1990 Cook County, Illinois, elections Turnout 52.75%
The Cook County, Illinois , general election[ 1]
Primaries were held March 20, 1990.[ 2]
Elections were held for the offices of Assessor , Clerk , Sheriff , State's Attorney , Cook County 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 .
1990 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 .
Turnout in the primaries was 36.93%, with 985,614 ballots cast.[ 3]
Chicago saw 607,899 ballots cast, and suburban Cook County saw 30.24% turnout (with 377,715 ballots cast).[ 2] [ 4] [ 5]
Vote totals of primaries[ 2]
Primary Chicago vote totals Suburban Cook County vote totals Total Cook County vote totals
Democratic 577,343 214,446 791,789
Republican 30,332 152,908 183,240
Illinois Solidarity 199 178 377
Independent Progressive 21 0 21
Nonpartisan 4 10,183 10,187
Total 607,899 377,715 985,614
The general election saw turnout of 52.75%, with 1,408,516 ballots cast.[ 4] [ 1] [ 5]
In the 1990 Cook County Assessor election , incumbent fourth-term assessor Thomas Hynes , a Democrat, was reelected.
Cook County Assessor Democratic primary[ 2]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic Thomas C. Hynes (incumbent) 512,546 100
Total votes
512,546 100
Cook County Assessor Republican primary[ 2]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican Ronald Bean 121,352 100
Total votes
121,352 100
In the 1990 Cook County Clerk election , incumbent fourth-term clerk Stanley Kusper , a Democrat, did not seek reelection, instead opting to run for both Cook County Board of Commissioners president and Cook County commissioner.[ 6] [ 7] David Orr was elected to succeed him.
Chicago alderman David Orr won the Democratic nomination. Sutker, who placed second, had been slated by the Cook County Democratic Party organization as its endorsed candidate in the race.[ 8]
Cook County Clerk Republican primary[ 2]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican Samuel "Sam" Panayotovich 130,406 100
Total votes
130,406 100
In the 1990 Cook County Sheriff election , incumbent first-term sheriff James E. O'Grady , a Republican, was defeated by Democrat Michael F. Sheahan .
Illinois Solidarity [ edit ]
Cook County Sheriff Illinois Solidarity primary[ 2]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Illinois Solidarity William M. Piechuch, Sr. 189 100
Total votes
189 100
Corruption allegations took a toll on incumbent Republican James E. O'Grady's prospects for reelection.[ 9] Cook County Sheriff's Office , and had become unpopular among his constituents.[ 10]
Democratic nominee Michael F. Sheahan defeated O'Grady by a broad margin.[ 10] [ 10] [ 11] [ 11] [ 11]
Superintendent of the Education Service Region [ edit ] In the 1990 Superintendent of the Cook County Education Service Region election , incumbent fourth-term superintendent Richard J. Martwick , a Democrat, was reelected.[ 1] [ 12]
This was the penultimate election before the position was eliminated.[ 13]
Cook County Superintendent of Education Service Region Democratic primary[ 2]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic Richard J. Marwick (incumbent) 449,752 100
Total votes
449,752 100
Cook County Superintendent of Education Service Region Republican primary[ 2]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican William C. "Bill" Miceli 120,963 100
Total votes
120,963 100
President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners [ edit ] In the 1990 President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners election , incumbent president George Dunne , a Democrat that had held the office since 1969, did not seek reelection. Democrat Richard Phelan was elected to succeed him.
Incumbent board president George Dunne made a surprise announcement that he would not seek re-election in 1990.[ 15]
The Cook County Democratic Party 's efforts select a candidate to slate for president was chaotic.[ 15] Ted Lechowicz .[ 15] [ 16] [ 15]
Richard Phelan , a millionaire attorney from Winnetka , won the Democratic primary.[ 7] [ 7] television advertising .[ 7] R. Eugene Pincham , State Senator Lechowicz, and Cook County Clerk Stanley Kusper .[ 7] [ 7] [ 7]
President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners Republican primary[ 2]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican Aldo A. Deangelis 120,627 100
Total votes
120,627 100
Cook County Board of Commissioners [ edit ] 1990 Cook County Board of Commissioners election
First party
Second party
Third party
Party
Democratic Republican Harold Washington
Seats before
10
7
0
Seats won
11
6
0
Seat change
Popular vote
5,212,283 3,048,275
915,432
Percentage
56.80% 33.22%
9.98%
Swing
new
The 1990 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 an election held in suburban Cook County). This was the last election for the Cook County Board of Commissioners done this way, as the board would switch to districts for its 1994 election.[ 17]
By winning a suburban seat, Democrats increased their majority by a single seat.[ 18]
Ten seats were elected from the City of Chicago.
