Jennifer Callahan (Illinois)

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Jennifer Callahan

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Democratic Party

Cook County Circuit Court

Tenure

2024 - Present

Term ends

2030

Years in position

1

Predecessor

William B. Raines

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Elections and appointments

Last elected

November 5, 2024

Appointed

January 30, 2024

Jennifer Callahan (Democratic Party) is a judge of the Cook County Circuit Court in Illinois. Callahan assumed office on February 2, 2024. Callahan's current term ends on December 2, 2030.

Callahan (Democratic Party) ran for re-election for judge of the Cook County Circuit Court in Illinois. Callahan won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Callahan was appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court on January 30, 2023 to replace William B. Raines.

Elections

2024

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

General election

General election for Cook County Circuit Court

Incumbent Jennifer Callahan won election in the general election for Cook County Circuit Court on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Jennifer Callahan (D)	100.0	1,385,306

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,385,306
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Cook County Circuit Court

Incumbent Jennifer Callahan advanced from the Democratic primary for Cook County Circuit Court on March 19, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Jennifer Callahan	100.0	419,880

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 419,880
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Callahan in this election.

2020

See also: Municipal elections in Cook County, Illinois (2020)

General election

General election for Cook County Circuit Court

Chris Stacey won election in the general election for Cook County Circuit Court on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chris Stacey (D)	100.0	1,494,586

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,494,586
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Cook County Circuit Court

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Cook County Circuit Court on March 17, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chris Stacey	28.0	206,054
	Submit photo	Jennifer Callahan	24.6	181,280
	Submit photo	Arthur Sutton	13.8	101,916
	Submit photo	Joseph Chico	12.4	91,572
	Submit photo	Bonnie Carol McGrath	12.1	89,072
	Submit photo	Joy Tolbert Nelson	9.1	67,118

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 737,012
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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2020

Jennifer Callahan did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

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Footnotes

Illinois courts

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Federal courts:

Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Central District of Illinois, Northern District of Illinois, Southern District of Illinois • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Central District of Illinois, Northern District of Illinois, Southern District of Illinois

State courts:

Illinois Supreme Court • Illinois Appellate Court • Illinois Circuit Court

State resources:

Courts in Illinois • Illinois judicial elections • Judicial selection in Illinois