2014 Illinois judicial elections

none January 2025 September 2023 2014 Illinois judicial elections presidential no 2012 Illinois judicial elections 2012 2016 Illinois judicial elections 2016 November 4, 2014 The 2014 Illinois judicial elections consisted of both partisan and retention elections, including those one seat of the Supreme Court of Illinois for ten seats in the Illinois Appellate Court.https://ballotpedia.org/Illinois_judicial_elections,_2014 Illinois judicial elections, 2014 Ballotpedia en 2020-04-04 Primary elections were held on March 18, 2014, and general elections were held on November 4, 2014. These elections were part of the 2014 Illinois elections. 3 Supreme Court of Illinois Justices of the Supreme Court of Illinois are elected by district. One seat held a retention election. The court has seven seats total separated into five districts. The first district, representing Cook County, contains three seats, making it a multi-member district, while other four districts are single-member districts.Illinois Constitution - Article VI http://www.ilga.gov/commission/lrb/con6.htm www.ilga.gov Illinois General Assembly 22 March 2020 Justices hold ten year terms. Retention elections To be retained, judges were required to have 60% of their vote be "yes". District IncumbentVoteCiteParty Name In office since Previous years elected/retainedYes(Retain)No(Remove)5thRepublicanLloyd A. Karmeier December 6, 2000 2004 (elected) 230,122(60.8%) 148,546(39.2%)Downloadable Vote Totals http://www.elections.il.gov/ElectionInformation/DownloadVoteTotals.aspx Illinois Secretary of State https://web.archive.org/web/20170804191200/http://www.elections.il.gov/ElectionInformation/DownloadVoteTotals.aspx 4 August 2017 Illinois Appellate Court Illinois Appellate Court justices hold ten-year terms. 1st district (Gordon vacancy) A vacancy was created by the retirement of Joseph Gordon. Shelly A. Harris was elected to fill it.Sheldon Harris https://ballotpedia.org/Sheldon_Harris Ballotpedia 4 April 2020 en This was a special election as Gordon's term would have ended in 2014.Joseph Gordon https://ballotpedia.org/Joseph_Gordon Ballotpedia 4 April 2020 en Democratic primary Illinois Appellate Court 1st district (Gordon vacancy) Democratic primary Democratic Party (United States) Shelly A. Harris 91,556 37.44 Democratic Party (United States) Fredrenna M. Lyle 86,607 35.41 Democratic Party (United States) Susan Kennedy Sullivan 66,389 27.15 244,552 100 Republican primary The Republican primary was cancelled, as no candidates filed to run. General election Illinois Appellate Court 1st district (Gordon vacancy) election Democratic Party (United States) Shelly A. Harris 925,590 100 925,590 100 1st district (Murphy vacancy) A vacancy was created by the death of Michael J. Murphy. Democrat John B. Simon was elected to fill the vacancy. This was a regular election, as Murphy's term would have ended in 2014.Michael J. Murphy (Illinois) https://ballotpedia.org/Michael_J._Murphy_(Illinois) Ballotpedia 4 April 2020 enDavid Ellis (Illinois) https://ballotpedia.org/David_Ellis_(Illinois) Ballotpedia 4 April 2020 Democratic primary Illinois Appellate Court 1st district (Murphy vacancy) Democratic primary Democratic Party (United States) David Ellis 210,866 100 210,866 100 Republican primary The Republican primary was cancelled, as no candidates filed to run. General election Illinois Appellate Court 1st district (Murphy vacancy) election Democratic Party (United States) David Ellis 904,949 100 904,949 100 1st district (Steele vacancy) After the retirement of John O. Steele in January 2013, Shelly A. Harris as appointed to fill the vacancy. However, Harris did not seek reelection in 2014, instead running for the seat left vacant by the retirement of Joseph Gordon.John O. Steele https://ballotpedia.org/John_O._Steele Ballotpedia 4 April 2020 en Democrat John B. Simon was elected to fill the seat. This was a special election, as Steele's term ended in 