Cook County, Illinois ballot, Nov 3, 2026

Contested races

Source: Ballotpedia, Cook County, Illinois, elections, 2026 (secondary source, not the official ballot) (accessed Oct 17, 2026). Names are shown as listed by the source. Which district races you see depends on where you live; check yours at Illinois voter registration lookup (State Board of Elections).

Office	Candidates
County offices
Cook County Assessor	Pat Hynes (D) Nico Tsatsoulis (L) Richard Mayers (Independent) Candidate for Cook County Board of Commissioners President on Nov 3, 2026. Source: Ballotpedia Ballotpedia profileNo campaign site found
Cook County Board of Commissioners President	Toni Preckwinkle (D) Toni Preckwinkle (Democratic Party) is the Cook County Board of Commissioners President in Illinois. She assumed office in 2010. Her current term ends on December 7, 2026. Source: Ballotpedia Campaign site (listed by Ballotpedia)Campaign Facebook Ballotpedia profile Michael Murphy (L) Candidate for Cook County Board of Commissioners President on Nov 3, 2026. Source: Ballotpedia Campaign site (listed by Ballotpedia)Campaign Facebook Ballotpedia profile Richard Mayers (Independent) Candidate for Cook County Board of Commissioners President on Nov 3, 2026. Source: Ballotpedia Ballotpedia profileNo campaign site found
Cook County Clerk	Monica Gordon (D) vs. Justin Tucker (Independent)
Cook County Sheriff	Thomas Dart (D) Thomas Dart (Democratic Party) (also known as Tom) is the Cook County Sheriff in Illinois. He assumed office in 2006. His current term ends on December 1, 2026. Source: Ballotpedia Campaign site (listed by Ballotpedia)Ballotpedia profile Brad Sandefur (L) Brad Sandefur was born in Evansville, Indiana. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1980 to 1981. He earned an associate degree from Oakton Community College in 1987, a bachelor's degree from Roosevelt University in 2015, and a graduate degree from Liberty University in 2018. Source: Ballotpedia Campaign site (listed by Ballotpedia)Campaign Facebook Ballotpedia profile
Cook County Treasurer	Maria Pappas (D) Richard Mayers (Independent) Candidate for Cook County Board of Commissioners President on Nov 3, 2026. Source: Ballotpedia Ballotpedia profileNo campaign site found
South Lyons Township Sanitary District Trustee Board At-large Vote for 2	Karen J. Dal Porto, Michael G. Grace, Scott Musillami, Molly M. Price, Claribel Quintana
Schools, colleges & special districts
Chicago Public Schools school board President	Jessica Biggs vs. Hilario Dominguez vs. Victor Henderson vs. Sendhil Revuluri
Chicago Public Schools school board District 10A	Che Smith vs. Tameka Walton
Chicago Public Schools school board District 10B	Connie Anderson vs. Rosita Chatonda vs. Patrick Watson
Chicago Public Schools school board District 1A	Ed Bannon vs. Margie Luczak
Chicago Public Schools school board District 1B	Claudia Peralta vs. Michelle Pierre
Chicago Public Schools school board District 2A	Ebony DeBerry vs. Hector Morales
Chicago Public Schools school board District 2B	Daniel Basco vs. Kyna Lenhof vs. Debby Pope
Chicago Public Schools school board District 3A	Peter Gonzales vs. Norma Rios-Sierra
Chicago Public Schools school board District 3B	Jason Dónes vs. Carlos Rivas Jr.
Chicago Public Schools school board District 4A	Angel Alvarez vs. Ellen Sherratt vs. Karen Zaccor
Chicago Public Schools school board District 5A	Aaron Brown vs. Kernetha Jones vs. LaPamela Williams
Chicago Public Schools school board District 5B	Michilla Blaise vs. Anthony Hargrove
Chicago Public Schools school board District 6A	Brenda Lee Anderson vs. Anusha Thotakura vs. Isaiah White
Chicago Public Schools school board District 6B	Brittany Kimble vs. Michael Neal
Chicago Public Schools school board District 7A	Jesus Ayala Jr. vs. Emma Lozano
Chicago Public Schools school board District 7B	Erika Diaz-Chavez vs. Yesenia Lopez
Chicago Public Schools school board District 8B	Alexander Angeles vs. Juan Gonzalez
Chicago Public Schools school board District 9B	Therese Boyle vs. Katherine Dunneback
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago 6-year term Vote for 3	Precious Brady-Davis (D), Eira Corral Sepulveda (D), Beth McElroy Kirkwood (D), Michelle Pennington (R), Timothy Rueckert (R), Jill Shestokas (R)

Also on every Cook County ballot: U.S. Senate, Governor, the other statewide offices, U.S. House and legislative districts.

Party labels are as listed by Ballotpedia (R = Republican, D = Democrat). Judicial retention questions are yes-or-no and need 60% yes to pass. Party nominees were chosen in the March 17 primary; only races on the Nov 3 ballot are listed.

This list comes from Ballotpedia, a secondary source, not the official ballot, and Ballotpedia notes its local lists may be incomplete. Your exact ballot: Illinois voter registration lookup (State Board of Elections).

Unopposed

One candidate per seat on the list (write-ins may still be possible).

