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2012 Illinois Judicial Elections
Last
Updated:
5:00pm CDT - Oct. 26, 2012
General Election Judicial Landscape:
The judicial election
landscape in Illinois is heating up,
although 22 of 76 vacancies still have
competition after the March Primary
Election. That's right - 54 candidates
have all but already won their spot on the
court, and only 44 candidates remain
contesting 22 seats. So, our site will
be focused on those 22 races.
A list of endorsements from
JUSTPAC, the political action committee of
the Illinois Civil Justice League can be
found
here.
Judicial Retention Contests:
A complete list of all 114
judges up for retention is available
here. One supreme court and five
appellate justices are up for retention,
along with 60 Cook County judges and 48
downstate judges.
Judicial retention
questionnaires are available
here.
We encourage judges and candidates to
continue answering, so we can post responses
by Election Day.
Thanks to the 'early-bird'
judges who have recently responded to our
questionnaire: Judges
Jacobius,
Preston,
Roti &
Walker in Cook County, as well as
Appellate Justice
Smith, and downstate Judges
Callis (3rd),
Gilfillan (10th) and
Prochaska (17th). Also, downstate
judicial candidate
Villani (2nd).
It's not too late to turn in
your ICJL retention (or judicial candidate)
questionnaire! Thanks to those who
returned by the deadline: Cook County Judges
Howard,
Maras,
Palmer,
Wright and
Varga; also downstate Judges
Hylla &
Knight (3rd),
Hartigan,
Koester &
Spears (4th), and
VandeWiele (14th), as well as Supreme
Court Justice
Garman and Third District Appellate
Justice
Lytton. Also, thanks to Cook
County judges
Flannigan and
Agran.
Thanks to Appellate Justice
Turner and Kankakee County Judge
Wenzelman (21st). And to Judges
Smoot (1st),
Hudson (16th),
Ocasio (Cook), and Justice
Schmidt (Third District)
Contested Judicial
Elections:
Supreme Court:
Vacancy of Thomas R. Fitzgerald (Cook County)
Appellate Court:
Vacancy of James K. Donovan (5th District)
Cook County Circuit Court:
Vacancy of Daniel A. Riley (4th Subcircuit)
Additional Judgeship A (4th Subcircuit)
Vacancy of Mary K. Rochford (12th Subcircuit)
Downstate Circuit Court:
Vacancy of Ronald R. Eckiss (1st Circuit - Williamson County)
Vacancy of Terry H. Gamber (2nd Circuit - Jefferson County)
Vacancy of Thomas H. Sutton (2nd Circuit - White County)
Vacancy of Charles V. Romani (3rd Circuit - Circuitwide)
Vacancy of Michael P. Kiley (4th Circuit - Shelby County)
Vacancy of Thomas R. Appleton (7th Circuit - Circuitwide)
Vacancy of Lois A. Bell (7th Circuit - Scott County)
Vacancy of James A. Lanuti (13th Circuit - LaSalle County)
Additional Judgeship A (16th Circuit - 2nd Subcircuit)
Vacancy of Perry R. Thompson (18th Circuit - Circuitwide)
Additional Judgeship A (19th Circuit - 2nd Subcircuit)
Additional Judgeship A (19th Circuit - 3rd Subcircuit)
Additional Judgeship B (19th Circuit - 3rd Subcircuit)
Vacancy of Dennis G. Hatch (20th Circuit - Washington County)
Vacancy of Michael J. O'Malley (20th Circuit - Circuitwide)
Vacancy of Milton S. Wharton (20th Circuit - Circuitwide)
Vacancy of Kurt P. Klein (23rd Circuit - DeKalb County)
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