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Dorothy Brown
Dorothy Brown (Democratic Party) was the Cook County Clerk of the Circuit Court in Illinois. Brown assumed office in 2000. Brown left office on December 1, 2020.
Brown ran for election for Mayor of Chicago in Illinois. Brown was disqualified from the general election scheduled on February 26, 2019.
Brown was disqualified due to successful challenges to their petition.[1] In August 2019, Brown announced that she would not seek re-election as Cook County Clerk of the Circuit Court in 2020.[2]
Elections
2019
See also: Mayoral election in Chicago, Illinois (2019)
General runoff election
General runoff election for Mayor of Chicago
Lori Lightfoot defeated Toni Preckwinkle in the general runoff election for Mayor of Chicago on April 2, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lori Lightfoot (Nonpartisan) | 73.7 | 386,039 |
 | Toni Preckwinkle (Nonpartisan) | 26.3 | 137,765 | |
| Total votes: 523,804 | |||
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General election
General election for Mayor of Chicago
The following candidates ran in the general election for Mayor of Chicago on February 26, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lori Lightfoot (Nonpartisan) | 17.5 | 97,667 |
| ✔ | | Toni Preckwinkle (Nonpartisan) | 16.0 | 89,343 |
 | Bill Daley (Nonpartisan) | 14.8 | 82,294 | |
 | Willie Wilson (Nonpartisan) | 10.6 | 59,072 | |
 | Susana Mendoza (Nonpartisan) | 9.0 | 50,373 | |
 | Amara Enyia (Nonpartisan) | 8.0 | 44,589 | |
 | Jerry Joyce (Nonpartisan) | 7.2 | 40,099 | |
 | Gery Chico (Nonpartisan) | 6.2 | 34,521 | |
 | Paul Vallas (Nonpartisan) | 5.4 | 30,236 | |
 | Garry McCarthy (Nonpartisan) | 2.7 | 14,784 | |
 | La Shawn Ford (Nonpartisan) | 1.0 | 5,606 | |
 | Bob Fioretti (Nonpartisan) | 0.8 | 4,302 | |
 | John Kozlar (Nonpartisan) | 0.4 | 2,349 | |
 | Neal Sáles-Griffin (Nonpartisan) | 0.3 | 1,523 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 86 | ||
| Total votes: 556,844 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Catherine Brown D'Tycoon (Nonpartisan)
- Dorothy Brown (Nonpartisan)
- Ja'Mal Green (Nonpartisan)
- Conrien Hykes Clark (Nonpartisan)
- Sandra Mallory (Nonpartisan)
- Richard Mayers (Nonpartisan)
- Roger Washington (Nonpartisan)
2016
Cook County held elections for county board of review, state's attorney, clerk of the circuit court, county recorder, and special districts in 2016. The general election was held on November 8, 2016. A primary election was held on March 15, 2016.[3] Incumbent Dorothy Brown (D) defeated Diane Shapiro (R) in the Cook County clerk of the circuit court General election.[4]
| Cook County Clerk of the Circuit Court, General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Dorothy Brown Incumbent |
67.22% | 1,345,696 | |
| Republican | Diane Shapiro | 32.78% | 656,232 | |
| Total Votes | 2,001,928 | |||
| Source: Cook County Clerk, "Cook County and The City of Chicago Combined Summary, General Election November 8, 2016," accessed November 27, 2016 | ||||
| Cook County Clerk of the Circuit Court, Primary Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Dorothy Brown Incumbent |
45.24% | 181,416 |
| Michelle Harris | 30.82% | 123,594 |
| Jacob Meister | 23.94% | 95,983 |
| Total Votes | 400,993 | |
| Source: Cook County Clerk, "March 15, 2016 Presidential Primary Election Results," accessed September 12, 2016 | ||
Campaign themes
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Chicago 2019 Candidate Survey
Dorothy Brown did not complete Ballotpedia's Chicago candidates survey for 2019.
See also
2019 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ NChicago Sun Times, "Brown booted from ballot, but Sales-Griffin wins fight against his mayoral bid," accessed February 8, 2020
- ↑ Chicago Sun Times, "Dorothy Brown won’t seek reelection," August 14, 2019
- ↑ Cook County Clerk, "Presidential Primary Election General Information," accessed September 7, 2016
- ↑ Cook County Clerk, "Presidential Primary Election General Information," accessed September 7, 2016
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by - |
Cook County Clerk of the Circuit Court 2000 - 2020 |
Succeeded by Iris Martinez (D) |
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