1986 Cook County, Illinois, elections
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 .
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
Primary election
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
The general election saw turnout of 55.95%, with 1,476,370 ballots cast.[ 1] [ 3] [ 1]
Assessor
In the 1986 Cook County Assessor election , incumbent third-term assessor Thomas Hynes , a Democrat, was reelected.
Primaries
Democratic
Cook County Assessor Democratic primary[ 2]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic Thomas C. Hynes (incumbent) 405,270 100
Total votes
405,270 100
Republican
By winning the Republican nomination, Le Roy M. Graham became the first black candidate to run countywide as a Republican nominee.[ 4]
Cook County Assessor Republican primary[ 2]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican Le Roy M. Graham 77,243 100
Total votes
77,243 100
Clerk
In the 1986 Cook County Clerk election , incumbent third-term clerk Stanley Kusper , a Democrat, was reelected.
Primaries
Democratic
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
Former Illinois state representative Diana Nelson won the Republican primary.[ 1] [ 7]
Sheriff
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]
General election
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 the Education Service Region
In the 1986 Superintendent of the Cook County Education Service Region election , incumbent third-term superintendent Richard J. Martwick , a Democrat, was reelected.[ 1] [ 11]
Primaries
Democratic
Cook County Superintendent of Education Service Region Democratic primary[ 2]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic Richard J. Marwick (incumbent) 297,358 72.36
Democratic Tom Van Dam
113,599
27.64
Total votes
410,957 100
Republican
No candidate ran in the Republican primary.[ 2] [ 1]
General election
Cook County Superintendent of Education Service Region election[ 1]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic Richard J. Martwick (incumbent) 824,384 63.51
Republican Tony Torres
473,694
36.49
Total votes
1,298,078 100
Treasurer
In the 1986 Cook County Treasurer election , incumbent third-term[ 12] Edward J. Rosewell , a Democrat, was reelected.
Primaries
Republican
Cook County Treasurer Republican primary[ 2]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican Richard M. Hetzer 77,901 100
Total votes
77,901 100
President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners
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
Democratic
President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners Democratic primary[ 2]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic George W. Dunne 435,063 100
Total votes
435,063 100
Republican
President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners Republican primary[ 2]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican Joseph D. Mathewson 63,625 100
Total votes
63,625 100
General election
President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners election[ 1]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic George W. Dunne 808,126 60.61
Republican Joseph D. Mathewson
525,288
39.39
Total votes
1,333,414 100
Cook County Board of Commissioners
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
Ten seats were elected from the City of Chicago.
Primaries
Democratic
Cook County Board of Commissioners Chicago Democratic primary[ 2]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic George W. Dunne (incumbent) 270,744 8.68
Democratic Jerry "Iceman" Butler (incumbent) 215,292 6.90
Democratic John H. Stroger, Jr. (incumbent) 196,824 6.31
Democratic Samuel G. Vaughan (incumbent) 161,586 5.18
Democratic Charles R. Bernardini 153.272 4.92
Democratic Bobbie L. Steele 143,577 4.60
Democratic Irene C. Hernandez (incumbent) 135,026 4.33
Democratic Frank A. Damato 132,098 4.24
Democratic Marco Domico 129,186 4.14
Democratic Rose-Marie Love 127,975 4.10
Democratic Lilia T. Delgado
122,794
3.94
Democratic Michael L. Nardulli 116,850
3.75
Democratic Edward H. Mazur
115,117
3.69
Democratic Frank D. Stemberk 114,750
3.68
Democratic Sidney L. "Sid" Ordower
109,529
3.51
Democratic Stephen T. Hynes
98,506
3.16
Democratic Michael Patrick Hogan
95,876
3.07
Democratic Daniel P. O'Brien
86,849
2.79
Democratic Mary Therese Dunne
79,066
2.54
Democratic Chester T. Stanislawski
68,529
2.20
Democratic Gregory J. Wojowski
59,943
1.92
Democratic John T. McGuire
58,117
1.86
Democratic William J. Donohue
54,288
1.74
Democratic Charles R. Bowen
51.552
1.65
Democratic Joseph McAfee
46,493
1.49
Democratic James W. Flint
46,128
1.48
Democratic Ginger E. Andrews
41,867
1.34
Democratic Carmine Castrovillari
36,479
1.14
Democratic Robert Mercurio
29,821
0.96
Democratic John Fraire
21,341
0.68
Republican
Cook County Board of Commissioners Chicago Republican primary[ 2]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican Susan Catania 13,501 9.85
Republican Richard D. Murphy 13,417 9.79
Republican Brenda A. Sheriff 12,994 9.48
Republican Julia Fairfax 12,923 9.43
Republican Brian G. Doherty 12,839 9.36
Republican William Allen E. Boyd 12,684 9.25
Republican Stephan J. Evans 12,669 9.24
Republican Charles J. Fogel 12,517 9.13
Republican LaFaye L. Casey 12,133 8.85
Republican Paul J. Taxey 10,967 8.00
Republican William M. Cronin
10,464
7.63
General election
Cook County Board of Commissioners Chicago election[ 1] [ 13]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic George W. Dunne (incumbent) 569,517 8.60
