Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County

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Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County
Incumbent
Iris Martinez
since December 1, 2020
Term length 4 years

The Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County is the clerk of Circuit Court of Cook County, located in Cook County, Illinois.

Office description

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Richard Jones Hamilton, First Circuit Court Clerk of Cook County, 1831–1841

On January 1, 1964, the circuit courts of Cook County were unified.[1] Before this, there were more than 200 separate courts in Cook County.[1] In its unified form, it now had a single, popularly elected, clerk of court.[1]

Pre-1964 officeholders

Notable pre-1964 officeholders included Norman T. Gassette[2] and Jacob Gross.

Officeholders since 1964

The following individuals have held the office since the modern iteration of the Circuit Court of Cook County was established in 1964.

State's Attorney Term in office Party Notes Cite
Joseph B. McDonough 1964–1968 [1]
Matthew J. Danaher December 1968–1974 Democratic Elected in 1968 and 1972 [3]
Morgan M. Finley 1974–December 1988 Democratic Appointed in 1974; elected in 1976, 1980, 1984 [4]
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 Aurelia Pucinski December 1988–December 1, 2000 Democratic (1988–1998)
Republican (1998–2000)		 Elected in 1988, 1992, 1996
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 Dorothy A. Brown December 1, 2000–December 1, 2020 Democratic Elected in 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016
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 Iris Martinez December 1, 2020–present Democratic Elected in 2020

Recent election results

Clerk of the Circuit Court general elections
Year Winning candidate Party Vote (pct) Opponent Party Vote (pct) Opponent Party Vote (pct) Opponent Party Vote (pct)
1984[5] Morgan M. Finley Democratic 1,260,257 (61.32%) Deborah L. Murphy Republican 794,882 (38.68%)
1988[6] Aurelia Pucinski Democratic 1,170,558 (59.38%) Edward R. Vrdolyak Republican 800,783 (40.62%)
1992[7] Aurelia Pucinski Democratic 1,349,837 (68.39%) Herbert T. Schumann, Jr. Republican 486,185 (24.63%) Deloris "Dee" Jones Harold Washington Party 137,642 (6.97%)
1996[8] Aurelia Pucinski Democratic 1,149,216 (70.37%) Sandra M. Stavropoulos Republican 397,191 (24.32%) Philip Morris Harold Washington Party 64,204 (3.03%) Janet Dennis Justice Party 22,581 (1.38%)
2000[9][10] Dorothy A. Brown Democratic 1,197,773 (72.94%) Nancy F. Mynard Republican 444,336 (27.06%)
2004[11][12] Dorothy A. Brown Democratic 1,365,285 (74.06%) Judith A. Kleiderman Republican 478,222 (25.94%)
2008[13][14] Dorothy A. Brown Democratic 1,315,731 (68.29%) Dianne S. Shapiro Republican 517,115 (26.84%) Paloma Andrade Green 93,906 (4.87%)
2012[15] Dorothy A. Brown Democratic 1,291,499 (70.44%) Diane S. Shapiro Republican 541,973 (29.56%)
2016[16] Dorothy A. Brown Democratic 1,345,696 (67.22%) Diane S. Shapiro Republican 656,232 (32.78%)
2020[17] Iris Y. Martinez Democratic 1,549,615 (73.03%) Barbara Bellar Republican 572,169 (26.97%)

References

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