Richard Boykin
{{short description|American politician}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Richard R. Boykin
|image = Richard Boykin (37234207590).jpg
|caption = Boykin in 2017
|office = Member of the
Cook County Board of Commissioners
from the 1st district
|term_start = {{start date|2014|12|1}}
|term_end = {{end date|2018|11|28}}
|predecessor = Earlean Collins
|successor = Brandon Johnson
|party = Democratic
|birth_date =
|birth_place = Jackson, Mississippi
|death_date =
|death_place =
|spouse =
|partner =
|relations =
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|alma_mater =University of Dayton School of Law
|occupation=
|profession = Attorney
politician
|residence = {{nowrap|Chicago, Illinois}}
|website =
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Richard R. Boykin is a former member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners who represented the 1st district from December 2014 until December 2018.{{cite news|last=Romain|first=Michael|title=Johnson upsets Boykin in 1st district race|date=March 27, 2018|newspaper=Forest Park Review|location=Forest Park, Illinois|accessdate=March 10, 2019|url=https://www.forestparkreview.com/News/Articles/3-27-2018/Johnson-upsets-Boykin-in-1st-District-race/}}
Political career
Boykin was elected in 2014 to represent the 1st district on the Cook County Board of Commissioners. The 1st district covers both Chicago and its suburbs. It includes the Chicago neighborhoods of Garfield Park, and Humboldt Park, and the suburbs of Broadview, Maywood, Bellwood, Forest Park, Oak Park, and Elmwood Park.https://www.cookcountyclerk.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/UPDATED_Cook_County_Commissioners_2012_w_2017_names01232018.pdf {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210318123304/https://www.cookcountyclerk.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/UPDATED_Cook_County_Commissioners_2012_w_2017_names01232018.pdf |title=Cook County Commissioner Districts - 2021 |date=March 18, 2021}}
On the Cook County Board of Commissioners, Boykin opposed the controversial "soda tax".{{cite web |last1=Stewart |first1=Russ |title=NON -NICETIES ABOUND IN CIRCUIT COURT CONTEST |url=http://www.russstewart.com/articles/2019/10-23-19.html |website=www.russstewart.com |accessdate=16 November 2020 |date=23 October 2019}} Boykin came into conflict with the County Board President Toni Preckwinkle on this matter. Boykin took the lead against the tax, and succeeded in getting the Board to repeal it in 2017.{{cite web |title=Toni Preckwinkle comes out on top against onetime foe Richard Boykin in Democratic Cook County Board President primary |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/toni-preckwinkle-faces-challenge-from-onetime-foe-richard-boykin-in-democratic-cook-county-board-president-primary/ |website=CBS News |access-date=16 March 2023 |date=June 28, 2022}} On the infrequent votes by the Board that saw division by its members, Boykin was among the Board members who most regularly voted against the positions of County Board President Preckwinkle and her floor leader, Chuy García.
Per a 2018 analysis by the Chicago Sun-Times, Boykin had a high rate of attendance at board meetings, with the analysis finding him to have only missed 2% of meetings during a period from 2014 through 2017. The study found only John P. Daley to have a greater rate of attendance.
In 2018, Boykin narrowly lost reelection in the Democratic primary to Brandon Johnson, who had been endorsed against Boykin by Toni Preckwinkle.{{cite web|first1=Melissa|last1= Mouritsen Zmuda |last2=Simpson |first2=Dick |last3=McKevitt |first3=Kelly |last4=Gradel |first4=Thomas J. |title=The Cook County Board During President Preckwinkle's Second Term Cook County Board of Commissioners Report December 2014 – December 2017 |url=https://pols.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/273/2018/10/vr_cookcountyreport2014.pdf |website=pols.uic.edu |publisher=University of Illinois at Chicago Department of Political Science |access-date=16 March 2023 |date=January 25, 2018}}
In 2020, Boykin unsuccessfully ran for the Democratic nomination for Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County. Boykin unsuccessfully challenged President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners Toni Preckwinkle in that office's 2022 Democratic Party primary.{{cite web |title=Illinois Primary Election Results |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/06/28/us/elections/results-illinois.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=2 February 2023 |date=28 June 2022}}
Electoral history
{{Election box begin no change | title=2014 Cook County Board of Commissioners 1st district 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 |accessdate=16 March 2020}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Richard R. Boykin
|votes = 7,288
|percentage = 30.38
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Blake Sercye
|votes = 6,118
|percentage = 25.51
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Isaac "Ike" Carothers
|votes = 5,602
|percentage = 23.35
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Brenda Smith
|votes = 4,111
|percentage = 17.14
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Ronald Lawless
|votes = 868
|percentage = 3.62
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 23,987
| percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change | title=2014 Cook County Board of Commissioners 1st district 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 |accessdate=16 March 2020}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Richard R. Boykin
|votes = 68,305
|percentage = 99.36
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Write-in
|candidate = Others
|votes = 441
|percentage = 0.64
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 68,746
| percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change | title=2018 Cook County Board of Commissioners 1st district Democratic primary{{cite web |title=Cook County and The City of Chicago Primary Election March 20, 2018 Combined Summary |url=https://www.cookcountyclerk.com/sites/default/files/Combined%20Summary032018.pdf |publisher=Cook County Clerk's Office |accessdate=9 March 2020}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Brandon Johnson
|votes = 24,863
|percentage = 50.44
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Richard Boykin (incumbent)
|votes = 24,426
|percentage = 49.56
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 49,289
| percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change | title=2020 Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County Democratic primary{{cite web |title=Cook County and The City of Chicago Primary Election March 17, 2020 Combined Summary |url=https://www.cookcountyclerk.com/sites/default/files/Combined%20Summary_03172020_v3.pdf |publisher=Cook County Clerk |accessdate=7 April 2020}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Iris Y. Martinez
|votes = 269,578
|percentage = 33.67
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Michael M. Cabonargi
|votes = 216,180
|percentage = 27.00
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Richard R. Boykin
|votes = 199,526
|percentage = 24.92
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Jacob Meister
|votes = 113,855
|percentage = 14.22
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Write-in
|candidate = Others
|votes = 1,511
|percentage = 0.19
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 800,650
| percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change
| title = 2022 President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners Democratic primary{{cite web |title=Cook County & City of Chicago Primary Election June 28, 2022 Combined Summary |url=https://www.cookcountyclerkil.gov/sites/default/files/pdfs/Combined%20Summary%20Report_20220819133604030.pdf |website=Cook County Clerk |date=2022}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Toni Preckwinkle (incumbent)
| votes = 374,699
| percentage = 75.76
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Richard Boykin
| votes = 119,915
| percentage = 24.24
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 494,614
| percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
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External links
- [http://richardrboykin.com// Official Richard R. Boykin website]
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