David Orr
{{short description|American Democratic politician|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Other people}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = David Orr
| image = David Orr on Live from the Heartland July 23 2012 (1).png
| caption = Orr in 2012
| office = 22nd Cook County Clerk
| term_start = December 11, 1990
| term_end = December 10, 2018
| predecessor = Stanley Kusper
| successor = Karen Yarbrough
| office1 = 52nd Mayor of Chicago
| status1 = Acting
| term_start1 = November 25, 1987
| term_end1 = December 2, 1987
| predecessor1 = Harold Washington
| successor1 = Eugene Sawyer
| office2 = 3rd Vice Mayor of Chicago
| 1blankname2 = Mayor
| 1namedata2 = Harold Washington
Eugene Sawyer
| predecessor2 = Richard Mell
| successor2 = Terry Gabinski
| term_start2 = April 1987
| term_end2 = May 1988
| office3 = Member of the Chicago City Council
from the 49th Ward
| term_start3 = February 23, 1979
| term_end3 = December 10, 1990
| predecessor3 = Homer Johnson{{cite web|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1979/02/28/page/10/article/carey-gets-2-000-vote-fraud-reports-double-novembers|title=Chicago Tribune - Historical Newspapers}}
| successor3 = Robert Clarke
| birth_name = David Duvall Orr
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|10|4}}
| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = Democratic
| spouse = Loretta Orr{{cite web|url=http://www.davidorr.org/about/|title=About David Orr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090328131034/http://www.davidorr.org/about/|archive-date=March 28, 2009}}
| education = Simpson College (BA)
Case Western Reserve University (MA)
| website = {{url|davidorr.org|Official website}}
| signature = David Orr signature.gif
}}
David Duvall Orr (born October 4, 1944) is an American Democratic politician who served as the Cook County Clerk from 1990 to 2018. Orr previously served as alderman for the 49th ward in Chicago City Council from 1979 to 1990. He briefly served as acting Mayor of Chicago from November 25 to December 2, 1987, following the death of Mayor Harold Washington.[https://books.google.com/books?id=XwfKOYWt3WcC&dq=david+orr+chicago&pg=PT132 Chicago's Loop By Janice A. Knox, Heather Olivia Belcher] Orr retired from the office of Cook County Clerk in 2018, opting not to run for an eighth term.
Early life
Born in Chicago, Orr is a graduate of Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa for his undergraduate and his Masters Degree in American Studies from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. He was an instructor at Mundelein College in 1979, when he first decided to run for alderman.{{Cite web|url=http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/January-2019/David-Orr/|title=David Orr, Newly Retired, Unloads on the Machine|last=Thomas|first=Mike|date=December 12, 2018|website=Chicago magazine|language=en|access-date=2020-02-14}}
Chicago City Council (1979-90)
Orr entered politics as an "independent Democrat", opposed to the official Democratic Party organization. The party organization was then controlled by the "Machine" created by Mayor Richard J. Daley, who died in December 1976. In February 1979, Orr was elected by a narrow margin of 320 votes alderman from the 49th Ward, which covered most of the Rogers Park neighborhood in the far northeastern corner of Chicago.
Orr was considered a lakefront liberal.{{cite web |last1=Hardy |first1=Thomas Hardy |last2=Davis |first2=Robert |last3=Griffin |first3=Jean Latz |last4=Mills |first4=Marja |title=PHELAN EDGES PINCHAM |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1990-03-21-9001230721-story.html |website=chicagotribune.com |publisher=Chicago Tribune |access-date=16 October 2020 |date=21 March 1990}}
Orr joined with other white "independent" aldermen from the "Lakefront" and black dissident aldermen from the south side and west side in opposing the corruption and racism of the Machine.{{Citation needed|date=February 2019}} Orr was re-elected in February 1983 and 1987.
