2022 Illinois judicial elections
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The 2020 Illinois judicial elections will consist of both partisan and retention elections.
Primaries will be held for partisan elections. The general election will be held on November 8, 2020.[1] These elections will be part of the 2022 Illinois elections.
Supreme Court of Illinois[]
Justices of the Supreme Court of Illinois are elected by district. Two seats will be holding partisan elections.[1] Two seats will be holding retention elections.
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.[2] Justices hold ten year terms.[2]
On June 4, 2021, Governor J.B. Pritzker signed legislation which redrew the Supreme Court's districts.[3] Before this, the districts had not been redrawn in over five decades.[4] The court had previously been using boundaries created in 1964.[5]
2nd district[]
In the 2020, the 2nd district seat, which had been held by Robert R. Thomas, a Republican, was originally scheduled to have retention election. However, Thomas retired February 29, 2020. On March 1, 2020, Michael J. Burke, a Republican, assumed his seat, and will hold it until a special election in 2022.[6][7] Under the new maps created by redistricting, Burke's residence is now located in the 3rd district, and he has declared his intention to run in the election to that seat, leaving the 2nd district with an open race.[8]
Democratic primary[]
Candidates[]
- Rene Cruz, Kane County Circuit Court judge[9]
- Elizabeth Rochford, Lake County Circuit Court judge[9]
- Nancy Rotering, mayor of Highland Park, Illinois,[9] 2018 candidate for Illinois attorney general, 2016 candidate for Illinois's 10th congressional district[8]
Republican primary[]
Candidates[]
- Daniel B. Shanes, Lake County Circuit Court judge[9]
3rd district[]
In 2020, 3rd district judge Thomas L. Kilbride, a Democrat, lost his retention election.[10] Robert L. Carter, a Democrat, was appointed by the court to hold the seat until a 2022 special election to fill it.[11] Upon his appointment, Carter declared that he did not intend to seek reelection in 2022, leaving the 3rd district with an open race.[12]
Democratic primary[]
Candidates[]
- Mary K. O'Brien,[13] Illinois Appellate Court judge, former Illinois state representative
Republican primary[]
Candidates[]
- Michael J. Burke, incumbent 2nd district Illinois Supreme Court justice (redistricted)[8]
Retention elections[]
| District | Incumbent | Vote | Cite | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Name | In office since | Previous years elected/retained | Yes (Retain) |
No (Remove) | |||
| 1st | Democratic | Mary Jane Theis | October 26, 2010 | 2012 (elected) | TBD | TBD | [14][15] | |
| 4th | Republican | Rita B. Garman | February 1, 2001 | 2002 (elected), 2012 (retained) | TBD | TBD | [16][17] | |
Illinois Appellate Court[]
Illinois Appellate Court justices hold ten-year terms.[2] Retention and partisan elections will be held for several of these positions.
Lower courts[]
Lower courts will also see judicial elections.
References[]
- ^ a b "State judicial elections, 2022". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
- ^ a b c "Illinois Constitution - Article VI". www.ilga.gov. Illinois General Assembly. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- ^ Adams, Jerrick (11 June 2021). "Redistricting review: Illinois enacts state leg., supreme court maps – Ballotpedia News". Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ Mansur, Sarah (26 May 2021). "Proposed Supreme Court remap evokes previous failed GOP attempt". Capitolnewsillinois.com. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
- ^ Pearson, Rick (25 May 2021). "Democrats want to redraw Illinois Supreme Court districts for first time in almost 60 years in effort to maintain majority". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ "Illinois Supreme Court elections, 2020". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
- ^ Eggert, Timmothy (28 February 2020). "Illinois Supreme Court's history picking of its own replacements". Chicago Law Bulletin. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- ^ a b c Hinton, Rachel (6 August 2021). "Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering launches bid for Illinois Supreme Court seat". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ a b c d Sadin, Steve (30 July 2021). "Highland Park mayor, Lake County judges among those seeking open Illinois Supreme Court seat". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ Mansur, Sarah (4 November 2020). "Failed retention is first ever in Illinois Supreme Court's history; Overstreet wins Karmeier seat". The Southern. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ Mansur, Sarah (November 10, 2020). "Illinois Supreme Court names Democrat to replace Tom Kilbride". Pekin Daily Times. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
- ^ Mansur, Sarah (10 November 2020). "Illinois Supreme Court appoints justice to replace Kilbride; Justice Robert Carter says he won't seek election in 2022". The Quad-City Times. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ Kapos, Shia (16 August 2021). "PRITZKER AT ARM'S-LENGTH — CHICAGO's GROWING PAINS — OBAMA CENTER CLEARS ANOTHER HURDLE". POLITICO. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ "JUSTICE MARY JANE THEIS TO BECOME NEWEST MEMBER OF THE ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT" (PDF). Illinois Courts. 25 October 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
- ^ "Mary Jane Theis". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
- ^ "Judicial candidates Anderson, Glenn endorsed". Charleston Times-Courier. October 30, 1998 – via NewsBank.
- ^ "Rita Garman". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
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