Democratic Charles R. Bernardini 528,928 7.99
Democratic Jerry "Iceman" Butler (incumbent) 527,951 7.58
Democratic John H. Stroger, Jr. (incumbent) 520,930 7.87
Democratic Irene C. Hernandez (incumbent) 506,389 7.65
Democratic Bobbie L. Steele 503,110 7.60
Democratic Frank A. Damato 499,689 7.55
Democratic Samuel G. Vaughan (incumbent) 596,454 7.50
Democratic Marco Domico 485,772 7.34
Democratic Rose-Marie Love 482,230 7.29
Republican Susan Catania 205,219
3.10
Republican Richard D. Murphy
158,041
2.39
Republican Brian G. Doherty 156,207
2.36
Republican Brenda A. Sheriff
146,631
2.22
Republican Julia Fairfax
142,990
2.16
Republican William Allen E. Boyd
141,712
2.14
Republican LaFaye L. Casey
140,180
2.12
Republican Charles J. Fogel
138,667
2.09
Republican Stephan J. Evans
137,356
2.07
Republican Paul J. Taxey
131,957
1.99
Suburban Cook County
Primaries
Republican
Cook County Board of Commissioners suburban Cook County Republican primary[ 2] [ 14]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican Bernard Carey (incumbent)[ 15] 54,525 13.21
Republican Mary M. McDonald (incumbent) 47,117 11.43
Republican Joseph I. Woods (incumbent) 43,912 10.64
Republican Carl R. Hansen (incumbent) 42,499 10.30
Republican Harold L. Tyrrell (incumbent) 41,272 10.00
Republican Richard A. Siebel (incumbent) 39,733 9.63
Republican Joseph D. Mathewson 38,207 9.26
Republican Patricia J. Semrow
28,887
7.00
Republican Gordon Scott Hirsch
27,229
6.60
Republican Thomas E. Brennan
25,365
6.15
Republican C. Robert McDonald
23,855
5.78
General election
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 Commissioners suburban Cook County election[ 1] [ 14]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican Mary M. McDonald (incumbent) 339,214 9.08
Republican Joseph D. Mathewson 336,097 9.00
Republican Harold L. Tyrrell (incumbent) 317,481 8.50
Republican Carl R. Hansen (incumbent) 314,145 8.41
Republican Richard A. Siebel (incumbent) 310,800 8.32
Republican Joseph I. Woods (incumbent) 303,068 8.11
Republican Robert P. Gooley 269,438 7.21
Democratic Joan P. Murphy 262,699
7.03
Democratic Janice D. "Jan" Schakowsky 239,517
6.41
Democratic John J. Lattner 229,352
6.14
Democratic Kevin J. Conlon
216,394
5.79
Democratic Andrew "Andy" Przybylo
209,503
5.61
Democratic John D. Rita
198,403
5.31
Democratic Renee H. Thaler
189,344
5.07
Cook County Board of Appeals
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
Republican
Cook County Board of Appeals Republican primary[ 2]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican Kenneth R. Hurst 73,459 50.48
Republican Ronald M. Hamelberg 72,055 49.52
Water Reclamation District Board
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
Partisan elections were held for judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County, due to vacancies. Other judgeships had retention elections .[ 1]
Other elections
Coinciding with the primaries, elections were held to elect both the Democratic and Republican committeemen for the suburban townships .[ 2]
References
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 "Official Final Results General Election Cook County, Illinois Tuesday, November 4, 1986" (PDF) . voterinfo.net . Archived from the original (PDF) on October 3, 2008.1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 "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 .1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "STATE OF ILLINOIS OFFICIAL VOTE Cast at the GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 4, 1986" (PDF) . Illinois Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 2, 2022. Retrieved October 17, 2020 .↑ Graham, LeRoy M. (July 31, 1986). "GOP 'OPENING' . chicagotribune.com . Chicago Tribune. Retrieved October 18, 2020 . ↑ Simmons, Dan (August 12, 2009). "JEANNE QUINN: 1945-2009" . chicagotribune.com . Chicago Tribune. Retrieved October 18, 2020 . ↑ Dold, R. Bruce; Cohen, Laurie (January 23, 1986). "COUNTY CLERK CANDIDATE GENEROUS AS HE IS ORNERY" . chicagotribune.com . Chicago Tirbune. Retrieved October 18, 2020 . ↑ Neal, Steve (October 14, 1985). "EX-REP. NELSON WEIGHS RACE FOR COUNTY CLERK" . chicagotribune.com . Chicago Tribune. Retrieved October 18, 2020 . ↑ Burleigh, Nina (December 1988). "Jim O'Grady: Cook County GOP's 'perfect candidate' . Illinois Issues. Retrieved June 19, 2020 . ↑ "FOR COOK COUNTY SHERIFF: O'GRADY . . " . chicagotribune.com . Chicago Tribune. October 20, 1986. Retrieved June 18, 2020 .↑ O`Connor, Matt (November 8, 1990). "GOP'S HOPES FOR O'GRADY GO SOUR" . chicagotribune.com . Retrieved June 18, 2020 . ↑ Martwick, Robert (February 28, 2018). "House Resolution 0869 - 100th General Assembly" . Illinois General Assembly . Retrieved December 30, 2018 . ↑ O'Connor, Matt (November 26, 1998). "ROSEWELL MAKES DEAL IN GHOST-JOBS PROBE" . chicagotribune.com . Chicago Tribune. Retrieved October 13, 2020 . ↑ "Our Campaigns - Cook County Board - City of Chicago Race - Nov 04, 1986" . www.ourcampaigns.com . Our Campaigns. Retrieved October 18, 2020 .1 2 "Cook County Commission" . chicagotribune.com . Chicago Tribune and League of Women Voters of Illinois. October 26, 1986. Retrieved October 18, 2020 .1 2 Dold, R. Bruce (October 30, 1986). "Carey Fights Hartigan's Lead In Attorney General Contest" . chicagotribune.com . Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 10, 2020 .
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