In February 1983, with the Machine divided between supporters of Jane Byrne and Richard M. Daley, black independent Harold Washington became Mayor. Washington was opposed by 29 aldermen who tried to paralyze city government for three years in what was dubbed "Council Wars." Orr backed Washington, one of only five white aldermen to do so.{{cite book|last = Fremon|first= David K.|title= "Chicago Politics, Ward by Ward"|date=October 22, 1988|page=3-4|publisher= Indiana University Press|isbn=9780253204905}} After the Washington coalition won the majority in 1986, after special aldermanic elections were held, Orr was elected by the City Council in 1987 to serve as the city's Vice Mayor.{{cite book |last1=Simpson |first1=Dick |title=Rogues, Rebels, And Rubber Stamps: The Politics Of The Chicago City Council, 1863 To The Present |date=2018 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-429-97719-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jQlQDwAAQBAJ |access-date=16 April 2020 |language=en}}
In 1986, Orr, with the assistance of fellow alderman Bernard Stone, successfully pushed an ordinance through City Council that declared Chicago a "nuclear-free zone".{{cite web |last1=Levinsohn |first1=Florence Hamlish |title=Either/Orr |url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/eitherorr/Content?oid=882239 |website=Chicago Reader |access-date=16 April 2020 |language=en |date=24 June 1993}}
As a city councilman, Orr often prevailed in getting the council to take actions which he fought for. Orr had a reputation of being a "clean" politician, devoid of corruption or negativity.{{cite web |last1=Dardick |first1=Hal |title=Cook County Clerk David Orr won't seek 8th term |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-clerk-david-orr-not-running-met-0622-20170621-story.html |website=Chicago Tribune |access-date=18 March 2023 |date=June 21, 2017}} Chicago Tribune columnist Mike Royko, a cynic towards local politics, stated in 1988, "there are three or four aldermen who are suspected of being honest and
In May 1988, the City Council voted to oust Orr from his position as Vice Mayor as retribution for his attempts to make reforms that would have held the council's committees more accountable for the budgets they manage.{{cite web |last1=Dold |first1=R. Bruce |title=COUNCIL REPLACES ORR AS VICE MAYOR |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1988-05-26-8801020651-story.html |website=chicagotribune.com |publisher=Chicago Tribune |access-date=16 April 2020 |date=26 May 1988}}
After Orr resigned from the City Council in 1990 in order to serve as county clerk, then-mayor Richard M. Daley appointed Robert Clarke as his replacement. In the 1991 aldermanic election, Clarke was defeated by Joe Moore, whom Orr had endorsed.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/|title=Politics by proxy: it's Clarke vs. Moore (Daley vs. Orr) in the 49th Ward|last=Javorsky|first=Ben|date=March 21, 1991|website=Chicago Reader|language=en|access-date=2019-02-28}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/The-Next-Alderman-of-the-49th-Ward-135931063.html|title=The Next Alderman of the 49th Ward ...|last=McClell|first=Edward|website=NBC Chicago|date=20 December 2011 |language=en|access-date=2019-02-28}}
=Acting Mayor of Chicago (1987)=
When Mayor Washington died of a heart attack on November 25, 1987, Orr, as Vice Mayor, became acting mayor.{{citation |title=Chicago Mourns Mayor Washington, Council Picks New Mayor Next Week | newspaper = Chicago Tribune|pages=1|date=1987-11-27}}{{Citation |last=Fremon |first=David K. |title=Chicago Politics Ward by Ward |publisher=Indiana University Press |date=January 1, 1998 |pages=343 |isbn = 978-0-253-20490-5}} He took office on November 25 and served for a week until the Council elected a permanent replacement mayor. Orr was suggested as the obvious choice, but as a reformer, he was vehemently opposed by the remaining Machine aldermen, and many black Chicagoans wanted a black replacement for Washington. Alderman Eugene Sawyer, who was black, and before 1983 had been a Machine loyalist, was chosen instead on December 2, 1987. Orr chaired Council meetings as mayor on December 1, a memorial meeting for Washington, and on December 2, when Sawyer was selected as his replacement.{{citation |last=Galvan|first=Manuel|title=Memorial Gives Way to Politics | newspaper = Chicago Tribune|pages=1|date=1987-12-02}}
County Clerk (1990-2018)
In 1990, the office of Cook County clerk was vacated by Stanley T. Kusper, Jr. who ran unsuccessfully for president of the Cook County Board of Commissioners. Orr ran for the office, and won the Democratic primary handily with 56% of the vote against two opponents.{{cite web |url=http://www.voterinfonet.com/results/archive/1990MarCombinedSummary.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2009-01-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081130083210/http://www.voterinfonet.com/results/archive/1990MarCombinedSummary.pdf |archive-date=2008-11-30 }} He also won easily in the general election, receiving more votes than any other candidate for county office.{{cite web |url=http://www.voterinfonet.com/results/archive/1990NovCombinedSummary.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2009-01-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081130082838/http://www.voterinfonet.com/results/archive/1990NovCombinedSummary.pdf |archive-date=2008-11-30 }} He was re-elected in 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, and 2014. In 1998, 2002, 2006, and 2010, he was unopposed for renomination, and faced only token opposition in the general election.{{citation needed|date=August 2009}}
After taking office, Orr put in place reforms, including instituting a new ethics guide for employees of the Office of the Cook County Clerk.
