2006 elections, Illinois
Cook County President
[John Stroger (D)* retired from office]
Todd Stroger - Baby-faced Chicago alderman and son of Cook County President Stroger, who suffered a major stroke just days before the primary election that caused him to retire from office. John Stroger encouraged his fellow Democratic insiders to nominate Todd Stroger to replace him on the ballot.Tony Peraica (R) - Peraica, of Riverside, is a critic of John Stroger's county budget proposals.
Assessor
Jim Houlihan (D)* - Current assessor
Ralph Connor (R)
Sheriff
[Michael Sheahan (D)* is retiring after the 2006 election]
Tom Dart (D) - Former state representative, Sheahan's former chief of staff and 2002 candidate for treasurer
Peter Garza (R) - Criminal investigator for the Cook County Sheriff's Office
Treasurer
Maria Pappas (D)* - Failed 2004 U.S. Senate candidate
Erik Peck (R) - Municipal and corporate attorney
Clerk
David Orr (D)*
Nancy Carlson (R)
County Commissioners
6th district
Joan Patricia Murphy (D)*
Michael Hawkins (R)
9th District
Peter Silvestri (R)*
Jodi L. Biancalana(D)
11th District
John Daley (D)* - Poerful commissioner, brother of Chicago Mayor Richard Daley
Carl Segvich (R)
12th District
Forrest Claypool (D) - Insurgent commissioner who ran against Stroger in the Democratic primary and lost.
Wayne A. Thorpe (R) - Financial analyst
15th district
[Carl Hansen (R)* lost March primary]
Timothy O. Schneider (R) - Hanover Township Highway Commissioner
Jim Steven Dasakis (D)
16th district
Tony Peraica (R)* - Peraica is also running for Cook County Board President
William Edward Gomolinski (D)
17th District
Liz Gorman (R)*
Thomas Kraus (D)
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (3 seats)
Terry O'Brien (D)* - President of the MWRD
Patricia Horton (D) - From Chicago's West Side
Debra Shore (D) - Founding editor of Chicago Wilderness magazine, lesbian and conservationist, Shore told the Windy City Times that she thinks the MWRD "could be a leader in conservation," adding that "there's no one with conservation credentials serving on the board." According to the report, Shore would like the MWRD improve disinfection of waste water and work to divert rainwater from the treatment system. Shore lives in Skokie.
Updated July 19, 2006
* = incumbent