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Chief executive of county government in Cook County, Illinois
The President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners is the
chief executive of county government in
Cook County ,
Illinois .
[1] They are the head of the
Cook County Board of Commissioners .
Office description
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(December 2021 )
Officeholders
Recent election results
President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners general elections
Year
Winning candidate
Party
Vote (pct)
Opponent
Party
Vote (pct)
Opponent
Party
Vote (pct)
Opponent
Party
Vote (pct)
1986
[15]
George Dunne
Democratic
808,126 (60.61%)
Joseph D. Matthewson
Republican
525,288 (39.39%)
1990
[16]
Richard J. Phelan
Democratic
714,638 (55.65%)
Aldo DeAngelis
Republican
405,771 (31.60%)
Barbara J. Norman
Harold Washington Party
163,817 (12.76%)
1994
John H. Stroger, Jr.
Democratic
Joe Morris
Republican
Aloysius Majerczyk
Harold Washington Party
Jerome Carter
Populist
1998
[17]
John H. Stroger, Jr.
Democratic
834,972 (63.49%)
Aurelia Marie Pucinski
Republican
480,191 (36.61%)
2002
[18]
[19]
John H. Stroger, Jr.
Democratic
901,679 (68.73%)
Christopher A. Bullock
Republican
410,155 (31.27%)
2006
[20]
Todd H. Stroger
Democratic
690,945 (53.68%)
Tony Peraica
Republican
596,212 (46.32%)
2010
[21]
Toni Preckwinkle
Democratic
939,056 (69.54%)
Roger A. Keats
Republican
357,070 (26.44%)
Thomas Tresser
Green
54,273 (4.02%)
2014
[22]
Toni Preckwinkle
Democratic
1,072,886 (100%)
2018
[23]
Toni Preckwinkle
Democratic
1,355,407 (96.11%)
Others
Write-ins
54,917 (3.89%)
2022
[24]
Toni Preckwinkle
Democratic
967,062 (68.54%)
Bob Fioretti
Republican
399,339 (28.30%)
Thea Tsatsos
Libertarian
44,615 (3.16%)
Notes
^ The History of Cook County (1884) and contemporaneous newspapers describe the position as "chairman" in the 1870s, and it was elected by the members of the county board (rather than by the voters of the county) until at least 1880. The first I found position described as "president" is about 1881. The earliest I saw the position described as a county-wide popularly-elected office was the November 1887 election.
References
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"Office of the President | CookCountyIL.gov" . www.cookcountyil.gov . Government of Cook County. Retrieved October 28, 2020 .
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"Cook County, Illinois - Secretary of the Board" . legacy.cookcountyil.gov . Office of the Secretary to the Board of the Cook County Board of Commissioners. Retrieved October 28, 2020 .
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k Andreas, A. T., ed. (1884).
History of Cook County, Illinois . A. T. Andreas. p.
352 . Retrieved May 21, 2023 .
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"The Republican County Ticket" .
Chicago Tribune . November 6, 1887. p. 4. Retrieved May 21, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"DRIVERS GO INTO POLITICS" . Newspapers.com . Chicago Tribune. November 3, 1902. Retrieved August 9, 2021 .
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"EDWARD J. BRUNDAGE Republican Candidate for President of County Board" . Newspapers.com . Chicago Eagle. October 29, 1904. Retrieved August 9, 2021 .
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Chicago Daily News National Almanac for 1910 . Chicago Daily News. p. 459. Retrieved November 11, 2020 .
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"MANN'S FOE CITES 'HIGH PRICE' FIGUREs IN CONGRESS FIGHT" . Newspapers.com . October 29, 1910. Retrieved August 9, 2021 .
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"WORTHY COUNTY CANDIDATES GET "TRIBUNE'S" O.K." . Newspapers.com . Chicago Tribune. November 1, 1914. Retrieved August 7, 2021 .
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"CERMAK SELECTS OFFICIAL FAMILY" . Newspapers.com . The Indianapolis Star. April 10, 1931. Retrieved August 9, 2021 .
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"CLAYTON F. SMITH" . Newspapers.com . Chicago Tribune. January 1, 1946. Retrieved August 9, 2021 .
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"List of County Board Candidates" . Newspapers.com . Chicago Tribune. October 26, 1954. Retrieved August 9, 2021 .
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"Study of Family Court Offered by County Board" . Newspapers.com . Chicago Tribune. November 8, 1961. Retrieved August 9, 2021 .
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"Simon Raps Charges From GOP on 'Waste" . Newspapers.com . Arlington Heights Herald. October 4, 1962. Retrieved August 9, 2021 .
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"OFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS GENERAL ELECTION COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1986" (PDF) . voterinfo.net . Archived from
the original (PDF) on October 3, 2008.
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"OFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS GENERAL ELECTION COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1990" (PDF) . voterinfo.net . Archived from
the original (PDF) on October 3, 2008.
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"OFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS GENERAL ELECTION COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1998" (PDF) . results.cookcountyclerkil.gov .
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"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." (PDF) . Chicago Board of Election Commissioners. Retrieved June 18, 2020 .
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"SUBURBAN COOK COUNTY RESULTS" . voterinfonet.com . Cook County Clerk. Archived from
the original on February 9, 2005.
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"Cook County and the City of Chicago Combined Summary Report November 2006 General Election Tuesday, November 7th, 2006" (PDF) . Cook County Clerk's Office. Retrieved March 16, 2020 .
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"Cook County General Election November 2, 2010 Combined Summary Report" (PDF) . Cook County Clerk's Office. Retrieved March 16, 2020 .
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"General Election Cook County and The City of Chicago Tuesday, November 4, 2014 Combined Summary" (PDF) . Cook County Clerk's Office. Retrieved March 16, 2020 .
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"Cook County and The City of Chicago General Election November 6, 2018 Combined Summary" (PDF) . Cook County Clerk's Office. Retrieved March 9, 2020 .
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"Tabulated Statement of the Returns and Proclamation of the Results of the Canvass of the Election Returns for the November 8, 2022 Gubernatorial General Election Held in Each of the Precincts in Cook County, Illinois Including the City of Chicago" (PDF) . www.cookcountyclerkil.gov . Cook County Clerk. 2022. Retrieved December 6, 2022 .