In 1994, Orr was considered a potential front-runner if he entered the election for president of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, but he ultimately decided to run for reelection as clerk instead of seeking the position.{{cite web |last1=Fremon |first1=David |title=Cook County presidency plum |url=https://www.lib.niu.edu/1994/ii940220.html |website=www.lib.niu.edu |publisher=Illinois Issues |access-date=2 November 2020 |date=February 1994}}
On June 21, 2017, he announced that he would not run for reelection to an eighth term.{{cite web|url=http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/sneed-exclusive-cook-county-clerk-david-orr-wont-seek-re-election/|title=After 39 years in politics, Clerk David Orr won't seek re-election|author=Michael Sneed and Rachel Hinton|date=June 21, 2017|work=Chicago Sun-Times}} Karen Yarbrough, the then-Cook County Recorder of Deeds, succeeded Orr as the Clerk.{{cite news|last=Dardick|first=Hal|title=Cook County Clerk David Orr won't seek 8th term|date=June 21, 2017|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|access-date=November 28, 2018|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-clerk-david-orr-not-running-met-0622-20170621-story.html}}
Subsequent career and activity
In 2013, Orr was appointed as a Senior Fellow at the Harris School of Public Policy Studies in the University of Chicago.{{Cite web|url=http://www.davidorr.org/david-orr-appointed-senior-fellow-at-university-of-chicago|title=David Orr Appointed Senior Fellow at University of Chicago|date=October 10, 2013|website=David Orr, Cook County Clerk|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-14}}{{Cite web|url=https://harris.uchicago.edu/directory/david-orr|title=David Orr {{!}} Harris Public Policy|website=harris.uchicago.edu|access-date=2020-02-14}}
In June 2018, Orr founded a political action committee called Good Government Illinois, with the goal of supporting election reform, campaign finance reform, and candidates with shared goals.{{Cite web|url=http://illinoissunshine.org/committees/34631/|title=Good Government Illinois|last=Illinois Sunshine|website=Illinois Sunshine|language=en|access-date=2020-02-14}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.goodgovernmentillinois.com/|title=Home|website=Good Government Illinois|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-14}} He supported several candidates in the 2019 Chicago aldermanic election, including Maria Hadden (who ran for his old 49th ward seat), Michael Rodriguez, Andre Vasquez, Matt Martin, Susan Sadlowski Garza, David Moore, and Scott Waguespack.{{Cite web|url=https://www.goodgovernmentillinois.com/post-election-highlights/|title=Post-Election Highlights|date=2019-04-01|website=Good Government Illinois|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-14}}
Orr considered running for mayor of Chicago in the 2019 Chicago mayoral election after incumbent mayor Rahm Emanuel declared in early September 2018 that he would no longer be seeking a third term.{{Cite news|last=Dardick|first=Hal|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-chicago-mayors-race-david-orr-mulls-run-20180905-story.html|title=Cook County Clerk David Orr considers run for Chicago mayor: 'The city needs to go in a different direction'|date=September 5, 2018|access-date=September 5, 2018|language=en-US|website=Chicago Tribune}}{{cite news|last1=Byrne|first1=John|last2=Pratt|first2=Gregory|title=Aldermen consider City Council chaos when Mayor Rahm Emanuel leaves office: 'Darth Vader is now gone'|date=September 11, 2018|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|access-date=September 11, 2018|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-chicago-mayors-race-city-council-20180907-story.html}} However, he ultimately did not run. In the week prior to the first round of the election, Orr publicly endorsed the candidacy of Lori Lightfoot.{{cite web|url=https://abc7chicago.com/amp/politics/lori-lighfoot-picks-up-endorsements-in-week-before-mayoral-election-/5147724/|title=Lori Lighfoot picks up endorsements in week before Chicago mayoral election|website=abc7chicago.com|access-date=February 26, 2019}}
In the 2023 Chicago mayoral election, Orr endorsed U.S. Representative Chuy Garcia's candidacy for mayor.{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2023/02/15/pritzkers-budget-reveal-is-today-00082946|title=It's Illinois Budget Day|date=15 February 2023 |publisher=Politico|accessdate=February 15, 2023}}
Accolades
In 2012, Orr was inducted into the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame as a Friend of the Community.{{cite web|url=http://www.glhalloffame.org/index.pl?page=inductees&todo=year|title=Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017032241/http://www.glhalloffame.org/index.pl?page=inductees&todo=year|archive-date=2015-10-17|url-status=dead|access-date=2016-01-10}}
Electoral history
