Arnette Hubbard

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Arnette Hubbard
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Prior offices
Cook County Circuit Court

Education

Bachelor's

Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

Law

University of Illinois-Chicago, John Marshall Law School, 1969

Arnette Hubbard was a judge of the Cook County Circuit Court in Illinois. She left office on December 5, 2022.

Hubbard ran for re-election for judge of the Cook County Circuit Court in Illinois. She did not appear on the ballot for the retention election on November 8, 2022.

Bigraphy

Hubbard earned undergraduate degrees in math and chemistry from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.[1] She went on to earn her J.D. in 1969 from John Marshall Law School.[2]

Hubbard has experience working in the following positions:

  • 1997-2022: Judge, Illinois Cook Judicial Circuit Court
  • 1989-1997: Chicago Board of Election Commissioners
  • 1985-1989: Chicago Cable Commission
  • 1972-1997: Attorney in private practice
  • 1969-1972: Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law[1][2]

Elections

2022

See also: Municipal elections in Cook County, Illinois (2022)

Arnette Hubbard filed for retention but withdrew. The retention election did not appear on the ballot.

2016

See also: Illinois local trial court judicial elections, 2016

Judges of the Illinois Circuit Court stand for retention after their first full term. To be retained, a judge must receive at least 60 percent of the vote.[3][4] Arnette Hubbard was retained in the Illinois Cook Circuit Court, Arnette Hubbard Retention Election with 76.05 percent of the vote.

Illinois Cook Circuit Court, Arnette Hubbard Retention Election, 2016
Name Yes votes
Green check mark transparent.pngArnette Hubbard76.05%
Source: Illinois Board of Elections, "Elections Results, General Election 11/8/2016," accessed November 28, 2018

Selection method

See also: Partisan elections

There are 513 judges on the Illinois Circuit Court, each elected in partisan elections to six-year terms. Upon the completion of these terms, judges who wish to continue serving must compete in uncontested, nonpartisan retention elections.[5]

The chief judge of each circuit court is selected by peer vote; he or she serves in that capacity indefinitely.[5]

The circuit courts are also served by 391 associate judges, who are limited in that they may not preside over cases in which the defendant is charged with a felony (an offense punishable by one or more years in prison). Associate judges are appointed to four-year terms by circuit judges.[6][5]

Midterm vacancies are filled by Illinois Supreme Court appointment.[5]

Qualifications
To serve on this court, a judge must be:[5]

  • a U.S. citizen;
  • a circuit/county resident; and
  • licensed to practice law in Illinois.

2010

See also: Illinois judicial elections, 2010

Hubbard was retained to the circuit court in 2010, receiving 76.53 percent of the vote.[7][8]

Hubbard was recommended for retention by the Judicial Performance Commission of Cook County.[9]

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Arnette Hubbard did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

Noteworthy events

Judge Hubbard slapped, spit on (2014)

Judge Arnette Hubbard was allegedly slapped in the face and spit on for smoking a cigarette in downtown Chicago, outside the Daley Center, on July 14, 2014. David Nicosia, the president of an IT consulting business, reportedly got into an argument with Hubbard for smoking near him. According to prosecutors, he said, "Rosa Parks, move," as he spit on the 79-year-old judge. Nicosia was charged with four counts of aggravated battery and a hate crime.[10]

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