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George Blakemore
George Blakemore (Republican Party) ran for election to the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago in Illinois. Blakemore lost as a write-in in the Republican primary on March 19, 2024.
Elections
2024
See also: Municipal elections in Cook County, Illinois (2024)
General election
General election for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kari Steele (D) | 24.6 | 1,147,395 | |
| ✔ |  | Marcelino Garcia (D) | 22.6 | 1,053,366 |
| ✔ |  | Sharon Waller (D)  | 22.3 | 1,038,968 |
| Claire Connelly (R) | 9.7 | 450,926 | ||
| Richard Dale (R) | 9.1 | 424,890 | ||
| Brendan Ehlers (R) | 7.9 | 366,856 | ||
 | Toneal Jackson (G) | 4.0 | 185,130 | |
| Total votes: 4,667,531 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (3 seats)
Incumbent Kari Steele, incumbent Marcelino Garcia, and Sharon Waller defeated incumbent Daniel Pogorzelski in the Democratic primary for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago on March 19, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kari Steele | 31.1 | 366,070 | |
| ✔ | | Marcelino Garcia | 27.3 | 320,883 |
| ✔ | | Sharon Waller | 21.2 | 249,745 |
 | Daniel Pogorzelski | 20.3 | 238,575 | |
| Total votes: 1,175,273 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (3 seats)
Claire Connelly, Richard Dale, and Brendan Ehlers defeated George Blakemore in the Republican primary for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago on March 19, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Claire Connelly | 35.6 | 65,116 | |
| ✔ | Richard Dale | 34.0 | 62,073 | |
| ✔ | Brendan Ehlers | 30.4 | 55,497 | |
| George Blakemore (Write-in) | 0.0 | 32 | ||
| Total votes: 182,718 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Blakemore in this election.
2018
General election
General election for Cook County Board of Commissioners District 3
Bill Lowry defeated George Blakemore in the general election for Cook County Board of Commissioners District 3 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Bill Lowry (D) | 89.6 | 101,576 | |
| George Blakemore (R) | 10.4 | 11,834 | ||
| Total votes: 113,410 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Cook County Board of Commissioners District 3
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Cook County Board of Commissioners District 3 on March 20, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Bill Lowry | 33.3 | 17,814 | |
| Patricia Horton | 21.5 | 11,518 | ||
| Charise Williams | 17.5 | 9,373 | ||
| Joshua Gray | 9.6 | 5,145 | ||
| Horace Howard | 8.9 | 4,774 | ||
| Steven Wolfe | 7.7 | 4,124 | ||
 | Erick Nickerson | 1.4 | 769 | |
| Total votes: 53,517 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Cook County Board of Commissioners District 3
George Blakemore advanced from the Republican primary for Cook County Board of Commissioners District 3 on March 20, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | George Blakemore | 100.0 | 2,030 | |
| Total votes: 2,030 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
George Blakemore did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