=Aldermanic=
{{Election box begin no party no change | title=1979 Chicago 49th Ward aldermanic general election{{cite web |title=Election Results for 1979 Primary Election, Alderman, Ward 49, Chicago, IL |url=http://chicagodemocracy.org/ElectionResults.jsp?election=crdd_primary%2Ccrdd_1979_primary_election%2Cil_chi_ald_49 |website=chicagodemocracy.org |publisher=Chicago Democracy Project |access-date=13 October 2020}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate no party no change
|candidate = David Orr
|votes = 9,108
|percentage = 52.04
}}
{{Election box candidate no party no change
|candidate = Homer H. Johnson (incumbent)
|votes = 8,394
|percentage = 47.96
}}
{{Election box total no party no change
| votes = 17,502
| percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no party no change | title=1983 Chicago 49th Ward aldermanic general election{{cite web |title=Aldermanic race results |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/387748638 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=Chicago Tribune |access-date=8 March 2021 |language=en |url-access=subscription |date=24 Feb 1983}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate no party no change
|candidate = David D. Orr (incumbent)
|votes = 12,881
|percentage = 60.82
}}
{{Election box candidate no party no change
|candidate = Nancy E. Kelly
|votes = 7,952
|percentage = 37.55
}}
{{Election box candidate no party no change
|candidate = William Deri-Davis
|votes = 346
|percentage = 1.63
}}
{{Election box total no party no change
| votes = 21,179
| percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no party no change | title=1987 Chicago 49th Ward aldermanic general election{{cite web |title=Election Results for 1987 Primary Election, Alderman, Ward 49, Chicago, IL |url=http://chicagodemocracy.org/ElectionResults.jsp?election=crdd_primary%2Ccrdd_1987_primary_election%2Cil_chi_ald_49 |website=chicagodemocracy.org |publisher=Chicago Democracy Project |access-date=13 October 2020}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate no party no change
|candidate = David D. Orr (incumbent)
|votes = 9,956
|percentage = 57.16
}}
{{Election box candidate no party no change
|candidate = Jack Flemming
|votes = 5,841
|percentage = 33.53
}}
{{Election box candidate no party no change
|candidate = Howard E. Spinner
|votes = 1,052
|percentage = 6.04
}}
{{Election box candidate no party no change
|candidate = Grady A. Humphrey
|votes = 570
|percentage = 3.27
}}
{{Election box total no party no change
| votes = 17,419
| percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box end}}
=County Clerk=
;1990
{{Election box begin no change | title=1990 Cook County Clerk Democratic primary{{cite web |title=OFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS |url=http://www.voterinfonet.com/results/archive/1990MarCombinedSummary.pdf |website=www.voterinfo.net |publisher=Cook County Clerk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080904001418/http://www.voterinfonet.com/results/archive/1990MarCombinedSummary.pdf |archive-date=4 September 2008}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|candidate = David D. Orr
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|votes = 353,772
|percentage = 55.94
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|candidate = Calvin R. Sutker
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|votes = 144,083
|percentage = 22.78
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|candidate = Joanne H. Alter
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|votes = 134,560
|percentage = 21.28
}}
{{Election box total no change
|votes = 632,415
|percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change| title= 1990 Cook County Clerk election{{cite web |title=OFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS GENERAL ELECTION COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1990 |url=http://www.voterinfonet.com/results/archive/1990NovCombinedSummary.pdf |website=voterinfo.net |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081003205145/http://www.voterinfonet.com/results/archive/1990NovCombinedSummary.pdf |archive-date=3 October 2008}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = David D. Orr
|votes = 799,884
|percentage = 63.48
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Samuel "Sam" Panayotovich
|votes = 353,531
|percentage = 28.06
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Harold Washington Party
|candidate = Heldia R. Richardson
|votes = 106,588
|percentage = 8.46
}}
{{Election box total no change
|votes = 1,260,003
|percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box end}}
;1994
