2000 Cook County, Illinois elections


The Cook County, Illinois general election was held on November 7, 2002.
Primaries were held March 21, 2000.
Elections were held for Clerk of the Circuit Court, Cook County Recorder of Deeds, State's Attorney, four seats on the Water Reclamation District Board, and judgeships in the Circuit Court of Cook County and its subcircuits.

Election information

2000 was a presidential election year in the United States. The primaries and general elections for Cook County races coincided with those for federal races and those for state elections.

Voter turnout

Voter turnout in Cook County during the primaries was 28.26%, with 736,470 ballots cast. The city of Chicago saw 32.82% turnout.
The general election saw 71.50% turnout, with 1,988,821 ballots cast. Chicago saw 70.22% turnout.

Clerk of the Circuit Court

In the 2000 Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County election, incumbent fourth-term Clerk Aurelia Pucinski, a Republican who had been elected as a Democrat, did not seek reelection. Democrat Dorothy A. Brown was elected to succeed her.

Primaries

Democratic

;Candidates
The following candidates ran for the Democratic Party nomination for Clerk of the Circuit Court:
;Results

Republican

;Candidate
The following candidate ran for the Democratic Party nomination for Clerk of the Circuit Court:
;Results

General election

Recorder of Deeds

In the 2000 Cook County Recorder of Deeds election election, incumbent Recorder of Deeds Eugene Moore, a Democrat, was elected to his first full term. Moore had first been appointed in 1999.

Primaries

Democratic

;Candidate
The following candidate ran for the Democratic Party nomination for Clerk of the Circuit Court:
;Results

Republican

;Candidate
The following candidate ran for the Democratic Party nomination for Clerk of the Circuit Court:
;Results

General election

State's Attorney

In the 2000 Cook County State's Attorney election, incumbent first-term State's Attorney Richard A. Devine, a Democrat, was reelected.

Primaries

Democratic

;Candidate
The following candidate ran for the Democratic Party nomination for Clerk of the Circuit Court:
;Candidate
The following candidate ran for the Democratic Party nomination for Clerk of the Circuit Court:

Water Reclamation District Board

In the 2000 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago election, four of the nine seats on the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago board were up for election. Three were up in a regularly-scheduled at-large election, while a fourth seat was up in for a separate special 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.
Partisan elections were also held for subcircuit courts judgeships due to vacancies. Retention elections were held for other judgeships.

Ballot questions

One ballot questions was included on ballots county-wide during the March primary.

Tobacco Settlement

A ballot question involving tobacco settlement funds was included on the March primary ballot.