Elections were held for Clerk of the Circuit Court, Recorder of Deeds, State's Attorney, Board of Review district 3, three seats on the Water Reclamation District Board, and judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County.
2004 was a presidential election year in the United States. The primaries and general elections for Cook County races coincided with those for federal races (President, House, and Senate) and those for state elections.
Voter turnout[]
Primary election[]
Voter turnout in Cook County during the primaries was 35.02%. The city of Chicago saw 38.58% turnout and suburban Cook County saw 31.34% turnout.[3][4][5][6]
In the 2004 Cook County Recorder of Deeds election, incumbent Recorder of Deeds Eugene Moore, a Democrat, was reelected. Moore had first been appointed in 1999 (after Jesse White resigned to become Illinois Secretary of State), and had been elected to a full-term in 2000.
Primaries[]
Democratic[]
Cook County Recorder of Deeds Democratic primary[3][4]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic
Eugene "Gene" Moore (incumbent)
325,906
100
Total votes
325,906
100
Republican[]
Cook County Recorder of Deeds Republican primary[3][4]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican
John H. Cox
117,731
100
Total votes
117,731
100
General election[]
Republican nominee Cox had declared that his intent in seeking the office was to push for its elimination, as he argued that the office was an unnecessary duplication of services and had become a "model of waste and corruption".[7][8][9]
In the 2004 Cook County State's Attorney election, incumbent second-term State's Attorney Richard A. Devine, a Democrat, was reelected.
Primaries[]
Democratic[]
In the Democratic primary, incumbent Dick Devine defeated challenger Tommy H. Brewer (who had previously, in 1994, run unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination Cook County Sheriff).[10][11]
Cook County State’s Attorney Democratic primary[3][4]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic
Richard A. Devine (incumbent)
505,791
79.06
Democratic
Tommy H. Brewer
133,978
20.94
Total votes
639,769
100
Republican[]
Cook County State’s Attorney Republican primary[3][4]
2 of 3 seats on the Cook County Board of Review 2 seats needed for a majority
First party
Second party
Party
Democratic
Republican
Seats before
2
1
Seats after
2
1
Seat change
Seats up
1
0
Races won
1
0
In the 2004 Cook County Board of Review election, one seat, Democratic-held, was up for election. The incumbent won reelection.
The Cook County Board of Review has its three seats rotate the length of terms. In a staggered fashion (in which no two seats have coinciding two-year terms), the seats rotate between two consecutive four-year terms and a two-year term.[12]
3rd district[]
See also: Cook County Board of Review 3rd district
Incumbent second-term member Robert Shaw, a Democrat last reelected in 2002, lost reelection, being unseated by in the Democratic primary by Larry R. Rogers, Jr., who went on to win the general election unopposed. Rogers' margin-of-victory over Shaw in the Democratic primary was narrow, at 1,087 votes (equal to 0.37 of votes cast). This election was to a four-year term.[12]
Primaries[]
Democratic[]
Cook County Board of Review 3rd district Democratic primary[3][4]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic
Larry R. Rogers, Jr.
148,987
50.18
Democratic
Robert Shaw (incumbent)
147,900
49.81
Total votes
296,887
100
Republican[]
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[3][4]
General election[]
Cook County Board of Review 3rd district election[1][2]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic
Larry R. Rogers, Jr.
518,543
100
Total votes
518,543
100
Water Reclamation District Board[]
2004 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago election
← 2002
November 2, 2004
2006 →
3 of 9 seats on the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago 5 seats needed for a majority
First party
Second party
Third party
Party
Democratic
Republican
Green
Seats before
9
0
0
Seats after
9
0
0
Seat change
Seats up
3
0
0
Races won
3
0
0
In the 2004 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.
Judicial elections[]
Pasrtisan elections were held for judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County due to vacancies. Retention elections were also held for the Circuit Court.[1][2]
Partisan elections were also held for subcircuit courts judgeships due to vacancies.[1][2] Retention elections were held for other judgeships.
Other elections[]
Coinciding with the primaries, elections were held to elect both the Democratic and Republican committeemen for the wards of Chicago.[4]