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Beatriz Santiago
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Cook County Circuit Court 6th Subcircuit
Tenure
Present officeholder
Term ends
2030

Elections and appointments
Last election
November 5, 2024
Education
Bachelor's
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1993
Law
University of Illinois-Chicago, John Marshall Law School, 1996

Beatriz Santiago (Democratic Party) is a judge for the 6th Subcircuit of the Cook County Judicial Circuit Court in Illinois. Her current term ends on December 2, 2030.

Santiago ran for re-election for the 6th Subcircuit judge of the Cook County Judicial Circuit Court in Illinois. She won in the retention election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Beatriz Santiago received her undergraduate degree (Political Science) from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1993 and her J.D. degree from The John Marshall Law School in 1996.[1]

Santiago's career experience includes the following:

  • 2012-present Judge, Cook County 6th Subcircuit
  • 1999-2012 Assistant Public Defender, Cook County
  • 1998-1999 Associate Attorney, Garretson and Santora
  • 1997-1998 Associate Attorney, Karchmar and Stone
  • 1997 Associate Attorney, Lawrence Friedman
  • 1996-1997 Associate Attorney, Nathan, Florio & Maramba, PC[1]

Elections

2024

See also:  Municipal elections in Cook County, Illinois (2024)

Cook County Circuit Court 6th Subcircuit, Beatriz Santiago's seat

Beatriz Santiago was retained to the 6th Subcircuit of the Cook County Judicial Circuit Court on November 5, 2024 with 69.3% of the vote.

Retention
 Vote
%
Votes
Yes
 
69.3
 
1,006,412
No
 
30.7
 
446,029
Total Votes
1,452,441


Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Santiago in this election.

2018

See also: Municipal elections in Cook County, Illinois (2018)

Cook County Circuit Court 6th Subcircuit

Beatriz Santiago was retained to the 6th Subcircuit of the Cook County Judicial Circuit Court on November 6, 2018 with 78.7% of the vote.

Retention
 Vote
%
Votes
Yes
 
78.7
 
990,264
No
 
21.3
 
268,596
Total Votes
1,258,860


2012

Santiago was elected without opposition on Nov. 6, 2012. She won the Democratic primary on March 20, 2012, receiving 39.32 percent of the vote in the five-way race.[2][3][4]

See also: Illinois judicial elections, 2012

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Beatriz Santiago did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

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