267,955 |{{cite web |title=James Fitzgerald Smith |url=https://ballotpedia.org/James_Fitzgerald_Smith |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=13 May 2021 |language=en}} |
| 3rd
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" | |Tom M. Lytton | December 7, 1992 | 1992 (elected), 2002 (retained) | 521,146 | 132,560 |{{cite web |title=Tom Lytton |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Tom_Lytton |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=13 May 2021 |language=en}} |
| 3rd
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | |Daniel L. Schmidt | December 2002 | 2002 (elected) | 524,061 | 127,776 |{{cite web |title=Daniel Schmidt |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Daniel_Schmidt |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=13 May 2021 |language=en}} |
| 4th
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | | June 2001 | 2002 (elected) | 377,311 | 82,273 |{{cite web |title=John W. Turner |url=https://ballotpedia.org/John_W._Turner |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=13 May 2021 |language=en}} |
| 5th
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" | |Melissa Ann Chapman | September 2001 | 2002 (elected) | 370,011 | 131,601 |
Lower courts
{{see also|2012 Cook County, Illinois elections#Judicial elections}}
Lower courts also saw judicial elections.