Eddie Johnson (Illinois)
Eddie Johnson (Democratic Party) is running for election to the Cook County Board of Commissioners to represent District 2 in Illinois. Johnson declared candidacy for the Democratic primary scheduled on March 17, 2026.[source]
Elections
2026
See also: Municipal elections in Cook County, Illinois (2026)
General election
The primary will occur on March 17, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.
Democratic primary
Democratic primary for Cook County Board of Commissioners District 2
Incumbent Michael Scott Jr. (D), Eddie Johnson (D), and Andre Smith (D) are running in the Democratic primary for Cook County Board of Commissioners District 2 on March 17, 2026.
Candidate | ||
| Michael Scott Jr. | ||
| Eddie Johnson | ||
 | Andre Smith | |
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Republican primary
Republican primary for Cook County Board of Commissioners District 2
Gerald Baggot (R) is running in the Republican primary for Cook County Board of Commissioners District 2 on March 17, 2026.
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| Gerald Baggot | ||
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2023
See also: City elections in Chicago, Illinois (2023)
General election
General election for Chicago City Council Ward 16
Incumbent Stephanie Coleman defeated Carolynn Crump and Eddie Johnson in the general election for Chicago City Council Ward 16 on February 28, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Stephanie Coleman (Nonpartisan) | 77.5 | 4,288 | |
 | Carolynn Crump (Nonpartisan) | 12.7 | 700 | |
| Eddie Johnson (Nonpartisan) | 9.8 | 543 | ||
| Total votes: 5,531 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Otis Woods (Nonpartisan)
2019
See also: City elections in Chicago, Illinois (2019)
General runoff election
General runoff election for Chicago City Council Ward 16
Stephanie Coleman defeated incumbent Toni Foulkes in the general runoff election for Chicago City Council Ward 16 on April 2, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Stephanie Coleman (Nonpartisan) | 66.1 | 3,822 | |
 | Toni Foulkes (Nonpartisan) | 33.9 | 1,958 | |
| Total votes: 5,780 | |||
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General election
General election for Chicago City Council Ward 16
The following candidates ran in the general election for Chicago City Council Ward 16 on February 26, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Stephanie Coleman (Nonpartisan) | 44.1 | 2,464 | |
| ✔ | | Toni Foulkes (Nonpartisan) | 31.5 | 1,758 |
| Latasha Sanders (Nonpartisan) | 9.7 | 540 | ||
| Eddie Johnson (Nonpartisan) | 6.6 | 371 | ||
| Kenny Doss II (Nonpartisan) | 6.5 | 364 | ||
| Jeffrey Lewis (Nonpartisan) | 1.6 | 88 | ||
| Total votes: 5,585 | |||
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2018
See also: Municipal elections in Cook County, Illinois (2018)
General election
General election for Cook County Board of Commissioners District 2
Dennis Deer won election in the general election for Cook County Board of Commissioners District 2 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Dennis Deer (D) | 100.0 | 78,380 | |
| Total votes: 78,380 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Cook County Board of Commissioners District 2
Dennis Deer defeated Eddie Johnson, Darryl Smith, Lupe Aguirre, and Paul Montes II in the Democratic primary for Cook County Board of Commissioners District 2 on March 20, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Dennis Deer | 32.8 | 11,522 | |
| Eddie Johnson | 21.3 | 7,482 | ||
 | Darryl Smith | 19.4 | 6,824 | |
 | Lupe Aguirre | 15.2 | 5,353 | |
| Paul Montes II | 11.3 | 3,976 | ||
| Total votes: 35,157 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Antonio Williams (D)
2016
Elections for the Illinois House of Representatives were held in 2016. The primary election was held on March 15, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was November 30, 2015.[1]
Incumbent Sonya Harper ran unopposed in the Illinois House of Representatives District 6 general election.[2][3]
| Illinois House of Representatives, District 6 General Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic |  Sonya Harper Incumbent (unopposed) | |
| Source: Illinois State Board of Elections | ||
Incumbent Sonya Harper defeated Darryl Smith, Genita Robinson and Kenyatta Vaughn in the Illinois House of Representatives District 6 Democratic primary.[4][5] Eddie Johnson was removed from the ballot before the primary election.[6]
| Illinois House of Representatives, District 6 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Sonya Harper Incumbent |
32.68% | 7,348 | |
| Democratic | Darryl Smith | 24.84% | 5,585 | |
| Democratic | Genita Robinson | 22.32% | 5,019 | |
| Democratic | Kenyatta Vaughn | 20.15% | 4,530 | |
| Total Votes | 22,482 | |||
Campaign themes
2026
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2023
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2019
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See also: Chicago 2019 Candidate Survey
Eddie Johnson did not complete Ballotpedia's Chicago candidates survey for 2019.
See also
2026 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Election and Campaign Finance Calendar," accessed November 30, 2015
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Candidate list: General Election - 11/8/2016," accessed August 8, 2016
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Election results, General election 2016," accessed December 15, 2016
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Candidate Filing Search," accessed January 3, 2016
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Election Results: GENERAL PRIMARY - 3/15/2016," accessed August 8, 2016
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Candidate Filing Search," accessed February 29, 2016
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