American election
1986 Cook County, Illinois, elections Turnout 55.95%
The Cook County, Illinois , general election[1]
Primaries were held March 18, 1986.[2]
Elections were held for the offices of Assessor , Clerk , Sheriff , State's Attorney , Superintendent of Education Service Region , Treasurer , President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners , all 17 seats of the Cook County Board of Commissioners , both seats of the Cook County Board of Appeals , 3 seats on the Water Reclamation District Board , and judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County .
Election information [ edit ] 1986 was a midterm election year in the United States. The primaries and general elections for Cook County races coincided with those for federal (Senate and House ) and those for state elections .
Voter turnout [ edit ] Primary election [ edit ]
Vote totals of primaries[2]
Primary
Chicago vote totals
Suburban Cook County vote totals
Total Cook County vote totals
Democratic 548,326
124,471
672,799
Republican 25,962
79,517
105,479
Nonpartisan
3,654
13,948
17,602
Total
577,942
217,936
795,880
General election [ edit ] The general election saw turnout of 55.95%, with 1,476,370 ballots cast.[1] [3] [1]
Straight-ticket voting [ edit ] Ballots had a straight-ticket voting option in 1986.[1]
Assessor [ edit ] In the 1986 Cook County Assessor election , incumbent third-term assessor Thomas Hynes , a Democrat, was reelected.
Primaries [ edit ] Democratic [ edit ] Republican [ edit ] By winning the Republican nomination, Le Roy M. Graham became the first black candidate to run countywide as a Republican nominee.[4]
General election [ edit ]
In the 1986 Cook County Clerk election , incumbent third-term clerk Stanley Kusper , a Democrat, was reelected.
Primaries [ edit ] Democratic [ edit ] Incumbent Stanley Kusper defeated two challengers to win renomination.
The more successful of Kusper's two challengers was Jeanne Quinn, who four years earlier had become the first Democrat to be elected to the Cook County Board of Commissioners from suburban Cook County in half a century. Instead of seeking reelection, she instead opted to launch a challenge to Kusper.[1] [5] [6]
Republican [ edit ] Former Illinois state representative Diana Nelson won the Republican primary.[1] [7]
General election [ edit ]
Sheriff [ edit ] In the 1986 Cook County Sheriff election , incumbent fourth-term sheriff Richard Elrod , a Democrat, was defeated by Republican James E. O'Grady .
O'Grady became the first Republican elected to a countywide executive office in Cook County since Bernard Carey was elected to his final term as Cook County State's Attorney in 1976.[8]
Primaries [ edit ] Democratic [ edit ] Republican [ edit ] General election [ edit ] O'Grady won the endorsement of the Chicago Tribune for the general election.[9]
O'Grady's victory came from winning the county's suburbs by a 2-1 margin. He also performed well in some of the ethnically white wards of Chicago, being able to cary 14 of the city's 50 wards.[10]
Superintendent of Education Service Region [ edit ] In the 1986 Cook County Superintendent of Education Service Region election , incumbent third-term superintendent Richard J. Martwick , a Democrat, was reelected.[1] [11]
Primaries [ edit ] Democratic [ edit ] Republican [ edit ] No candidate ran in the Republican primary.[2] [1]
General election [ edit ] Treasurer [ edit ] In the 1986 Cook County Treasurer election , incumbent third-term[12] Edward J. Rosewell , a Democrat, was reelected.
Primaries [ edit ] Democratic [ edit ] Republican [ edit ] General election [ edit ]
President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners [ edit ] In the 1986 President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners election , incumbent president George Dunne , a Democrat that had held the office since 1969, was reelected.
Primaries [ edit ] Democratic [ edit ] Republican [ edit ] General election [ edit ]
Cook County Board of Commissioners [ edit ] 1986 Cook County Board of Commissioners election
First party
Second party
Party
Democratic
Republican
Seats before
11
6
Seats won
10
7
Seat change
Popular vote
6,766,182
3,689,203
Percentage
64.71%
35.29%
The 1986 Cook County Board of Commissioners election saw all seventeen seats of the Cook County Board of Commissioners up for election to four-year terms in two sets of elections (ten elected from an election held in the city of Chicago and seven elected from and election held in suburban Cook County).