{{Election box begin no change | title=1994 Cook County Clerk Democratic primary{{cite web |title=OFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS PRIMARY ELECTION COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 1994 DEMOCRATIC PARTY |url=https://stage-drupal.cookcountyclerk-test.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/March1994.pdf |publisher=Cook County Clerk |access-date=13 October 2020 |archive-date=13 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201013181315/https://stage-drupal.cookcountyclerk-test.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/March1994.pdf |url-status=dead }}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|candidate = David D. Orr (incumbent)
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|votes = 454,873
|percentage = 78.37
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|candidate = Patricia Young
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|votes = 140,711
|percentage = 23.83
}}
{{Election box total no change
|votes = 595,584
|percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change| title= 1994 Cook County Clerk election
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = David D. Orr (incumbent)
|votes =
|percentage =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Edward Howlett
|votes =
|percentage =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Harold Washington Party
|candidate = Herman W. Baker, Jr.
|votes =
|percentage =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Populist Party (United States, 1984)
|candidate = Curtis Jones
|votes =
|percentage =
}}
{{Election box total no change
|votes =
|percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box end}}
;1998
{{Election box begin no change | title=1998 Cook County Clerk Democratic primary{{cite web |title=OFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS PRIMARY ELECTION COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1998 |url=https://www.cookcountyclerk.com/sites/default/files/March1998.pdf |website=www.cookcountyclerkil.com }}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|candidate = David Orr (incumbent)
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|votes = 404,839
|percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box total no change
|votes = 404,839
|percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change| title= 1998 Cook County Clerk election{{cite web |title=OFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS GENERAL ELECTION COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1998 |url=https://results.cookcountyclerkil.gov/electionresults/110398/1998NovemberCombinedSUMMARY.pdf |website=results.cookcountyclerkil.gov }}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = David Orr (incumbent)
|votes = 988,136
|percentage = 77.30
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Judith A. "Judie" Jones
|votes = 290,256
|percentage = 22.70
}}
{{Election box total no change
|votes = 1,278,392
|percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box end}}
;2002
{{Election box begin no change | title=2002 Cook County Clerk Democratic primary{{cite web |title=OFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS PRIMARY ELECTION TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2002 DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY |url=https://www.cookcountyclerk.com/sites/default/files/2002MarchCombinedSUMMARY.pdf |publisher=Cook County, Illinois |access-date=22 June 2020 |archive-date=22 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622124859/https://www.cookcountyclerk.com/sites/default/files/2002MarchCombinedSUMMARY.pdf |url-status=dead }}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = David D. Orr (incumbent)
|votes = 603,556
|percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 603,556
| percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change | title=2002 Cook County Clerk election{{cite web |title=TABULATED STATEMENT OF THE RETURNS AND PROCLAMATION OF THE RESULTS OF THE CANVASS OF THE ELECTION RETURNS FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION HELD IN EACH OF THE PRECINCTS IN ALL THE WARDS IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2002 A.D. |url=https://app.chicagoelections.com/documents/proclamations/Proc-2002-11-05.pdf |publisher=Chicago Board of Election Commissioners |access-date=18 June 2020}}{{cite web |title=SUBURBAN COOK COUNTY RESULTS |url=http://www.voterinfonet.com/results/11502results/ |website=voterinfonet.com |publisher=Cook County Clerk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050209124209/http://www.voterinfonet.com/results/11502results/ |archive-date=9 February 2005 |url-status=dead}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = David D. Orr (incumbent)
|votes = 992,441
|percentage = 76.11
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Kathleen A. Thomas
|votes = 311,552
|percentage = 23.89
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 1,303,993
| percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box end}}
;2006
