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WINDY CITY TIMES
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Cook County Races
2006-03-15
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This year's elections feature a record number of openly LGBT candidates thorughout Illinois. Cook County races Sheriff, Assessor, Board Districts, and Water Reclamation listed below.
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Sheriff
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Thomas Dart (D)
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13/13
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Y
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Y
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Y
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Sylvester E. Baker (D)
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Richard L. Remus (D)
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Peter Garza (R)
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Treasurer
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Maria Pappas (D)
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Y
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Erik Peck (R)
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Assessor
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James Houlihan (D)
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Y
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Ralph Conner (R)
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1st County Board
District
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Earlean Collins (D)
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Y
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2nd County Board
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Bobbie L. Steele (D)
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Y
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3rd County Board
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Jerry "Iceman" Butler (D)
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Y
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4th County Board
District
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John H. Stroger, Jr. (D)
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12/13
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Y
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5th County Board
District
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Dian M. Powell (D)
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Y
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Deborah Sims (D)
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Y
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6th County Board
District
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Nicholas K. Chambers (D)
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Joan Patricia Murphy (D)
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Y
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Robert L. Ryan, Jr.
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Y
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Michael Hawkins (R)
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7th County Board
District
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Leonard Dominguez (D)
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Y
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Joseph Mario Moreno (D)
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Y
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Albert Martinez (D)
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8th County Board
District
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Roberto Maldonado (D)
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9th County Board
District
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Bruce Best (D)
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Jodi L. Biancalana (D)
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Peter Silvestri (R)
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Y
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Y
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Daniel Kollman (R)
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10th County Board
District
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Mike Quigley (D)
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Y
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11th County Board
District
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John P. Daley (D)
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Carl Segvich (R)
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12th County Board District
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Forrest Claypool (D)
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13/13
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Y
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Y
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Y
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13th County Board
District
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Larry Suffredin (D)
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14th County Board
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Gregg Goslin (R)
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15th County Board
District
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Jim Steven Dasakis (D)
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Timothy O. Schneider (R)
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Carl R. Hansen (R)
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16th County Board
District
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William Edward Gomolinski (D)
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Tony Peraica (R)
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17th County Board
District
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Thomas "Tommy" Kraus (D)
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Elizabeth "Liz" Doody Gorman
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Metropolitan Water Reclamation
District
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Dean Maragos (D)
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Y
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Y
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Debra Shore (D)
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12/13
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Y
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Y
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Y
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Patricia Horton (D)
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Terrence J. O'Brien (D)
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Y
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James "Jim" Harris (D)
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Barrett F. Pedersen
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13/13
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Boguslaw "Bogie" Stefanski (D)
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Lewis W. Powell III (D)
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Y
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Frank Avila (D)
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