Cook County Board of Commissioners Chicago Democratic primary[ 2] [ 19]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic Jerry "Iceman" Butler (incumbent) 223,426 7.29
Democratic John H. Stroger, Jr. (incumbent) 186,468 5.82
Democratic Ted Lechowicz 186,468 5.82
Democratic Maria Pappas 184,304 5.75
Democratic R. Eugene Pincham 182,161 5.69
Democratic Bobbie L. Steele (incumbent) 179,596 5.61
Democratic Charles R. Bernardini (incumbent) 163,173 5.09
Democratic Irene C. Hernandez (incumbent) 158,635 4.95
Democratic Frank A. Damato (incumbent) 152,968 4.78
Democratic Marco Domico (incumbent) 127,377 3.98
Democratic Nikki Zollar
120,949
3.78
Democratic Jesse Lee Butler
108,596
3.39
Democratic Samuel G. Vaughan (incumbent)
205,454
3.29
Democratic Stanley T. Kusper, Jr. 103,676
3.24
Democratic Joseph L. Banks
103,215
3.22
Democratic Hilda E. Frontay
69,412
2.17
Democratic Rose-Marie Love (incumbent)
70,571
2.20
Democratic Timmothy J. Fitzgerald
65,613
2.05
Democratic James Patrick Nally
60,433
1.89
Democratic James C. Taylor
59,992
1.87
Democratic Ernest Terrell
59,264
1.85
Democratic Johnny Johnson
49,577
1.55
Democratic Joseph M. Dooley
47,296
1.48
Democratic Manuel Torres
39,859
1.24
Democratic Albert Martinez
36,383
1.14
Democratic James D. Rosas
36,229
1.13
Democratic Mark S. Boyle
34,649
1.08
Democratic Bruce E. Crosby
32,808
1.02
Democratic Emmet J. McShane
31,974
1.00
Democratic Frank Joseph Murray
31,628
0.99
Democratic Donald R. Linder
26,340
0.82
Democratic Walter Warfield, Jr.
20,274
0.63
Democratic James H. Leatherwood
19,257
0.60
Democratic George Woodrow Sutton
18,107
0.57
Cook County Board of Commissioners Chicago Republican primary[ 2]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican Daniel R. Bennett 18,272 10.46
Republican John J. Holowinski 18,238 10.44
Republican Denise A. Barnes 17,916 10.26
Republican Gerald S. Michalek 17,415 9.97
Republican Wayne M. Haney 17,403 9.97
Republican Percy V. Coleman 17,389 9.96
Republican John E. McNeal 17,232 9.87
Republican William A. Radatz 17,114 9.80
Republican Jacoby W. Crutcher, Jr. 16,933 9.70
Republican Donald H. Kahn 16,713 9.57
Before the general election, Democratic nominee R. Eugene Pincham left to run on the Harold Washington Party slate, and was replaced on the Democratic slate by Danny K. Davis .[ 19]
Cook County Board of Commissioners Chicago election[ 1]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic Jerry "Iceman" Butler (incumbent) 384,540 7.05
Democratic Maria Pappas 374,440 6.87
Democratic Danny K. Davis 371,709 6.82
Democratic Bobbie L. Steele (incumbent) 356,710 6.54
Democratic John H. Stroger, Jr. (incumbent) 355,671 6.52
Democratic Ted Lechowicz 350,252 6.42
Democratic Charles R. Bernardini (incumbent) 347,324 6.37
Democratic Irene C. Hernandez (incumbent) 342,093 6.28
Democratic Frank A. Damato (incumbent) 340,730 6.25
Democratic Marco Domico (incumbent) 309,089 5.67
Republican John J. Holowinski
140,703
2.58
Harold Washington R. Eugene Pincham 138,556
2.54
Republican Daniel R. Bennett
127,176
2.33
Republican Gerald S. Michalek
118,062
2.17
Republican Denise A. Barnes
116,249
2.13
Harold Washington Robert E. Pincham, Jr.
112,141
2.06
Republican John E. McNeal
111,552
2.05
Republican Wayne M. Haney
102,802
1.89
Harold Washington Barbara J. Norman
102,771
1.89
Republican William A. Radatz
101,136
1.86
Republican Donald H. Kahn
94,701
1.74
Republican Jacoby W. Crutcher, Jr.
91,196
1.67
Harold Washington Vivian D. Stewart-Tyler
88,539
1.62
Harold Washington Percy V. Coleman
84,246
1.55
Harold Washington Helen E. Jones
83,926
1.54
Harold Washington Mary King Criss
80,020
1.47
Harold Washington James A. Deanes
77,948
1.43
Harold Washington Dino F. McNeal
73,673
1.35
Harold Washington David T. Persons
73,612
1.35
Suburban Cook County [ edit ]
Republican nominee Harold L. Tyrell was replaced on the ballot by Angelo Saviano .
Cook County Board of Commissioners suburban Cook County election[ 1] [ 20]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican Mary M. McDonald (incumbent) 326,865 8.78
Republican Aldo A. DeAngelis 314,466 8.44
Republican Carl R. Hansen (incumbent) 313,917 8.43
Democratic Richard J. Phelan 298,067 8.00
Republican Richard A. Siebel (incumbent) 294,886 7.92
Republican Herbert T. Schumann, Jr. (incumbent) 273,368 7.34
Republican Allan C. Carr (incumbent) 268,823 7.22
Democratic Patricia Kane McLaughlin
256,494
6.89
Republican Angelo "Skip" Saviano 252,373
6.78
Democratic Sheila H. Schultz
246,986
6.63
Democratic Pat Capuzzi
233,521
6.27
Democratic Thomas M. O'Donnell
225,171
6.05
Democratic Ervin F. Kozicki
210,196
5.64
Democratic Edward C. Reinfranck
209,290
5.62
Cook County Board of Appeals [ edit ] 1990 Cook County Board of Appeals election
In the 1990 Cook County Board of Appeals election , both seats on the board were up for election. The election was an at-large election.
Cook County Board of Appeals Republican primary[ 2]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican Charles A. Wilson 121,954 50.88
Republican Gilbert M. Vega 116,617 49.12
Partisan elections were held for judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County, due to vacancies. Other judgeships had retention elections .[ 1]
Two ballot questions were included on ballots county-wide during the November general election.
Establish Financial Consumer Association [ edit ]
Establish Financial Consumer Association[ 1]
Candidate
Votes
%
Yes
655,931
76.01
No
207,023
23.99
Total votes
862,954 100
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61.27%
Coinciding with the primaries, elections were held to elect both the Democratic and Republican committeemen for the suburban townships .[ 2]
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