2006 Cook County Board of Commissioners election information
2006 Cook County Board of Commissioners election
← 2002
November 7, 2006
2010 →
All 17 seats on the Cook County Board of Commissioners 9 seats needed for a majority
First party
Second party
Party
Democratic
Republican
Seats before
12
5
Seats won
12
5
Seat change
Popular vote
924,939
276,925
Percentage
76.45%
22.89%
Swing
1.90%
2.56%
Results by gains and holds
Results by winning party vote share
Results: Democratic hold Republican hold Vote Share: 70–80% 80–90% >90% 50–60%
The 2006 Cook County Board of Commissioners election was held on November 7, 2006.[1] It was preceded by a primary election held on March 21, 2006.[2] It coincided with other 2006 Cook County, Illinois, elections (including the election for president of the Cook County Board of Commissioners). It saw all seventeen seats of the Cook County Board of Commissioners up for election to four-year terms.
Fifteen members were reelected. One incumbent Democrat withdrew from their election after being renominated, while one incumbent Republican lost his primary. No seat changed parties.
Democrats ran nominees in the races for all seventeen seats. Republicans ran nominees in ten races, while the Green Party ran a nominee in a single race. Five Democratic faced no opponents in the general election, four of whom also had faced no opponents in their Democratic Party primary.
^"Cook County and the City of Chicago Combined Summary Report November 2006 General Election Tuesday, November 7th, 2006" (PDF). Cook County Clerk's Office. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 22, 2021.
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