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Dorothy Brown

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Prior offices
Cook County Clerk of the Circuit Court
Successor: Iris Martinez

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
Image of Lori Lightfoot
Lori Lightfoot (Nonpartisan)
 
73.7
 
386,039
Image of Toni Preckwinkle
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
Image of Lori Lightfoot
Lori Lightfoot (Nonpartisan)
 
17.5
 
97,667
Image of Toni Preckwinkle
Toni Preckwinkle (Nonpartisan)
 
16.0
 
89,343
Image of Bill Daley
Bill Daley (Nonpartisan)
 
14.8
 
82,294
Image of Willie Wilson
Willie Wilson (Nonpartisan)
 
10.6
 
59,072
Image of Susana Mendoza
Susana Mendoza (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
9.0
 
50,373
Image of Amara Enyia
Amara Enyia (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
8.0
 
44,589
Image of Jerry Joyce
Jerry Joyce (Nonpartisan)
 
7.2
 
40,099
Image of Gery Chico
Gery Chico (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
6.2
 
34,521
Image of Paul Vallas
Paul Vallas (Nonpartisan)
 
5.4
 
30,236
Image of Garry McCarthy
Garry McCarthy (Nonpartisan)
 
2.7
 
14,784
Image of La Shawn Ford
La Shawn Ford (Nonpartisan)
 
1.0
 
5,606
Image of Bob Fioretti
Bob Fioretti (Nonpartisan)
 
0.8
 
4,302
Image of John Kozlar
John Kozlar (Nonpartisan)
 
0.4
 
2,349
Image of Neal Sáles-Griffin
Neal Sáles-Griffin (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
0.3
 
1,523
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
86

Total votes: 556,844
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2016

See also: Municipal elections in Cook County, Illinois (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 Green check mark transparent.png 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
Green check mark transparent.png 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


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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
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Cook County Clerk of the Circuit Court
2000 - 2020
Succeeded by
Iris Martinez (D)