2018. Democratic primary Illinois Appellate Court 1st district (Steele vacancy) Democratic primary Democratic Party (United States) John B. Simon 126,796 54.15 Democratic Party (United States) Sharon Oden Johnson 107,360 45.85 234,156 100 Republican primary The Republican primary was cancelled, as no candidates filed to run. General election Illinois Appellate Court 1st district (Steele vacancy) election Democratic Party (United States) John B. Simon 900,379 100 900,379 100 2nd district (Bowman vacancy) A vacancy was created by the 2012 death of John J. Bowman.John Bowman https://ballotpedia.org/John_Bowman Ballotpedia 4 April 2020 en Michael J. Burke was elected to fill the vacancy, running unopposed in both the Republican primary and general election. This was a special election, as Bowman's term ended in 2020. Democratic primary Illinois Appellate Court 2nd district (Bowman vacancy) Republican primary Republican Party (United States) Michael J. Burke 213,613 100 213,613 100 Republican primary The Republican primary was cancelled, as no candidates filed to run. General election Illinois Appellate Court 2nd district (Bowman vacancy) election Republican Party (United States) Michael J. Burke 713,483 100 713,483 100 4th district (McCullough vacancy) Incumbent Republican was appointed December 19, 2012 to fill the vacancy left by the death of John T. McCullough.Lisa Holder White https://ballotpedia.org/Lisa_Holder_White Ballotpedia 4 April 2020 She was reelected, running unopposed in both the Republican primary and general election. This was a regular election, as McCullough's term ended in 2014. Democratic primary The Democratic primary was cancelled, as no candidates filed to run. Republican primary Illinois Appellate Court 4th district (McCullough vacancy) Republican primary Republican Party (United States) Lisa Holder White 115,841 100 115,841 100 General election Illinois Appellate Court 4th district (McCullough vacancy) election Republican Party (United States) Lisa Holder White 335,693 100 335,693 100 Retention elections To be retained, judges were required to have 60% of their vote be "yes". District IncumbentVoteCiteParty Name In office since Previous years elected/retainedYes(Retain)No(Remove)1stDemocraticJoy Cunningham 1993 1994 (elected) 2004 (retained) 729,137(78.3%) 202,531(21.7%)HOPEFULS SAY KISSING OFF COURT RACES A MISTAKE https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1994-10-01-9410010174-story.html chicagotribune.com Chicago Tribune 4 April 2020 1 October 1994Thomas Hoffman https://ballotpedia.org/Thomas_Hoffman Ballotpedia 4 April 2020 en 2ndRepublicanSusan Fayette Hutchinson December 5, 1994 1994 (elected), 2004 (retained) 616,660(80.5%) 149,486(19.5%)WOMAN, EX-BEAR ALL BUT ON APPEALS COURT https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1994-03-20-9403210021-story.html chicagotribune.com Chicago Tribune 4 April 2020 20 March 1994 3rdRepublicanWilliam E. Holdridge December 5, 1994 1994 (elected), 2004 (retained) 378,330(78.9%) 101,216(21.1%)William Holdridge https://ballotpedia.org/William_Holdridge Ballotpedia 4 April 2020 enIN JUDICIAL RACE, IT PAYS TO BE IRISH https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1990-03-22-9001240012-story.html chicagotribune.com Chicago Tribune 4 April 2020 22 March 1990 3rdDemocraticMary K. O'Brien December 26, 2003 2004 (elected) 380,700(79.3%) 99,635(20.7%) 4thRepublicanRobert J. Steigmann July 1989 1994 (elected), 2004 (retained) 288,136(79.9%) 72,441(20.1%)Robert Steigmann https://ballotpedia.org/Robert_Steigmann Ballotpedia 4 April 2020 enSchoenburg Bernard Appellate Judge Steigmann accused of using office to book lectures https://www.sj-r.com/news/20170807/appellate-judge-steigmann-accused-of-using-office-to-book-lectures The State Journal-Register 4 April 2020 en 7 August 2017 Lower courts 2014 Cook County, Illinois elections#Judicial elections Lower courts also saw judicial elections. 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