By Josh Bootsma
LANSING, Ill. (June 28, 2022) – Thousands of residents across the state of Illinois went to the polls on Tuesday to vote in the state’s primary election ahead of the general election on November 8.
State and national race results
Statewide media have reported tallies for the Illinois and U.S. races, and results indicate that Darren Bailey and running mate Stephanie Trussell will be the Republican candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, matching up against JB Pritzker and Juliana Stratton on November 8.
Results from other races, including U.S. races for Senate and House, Illinois races for Attorney General, Secretary of State, Comptroller, Treasurer, and others can be found by referring to outlets such as PBS, the Chicago Tribune, WGN, or others.
Cook County and other local results
Below are the results from suburban Cook County in the June 28 Gubernatorial Primary Election, as of Tuesday night. At the time of this writing, the Cook County Clerk’s office website said 98.11% of precincts in suburban Cook County had reported their votes. Results are below, with bolded vote counts and percentages indicating a win.
Note that total vote counts include only suburban Cook County, and not the City of Chicago. Where ultimate winner results differ from south suburban Cook County results, a note is included.
State Senator, 17th Senate District
Democrat
- Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
- Votes: 4,613 (100%)
Republican
- No candidate
State Representative, 33rd Representative District*
Democrat
- Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
- Votes: 2,266 (100%)
Republican
- No candidate
State Representative, 34th Representative District*
Democrat
- Nicholas “Nick” Smith
- Votes: 2,284 (100%)
Republican
- Frederick L. Walls
- Votes: 300 (100%)
*Not all of Lansing is in the same State House district. See below:
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Commissioner (Three open positions)
Democrat
- Mariyana T. Spyropoulos
- Votes: 105,369 (22.64%)
- Yumeka Brown
- Votes: 76,916 (16.53%)
- Patricia Theresa Flynn
- Votes: 93,374 (20.06%)
- Frank Avila
- Votes: 40,749 (8.76%)
- Rick Garcia
- Votes: 30,063 (6.46%)
- Cristina P. Nonato
- Votes: 29,489 (6.34%)
- Precious W. Brady-Davis
- Votes: 37,681 (8.10%)
- Sharon Waller
- Votes: 51,759 (11.12%)
Republican
- R. Cary Capparelli
- Votes: 70,796 (100%)
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Commissioner – (Two-year unexpired term)
Democrat
- Daniel “Pogo” Pogorzelski
- Votes: 69,214 (41.73%)*
- Elizabeth Joyce
- Votes: 63,683 (38.40%)*
- Chakena D. Perry
- Votes: 32,953 (19.87%)
*Though south suburban Cook County gave Pogorzelski a few thousand more votes than Joyce, the City of Chicago gave Joyce a few thousand more votes that Pogorzelski. When added together, at the time of this writing, the race was too close to call.
Republican
- No candidate
Cook County Board President
Democrat
- Toni Preckwinkle
- Votes: 145,800 (75.88%)
- Richard R. Boykin
- Votes: 46,352 (24.12%)
Republican
- No candidate
Libertarian
- Thea Tsatsos
- Votes: 999 (100%)
Cook County Clerk
Democrat
- Karen A. Yarbrough
- Votes: 179,953 (100%)
Republican
- No candidate
Libertarian
- Joseph Schreiner
- Votes: 960 (100%)
Cook County Sheriff
Democrat
- Thomas J. Dart
- Votes: 136,732 (87.91%)
- Noland Rivera
- Votes: 18,799 (12.09%)
Republican
- No candidate
Libertarian
- Brad Sandefur
- Votes: 990 (100%)
Cook County Treasurer
Democrat
- Maria Pappas
- Votes: 185,406 (100%)
Republican
- No candidate
Libertarian
- Michael Murphy
- Votes: 994 (100%)
Cook County Assessor
Democrat
- Fritz Kaegi
- Votes: 105,911 (56.42%)
- Kari K. Steele
- Votes: 81,817 (43.58%)
Republican
- No candidate
Libertarian
- Nico Tsatsoulis
- Votes: 972 (100%)
4th County Board District Commissioner
Democrat
- Stanley S. Moore
- Votes: 5,972 (100%)
Republican
- No candidate
Board of Review 3rd District Commissioner
Democrat
- Larry Rogers, Jr.
- Votes: 63,359 (100%)
Republican
- No candidate
Democratic Township Committeeperson for Thornton Township*
Democrat
- Kenneth Williams
- Votes: 2,224 (15.14%)
- Napoleon B. Harris, III
- Votes: 4,488 (30.54%)
- Terry R. Wells
- Votes: 2,892 (19.68%)
- Troy O’Quin
- Votes: 641 (4.36%)
- Thaddeus Jones
- Votes: 4,449 (30.28%)
Republican
- No candidate
Democratic Township Committeeperson for Bloom Township*
Democrat
- Monica M. Gordon
- Votes: 4,997 (79.51%)
- Adam Winston
- Votes: 1,288 (20.49%)
Republican
- No candidate
*Lansing residents living north of 186th Street will vote for Thornton Township Committeeperson while residents living south of 186th will vote for Bloom Township Committeeperson.
Dolton referenda
On Dolton residents’ ballots were two referendum questions: the first regarding a recall mechanism and the second specifically asking if current Mayor Tiffany Henyard should be recalled.
Village of Dolton, Recall Mechanism
- Yes
- Votes: 1,900 (56.41%)
- No
- Votes: 1,468 (43.59%)
Village of Dolton, Recall of Mayor Tiffany Henyard
- Yes
- Votes: 1,904 (56.05%)
- No
- Votes: 1,493 (43.95%)
Tiffany Henyard is also the Supervisor of Thornton Township.
Elections results regarding the Illinois Appellate Court Judges, Cook County judges, and Cook County subcircuit judges are available on the Cook County Clerk’s website.