Democrats lost a seat, and Republicans, conversely, gained a seat.
City of Chicago [ edit ] Ten seats were elected from the City of Chicago.
Primaries [ edit ] Democratic [ edit ] Republican [ edit ] General election [ edit ] Suburban Cook County [ edit ] Primaries [ edit ] Democratic [ edit ] Republican [ edit ] General election [ edit ] Republican nominee Bernard Carey was replaced on the ballot by Robert P. Gooley, as Carey opted to instead run for Illinois Attorney General , replacing James T. Ryan as the Republican nominee for that election .[15]
Cook County Board of Appeals [ edit ] 1986 Cook County Board of Appeals election
In the 1986 Cook County Board of Appeals election , both seats on the board were up for election. The election was an at-large election.
One incumbent Democrat, Pat Quinn , did not seek reelection, instead running for Illinois Treasurer . The other incumbent Democrat, Harry H. Semrow , sought reelection.
Primaries [ edit ] Democratic [ edit ] Republican [ edit ] General election [ edit ] Water Reclamation District Board [ edit ] 1986 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago election
In the 1986 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago election , three of the nine seats on the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago board were up for election in an at-large election.[1] [1]
Judicial elections [ edit ] Partisan elections were held for judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County, due to vacancies. Other judgeships had retention elections .[1]
Other elections [ edit ] Coinciding with the primaries, elections were held to elect both the Democratic and Republican committeemen for the suburban townships .[2]
See also [ edit ] References [ edit ]
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z "OFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS GENERAL ELECTION COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1986" (PDF) . voterinfo.net . Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2008.^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "OFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS PRIMARY ELECTION COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 1986" (PDF) . www.cookcountyclerk.com . Cook County Clerk. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2021. Retrieved October 18, 2020 .^ a b c d e f g "STATE OF ILLINOIS OFFICIAL VOTE Cast at the GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 4, 1986" (PDF) . Illinois Secretary of State. Retrieved 17 October 2020 .[permanent dead link ^ Graham, LeRoy M. (31 July 1986). "GOP 'OPENING' . chicagotribune.com . Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 18 October 2020 . ^ Simmons, Dan (12 August 2009). "JEANNE QUINN: 1945-2009" . chicagotribune.com . Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 18 October 2020 . ^ Dold, R. Bruce; Cohen, Laurie (23 January 1986). "COUNTY CLERK CANDIDATE GENEROUS AS HE IS ORNERY" . chicagotribune.com . Chicago Tirbune. Retrieved 18 October 2020 . ^ Neal, Steve (14 October 1985). "EX-REP. NELSON WEIGHS RACE FOR COUNTY CLERK" . chicagotribune.com . Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 18 October 2020 . ^ Burleigh, Nina (December 1988). "Jim O'Grady: Cook County GOP's 'perfect candidate' . Illinois Issues. Retrieved 19 June 2020 . ^ "FOR COOK COUNTY SHERIFF: O'GRADY . . " . chicagotribune.com . Chicago Tribune. 20 October 1986. Retrieved 18 June 2020 .^ O`Connor, Matt (8 November 1990). "GOP'S HOPES FOR O'GRADY GO SOUR" . chicagotribune.com . Retrieved 18 June 2020 . ^ Martwick, Robert (February 28, 2018). "House Resolution 0869 - 100th General Assembly" . Illinois General Assembly . Retrieved December 30, 2018 . ^ O'Connor, Matt (26 November 1998). "ROSEWELL MAKES DEAL IN GHOST-JOBS PROBE" . chicagotribune.com . Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 13 October 2020 . ^ "Our Campaigns - Cook County Board - City of Chicago Race - Nov 04, 1986" . www.ourcampaigns.com . Our Campaigns. Retrieved 18 October 2020 .^ a b "COOK COUNTY COMMISSION" . chicagotribune.com . Chicago Tribune and League of Women Voters of Illinois. 26 October 1986. Retrieved 18 October 2020 .^ a b Dold, R. Bruce (30 October 1986). "CAREY FIGHTS HARTIGAN'S LEAD IN ATTORNEY GENERAL CONTEST" . chicagotribune.com . Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 10 April 2020 .
