Voter turnout in Cook County during the primaries was 47.95%, with 1,274,569 ballots cast. Among these, 1,091,008 Democratic, 200,750 Republican, 112 Green, 4 Moderate, and 2,125 nonpartisan primary ballots were cast. The city of Chicago saw 52.70% turnout and suburban Cook County saw 43.3% turnout.[3][4][5]
The general election saw 73.71% turnout, with 2,162,240 ballots cast. Chicago saw 73.87% turnout and suburban Cook County saw 73.54% turnout.[1][2]
In the 2008 Cook County State's Attorney election, incumbent third-term State's Attorney Richard A. Devine, a Democrat, did not seek reelection. Democrat Anita Alvarez was elected to succeed him.
Alvarez became the first Hispanic woman elected to this position,[6] after also having been the first Latina to win the Democratic nomination for the office.[7][8]
Primaries
Democratic
Cook County State’s Attorney Democratic primary[3]
In the 2008 Cook County Board of Review election, two seats, both Democratic-held, were up for election. Both incumbents won reelection.
The Cook County Board of Review has its three seats rotate the length of terms. In a staggered fashion (in which no two seats have coinciding two-year terms), the seats rotate between two consecutive four-year terms and a two-year term.[9]
Incumbent third-term member Joseph Berrios, a Democrat last reelected in 2006, was reelected. Berrios had served since the Board of Review was constituted in 1998, and had served on its predecessor organization, the Cook County Board of Appeals, for another ten years. This election was to a four-year term.[9]
Primaries
Democratic
Cook County Board of Review 2nd district Democratic primary[3]
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.[3] The Republican Party ultimately nominated Lauren Elizabeth McCracken-Quirk.
Green
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Green primary.[3] The Green Party ultimately nominated Howard Kaplan.
General election
Cook County Board of Review 2nd district election[1][2]
In the 2008 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago election, three of the nine seats on the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago board were up for election in an at-large election.
Three incumbent Democrats were reelected to their seats.
Democratic primary
All three incumbents were renominated.
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Democratic primary[3]
Partisan elections were held for judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County due to vacancies.[1][2] Other judgeships had retention elections.
Partistan elections were also held for subcircuit courts judgeships due to vacancies.[1][2] Other judgeships had retention elections.
Other elections
Coinciding with the primaries, elections were held to elect both the Democratic and Republican committeemen for the wards of Chicago.[10]
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