2022 Cook County Board of Commissioners election


The 2022 Cook County Board of Commissioners election saw all seventeen seats of the Cook County Board of Commissioners up for election to four-year terms. The election coincided with other 2022 Cook County, Illinois, elections with the primary elections held on June 28, 2022 and the general election held on November 8, 2022.
As this was the first elections held following the 2020 United States census, the seats faced redistricting before this election. A new map was unanimously adopted by the Cook County Board of Commissioners in September 2021.
Democrats won an increased majority with 16 seats, while Republicans won only a single seat. Thirteen incumbent members won reelection. Three incumbent members did not seek reelection. One member was unseated in their primary. A single seat, held by a retiring Republican, changed parties. The Democratic Party ran nominees for all seventeen seats. The Republican Party ran nominees for eleven seats, an increase from the eight seats they ran nominees for in 2018. The Libertarian Party, which had run no nominees in the 2018 election, ran nominees for three seats in 2022.

1st district

Incumbent 1st district commissioner Brandon Johnson, a Democrat, was reelected to a second term.

Republican primary

No candidate ran in the Republican primary.

2nd district

The incumbent 2nd district commissioner Dennis Deer, a Democrat who was first appointed in 2017, was reelected to a second full term and third overall term.

Republican primary

No candidate ran in the Republican primary. The Republican Party ultimately nominated Evan Kasal.

3rd district

Incumbent 3rd district commissioner Bill Lowry, a Democrat, was reelected to a second term. He was unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election.

Republican primary

No candidate ran in the Republican primary.

4th district

The incumbent 4th District commissioner Stanley Moore, a Democrat, was reelected to a third full term.

Republican primary

No candidate ran in the Republican primary. Republicans ultimately nominated Lynn Franco.

5th district

Democrat Monica Gordon was elected to the 5th district seat. The incumbent 5th district commissioner was Deborah Sims, a seventh-term Democrat who did not seek reelection.

Democratic primary

Monica Gordon, a trustee of Prairie State College, won the primary. She was endorsed by retiring incumbent Debora Sims.

Republican primary

No candidate ran in the Republican primary.

Libertarian nomination

The Libertarian Party nominated Jason Decker.

6th district

Incumbent 6th district commissioner Donna Miller, a Democrat, was reelected to a second term.

Republican primary

No candidate ran in the Republican primary, but the party nominated Anna Biedrzycki.

7th district

Incumbent 7th district commissioner Alma Anaya, a Democrat, was reelected to a second term. She was unopposed in both the Democratic primary and the general election.

Republican primary

No candidate ran in the Republican primary.

8th district

Anthony Joel Quezada was elected to the 8th district seat, being unopposed in the general election. Incumbent 8th district commissioner is Luis Arroyo Jr., a second-term Democrat, was defeated for renomination in the Democratic primary by Quezada.

Republican primary

No candidate ran in the Republican primary.

9th district

Democratic nominee Maggie Trevor won the 9th district seat, flipping the longtime Republican seat to the Democratic Party. Incumbent 9th district commissioner is Peter N. Silvestri, a seventh-term Republican, did not seek reelection.

Democratic primary

Maggie Trevor won the Democratic nomination. Trevor had previously been the unsuccessful Democratic 2018 and 2020 Democratic nominee for the 54th district seat in the Illinois House of Representatives.

10th district

Incumbent 10th district commissioner Bridget Gainer, a Democrat, was reelected to a third full term.

Republican primary

No candidates ran in the Republican primary. The Republican Party ultimately nominated Laura Mary Kotelman.

11th district

Incumbent 11th district commissioner John P. Daley, a Democrat, was reelected to a seventh full term.

12th district

Incumbent 12th district commissioner Bridget Degnen, a Democrat, was reelected to a second term.

Republican primary

No candidates ran in the Republican primary. Republicans ultimately nominated Alice Hu.

13th district

Democratic nominee Josina Morita was elected to the 13th district seat. Incumbent 13th district commissioner Larry Suffredin, a fifth-term Democrat, did not seek reelection.

Republican primary

No candidates ran in the Republican primary. Republicans ultimately nominated Andrew Border.

14th district

Incumbent 14th district commissioner Scott R. Britton, a Democrat, was reelected to a second term.

15th district

Incumbent 15th district commissioner Kevin B. Morrison, was reelected to a second term.

16th district

Incumbent 16th district commissioner Frank Aguilar, a Democrat who was appointed in 2020, was elected to a full term.

17th district

Incumbent 17th district commissioner Sean M. Morrison, a Republican, was reelected to a second full term. He was the only Republican nominee to win any Cook County partisan elections in 2022.

Summarizing statistics

Parties contestingTotalDemocratic winsRepublicans wins
Seats contested by Democratic, Republican, and Libertarian nominees110
Seats contested by Democratic and Republican nominees 1091
Seats contested by Democratic and Libertarian nominees 22
Seats contested only by Democratic nominees44

PartyPopular voteSeats won
Democratic1,013,467 17
Republican299,095 1
Libertarian39,491 0
Total1,352,053

PartyReturning membersNewly-elected members
Democratic124
Republican10
Libertarian00