2016 Illinois judicial elections

Summary

The 2016 Illinois judicial elections consisted of both partisan and retention elections, including those for seven seats in the Illinois Appellate Court.[1] Primary elections were held on March 15, 2016, and general elections were held on November 8, 2016.[1] These elections were part of the 2016 Illinois elections.

2016 Illinois judicial elections
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Illinois Appellate Court edit

Illinois Appellate Court justices hold ten-year terms.[2]

1st district (4th division) edit

A vacancy was created after the retirement of Stuart Palmer. Democrat Eileen O'Neill Burke was elected to fill it, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election. This was a regular election, as Palmer's term would have expired in 2016.[3]

Democratic primary edit

Illinois Appellate Court 1st district (4th division) Democratic primary[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Eileen O'Neill Burke (incumbent) 805,190 100
Total votes 805,190 100

Republican primary edit

The Republican primary was cancelled, as no candidates filed to run.

General election edit

Illinois Appellate Court 1st district (4th division) election[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Eileen O'Neill Burke (incumbent) 1,038,128 100
Total votes 1,038,128 100

1st district (5th division) edit

Incumbent Bertina E. Lampkin, who was appointed on February 3, 2014 to fill the vacancy left after the death in office of Patrick Quinn, won reelection, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election.[1][6][7] This was a regular election, as Appeton's term would have ended in 2016.[7]

Democratic primary edit

Illinois Appellate Court 1st district (5th division) Democratic primary[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bertina E. Lampkin (incumbent) 792,641 100
Total votes 792,641 100

Republican primary edit

The Republican primary was cancelled, as no candidates filed to run.

General election edit

Illinois Appellate Court 1st district (5th division) election[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bertina E. Lampkin (incumbent) 1,507,691 100
Total votes 1,507,691 100

5th district (Stewart vacancy) edit

A vacancy was created by the retirement of Bruce Stewart. Republican John B. Barberis Jr. was elected to fill the seat.[8] This was a regular election, as Stewart's term ended in 2016.[9]

Democratic primary edit

Illinois Appellate Court 5th district (Stewart vacancy) Democratic primary[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Brad K. Bleyer 106,079 100
Total votes 106,079 100

Republican primary edit

Illinois Appellate Court 5th district (Stewart vacancy) Republican primary[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John B. Barberis, Jr. 139,650 100
Total votes 139,650 100

General election edit

Illinois Appellate Court 5th district (Stewart vacancy) election[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John B. Barberis, Jr. 317,117 55.86
Democratic Brad K. Bleyer 250,544 44.14
Total votes 567,661 100

5th district (Wexstten vacancy) edit

A vacancy was created by the January 29, 2014 retirement of James M. Wexstten. Republican James R. Moore was elected to fill the seat. This was a regular election, as Wexstten's term would have ended in 2016.[10]

Democratic primary edit

Illinois Appellate Court 5th district (Wexstten vacancy) Democratic primary[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jo Beth Weber 108,055 100
Total votes 108,055 100

Republican primary edit

Illinois Appellate Court 5th district (Wexstten vacancy) Republican primary[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican James R. Randy Moore 142,599 100
Total votes 142,599 100

General election edit

Illinois Appellate Court 5th district (Wexstten vacancy) election[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican James R. Randy Moore 307,926 53.84
Democratic Joe Beth Weber 264,041 46.16
Total votes 571,967 100

Retention elections edit

District Incumbent Vote Cite
Party Name In office since Previous years elected/retained Yes
(Retain)
No
(Remove)
1st Democratic Joy Cunningham December 4, 2006 2006 (elected) 1,161,051
(78.8%)
311,541
(21.2%)
[11][12][13]
3rd Democratic Vicki R. Wright December 4, 2006 2006 (elected) 558,811
(79.9%)
140,347
(20.1)
[11]/[13][14]
4th Republican James A. Knecht December 1, 1986 1986 (elected), 1996, 2006 (retained) 403,223
(81.5%)
91,322
(18.47)
[11][15][16]

Lower courts edit

Lower courts also saw judicial elections.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Illinois judicial elections, 2016". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
  2. ^ "Illinois Constitution - Article VI". www.ilga.gov. Illinois General Assembly. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
  3. ^ "Eileen O'Neill Burke". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Election Results 2016 GENERAL PRIMARY". www.elections.il.gov. Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved April 3, 2020.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ a b c d "Election Results 2016 GENERAL ELECTION". www.elections.il.gov. Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved April 2, 2020.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "Cook County Judge Laura Liu appointed to 1st District Appellate vacancy | Illinois State Bar Association". www.isba.org. Illinois State Bar Association. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Bertina E. Lampkin". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
  8. ^ "John B. Barberis Jr". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
  9. ^ "Bruce Stewart". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
  10. ^ "James R. Moore". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
  11. ^ a b c "Downloadable Vote Totals". Illinois Secretary of State. Archived from the original on August 4, 2017.
  12. ^ "Joy Cunningham". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
  13. ^ a b "Election Results 2006 GENERAL ELECTION". www.elections.il.gov. Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved April 3, 2020.[permanent dead link]
  14. ^ "Vicki Wright". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
  15. ^ "James Knecht". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
  16. ^ Schoenburg, Bernard (October 26, 2019). "Bernard Schoenburg: Appellate Judge Knecht weighs in on impeachment". The State Journal-Register. Retrieved April 3, 2020.