{{Election box begin no change | title=2006 Cook County Clerk Democratic primary{{cite web |title=2006 Primary Election March 21, 2006 Summary Report Suburban Cook County |url=https://www.cookcountyclerk.com/sites/default/files/0306sum.pdf |publisher=Cook County Clerk's Office |access-date=17 March 2020 |archive-date=3 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903130454/https://www.cookcountyclerk.com/sites/default/files/0306sum.pdf |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |title=TABULATED STATEMENT OF THE RETURNS AND PROCLAMATION OF THE RESULTS OF THE CANVASS OF THE ELECTION RETURNS FOR THE GENERAL PRIMARY ELECTION HELD IN EACH OF THE PRECINCTS IN ALL THE WARDS IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO ON TUESDAY MARCH 21, 2006 A.D. |url=https://app.chicagoelections.com/documents/proclamations/Proc-2006-03-21.pdf |publisher=Chicago Board of Election Commissioners |access-date=17 March 2020}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = David D. Orr (incumbent)
|votes = 520,407
|percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 520,407
| percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change | title=2006 Cook County Clerk election{{cite web |title=Cook County and the City of Chicago Combined Summary Report November 2006 General Election Tuesday, November 7th, 2006 |url=https://www.cookcountyclerk.com/sites/default/files/2006NovemberCombinedSUMMARY.pdf |publisher=Cook County Clerk's Office |access-date=16 March 2020 |archive-date=22 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922154748/https://www.cookcountyclerkil.gov/sites/default/files/2006NovemberCombinedSUMMARY.pdf |url-status=dead }}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = David D. Orr (incumbent)
|votes = 1,034,263
|percentage = 80.78
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Nancy Carlson
|votes = 246,044
|percentage = 19.22
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 1,280,307
| percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box end}}
;2010
{{Election box begin no change | title=2010 Cook County Clerk Democratic primary{{cite web |title=Combined Summary Report - Primary Election Cook County Primary February 2, 2010 |url=https://www.cookcountyclerk.com/sites/default/files/Combined%20Summary_Final.pdf |publisher=Cook County Clerk's Office |access-date=16 March 2020 |archive-date=13 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201013204759/https://www.cookcountyclerk.com/sites/default/files/Combined%20Summary_Final.pdf |url-status=dead }}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = David D. Orr (incumbent)
|votes = 502,817
|percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 502,817
| percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change | title=2010 Cook County Clerk election{{cite web |title=Cook County General Election November 2, 2010 Combined Summary Report |url=https://www.cookcountyclerk.com/sites/default/files/Combined_Summary_Report_110210.pdf |publisher=Cook County Clerk's Office |access-date=16 March 2020}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = David D. Orr (incumbent)
|votes = 1,047,462
|percentage = 77.77
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Angel Garcia
|votes = 299,449
|percentage = 22.23
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 1,346,911
| percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box end}}
;2014
{{Election box begin no change | title=2014 Cook County Clerk Democratic primary{{cite web |title=General Primary Election Cook County and The City of Chicago Tuesday, March 18th, 2014 Combined Summary |url=https://www.cookcountyclerk.com/sites/default/files/Combined%20Summary%20Report%2031814.pdf |publisher=Cook County Clerk's Office |access-date=16 March 2020 |archive-date=24 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200624074713/https://www.cookcountyclerk.com/sites/default/files/Combined%20Summary%20Report%2031814.pdf |url-status=dead }}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = David D. Orr (incumbent)
|votes = 241,876
|percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 241,876
| percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change | title=2014 Cook County Clerk election{{cite web |title=General Election Cook County and The City of Chicago Tuesday, November 4, 2014 Combined Summary |url=https://www.cookcountyclerk.com/sites/default/files/CombinedSummaryReport110414%20%281%29.pdf |publisher=Cook County Clerk's Office |access-date=16 March 2020 |archive-date=28 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128082518/https://www.cookcountyclerkil.gov/sites/default/files/CombinedSummaryReport110414%20(1).pdf |url-status=dead }}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = David D. Orr (incumbent)
|votes = 1,061,515
|percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 1,061,515
| percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box end}}
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