County offices

La Grange Highlands Sanitary District Trustee Board At-large: Connie L. Livingston

Courts & justices of the peace

Cook County Circuit Court judge, countywide (vacancy of Cynthia Cobbs): Luz Maria Toledo (D)
Cook County Circuit Court judge, countywide (vacancy of Kathleen Burke): Steven McKenzie (D)
Cook County Circuit Court judge, countywide (vacancy of Mary Ellen Coghlan): Ashonta Rice (D)
Cook County Circuit Court judge, countywide (vacancy of Paul Karkula): D'Anthony Thedford (D)
Cook County Circuit Court judge, countywide (vacancy of William Hooks): Ava George Stewart (D)
Cook County Circuit Court judge, 1st Subcircuit (vacancy of Carl Walker): Ashley Greer Shambley (D)
Cook County Circuit Court judge, 1st Subcircuit (vacancy of Robert Balanoff): Radiance Ward (D)
Cook County Circuit Court judge, 11th Subcircuit (vacancy of Mary Roberts): Kim Przekota (D)
Cook County Circuit Court judge, 11th Subcircuit (vacancy of Pamela McLean Meyerson): Jarrett Knox (D)
Cook County Circuit Court judge, 13th Subcircuit (vacancy of John Curry, Jr.): Robert Groebner (D)
Cook County Circuit Court judge, 13th Subcircuit (vacancy of Martin Kelley): Brittany Pedersen (D)
Cook County Circuit Court judge, 13th Subcircuit (vacancy of Shannon O'Malley): Dan Naranjo (D)
Cook County Circuit Court judge, 13th Subcircuit (vacancy of Thomas Kelley): William Kelley (D)
Cook County Circuit Court judge, 16th Subcircuit (vacancy of Callie Baird): Julian Sanchez Crozier (D)
Cook County Circuit Court judge, 16th Subcircuit (vacancy of Patricia Mendoza): Jessica Velez (D)
Cook County Circuit Court judge, 17th Subcircuit (vacancy of James Carroll): Bianca Brown (D)
Cook County Circuit Court judge, 17th Subcircuit (vacancy of Lloyd Brooks): Natalia Moore (D)
Cook County Circuit Court judge, 18th Subcircuit (vacancy of Frank Andreou): Samuel Bae (D)
Cook County Circuit Court judge, 18th Subcircuit (vacancy of Jeffrey Chrones): Juan Ponce de Leon (D)
Cook County Circuit Court judge, 19th Subcircuit (vacancy of John Fairman): Sara McGann (D)
Cook County Circuit Court judge, 19th Subcircuit (vacancy of Michael Kane): Monica Somerville (D)
Cook County Circuit Court judge, 20th Subcircuit (vacancy of David Haracz): Michael Zink (D)
Cook County Circuit Court judge, 20th Subcircuit (vacancy of Stephanie Miller): Jon Stromsta (D)
Cook County Circuit Court judge, 3rd Subcircuit (vacancy of Patrick Sherlock): Rachel Marrello (D)
Cook County Circuit Court judge, 3rd Subcircuit (vacancy of Thomas Murphy): John Carroll (D)
Cook County Circuit Court judge, 5th Subcircuit (vacancy of Dominique Ross): Stephanie Kelly (D)
Cook County Circuit Court judge, 8th Subcircuit (vacancy of Celia Gamrath): Kathleen Cunniff Ori (D)
Cook County Circuit Court judge, 8th Subcircuit (vacancy of Mary Mikva): Lester Finkle (D)

Schools, colleges & special districts

Chicago Public Schools school board District 4B: Ellen Rosenfeld
Chicago Public Schools school board District 8A: Angel Gutierrez
Chicago Public Schools school board District 9A: Brittany Bailey Preston

City & town offices

South Palos Township Sanitary District Trustee Board At-large: Peter F. Costa, James R. Staszcuk

Judges on the retention ballot

Yes or no on keeping each judge in office.

Cook County Circuit Court, countywide

Andrea M. Buford, Bridget Anne Mitchell, Caroline K. Moreland, Celestia Mays, Chris Stacey, Elizabeth Walsh, Jill Quinn, Joan Powell, Kerry Kennedy, Kristal Rivers, Kristyna C. Ryan, Laura Ayala-Gonzalez, Levander Smith Jr., Lewis Nixon, Lorraine Murphy, Lynn Weaver Boyle, Maritza Martinez, Maura McMahon Zeller, Maureen Ward Kirby, Patricia O'Brien Sheahan, Sheree Henry, Teresa Molina, Thomas J. Byrne, Thomas J. Carroll, Tiesha Smith

Cook County Circuit Court, 1st Subcircuit

Krista Butler, Tyria Walton

Cook County Circuit Court, 10th Subcircuit

Anthony C. Kyriakopoulos, Diana L. Kenworthy, John G. Mulroe, Maire Aileen Dempsey, Mary Marubio, Ursula Walowski

Cook County Circuit Court, 12th Subcircuit

James Paul Pieczonka, Patricia Fallon

Cook County Circuit Court, 14th Subcircuit

Edward A. Arce, Gerardo Tristan Jr., Perla Tirado

Cook County Circuit Court, 15th Subcircuit

Nichole Patton, Patrick Kevin Coughlin

Cook County Circuit Court, 2nd Subcircuit

Sondra Denmark, Steven G. Watkins

Cook County Circuit Court, 3rd Subcircuit

Daniel Maloney, Erin Haggerty Antonietti, Regina Ann Mescall, Terrence J. McGuire

Cook County Circuit Court, 4th Subcircuit

John Michael Allegretti

Cook County Circuit Court, 6th Subcircuit

Eileen O'Connor, Jamie Guerra Dickler

Cook County Circuit Court, 7th Subcircuit

Judy Rice, Pamela Reaves-Harris, Robert D. Kuzas

Cook County Circuit Court, 8th Subcircuit

Jonathan Clark Green, Michael Forti

Cook County Circuit Court, 9th Subcircuit

Abbey Fishman Romanek, Anjana Hansen, Julie Aimen, Megan Elizabeth Goldish, Thomas Cushing

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