Karen Roothaan
Karen Roothaan (Green Party) ran for election to the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago in Illinois. Roothaan lost in the general election on November 6, 2018.
Biography
Karen Roothaan lives in Chicago, Illinois. She earned a master's degree in mathematics from Brown University. Roothaan’s career experience includes working as a teacher with the City Colleges of Chicago. [1]
Elections
2018
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 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Debra Shore (D) | 26.5 | 1,025,409 |
| ✔ | Kari Steele (D) | 23.6 | 912,598 | |
| ✔ |  | Marcelino Garcia (D) | 21.8 | 841,193 |
 | R. Cary Capparelli (R) | 8.6 | 332,435 | |
| Shundar Lin (R) | 6.8 | 263,494 | ||
| Karen Roothaan (G) | 4.5 | 172,278 | ||
| Christopher Anthony (G) | 4.4 | 171,927 | ||
| Tammie Vinson (G) | 3.8 | 147,638 | ||
| Total votes: 3,866,972 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (3 seats)
Incumbent Debra Shore, incumbent Kari Steele, and Marcelino Garcia defeated incumbent Martin Durkan in the Democratic primary for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago on March 20, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Debra Shore | 31.7 | 436,325 |
| ✔ | Kari Steele | 28.6 | 393,570 | |
| ✔ | | Marcelino Garcia | 20.8 | 286,540 |
| Martin Durkan | 18.9 | 259,701 | ||
| Total votes: 1,376,136 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Rene Avila (D)
- Elizabeth Joyce (D)
- Toni Williams (D)
- Robert Shaw (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (3 seats)
R. Cary Capparelli and Shundar Lin advanced from the Republican primary for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago on March 20, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | R. Cary Capparelli | 63.2 | 92,637 |
| ✔ | Shundar Lin | 36.8 | 53,832 | |
| Total votes: 146,469 | |||
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Green primary election
The Green primary election was canceled. Christopher Anthony, Karen Roothaan, and Tammie Vinson advanced from the Green primary for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago.
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.[2] The following candidates ran in the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago general election for the 3 full-term open seats.[3]
| Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, 3 full-term seats General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Barbara McGowan Incumbent |
28.79% | 1,150,063 | |
| Democratic | Mariyana Spyropoulos Incumbent |
23.83% | 951,773 | |
| Democratic | Josina Morita |
23.03% | 919,714 | |
| Green | Karen Roothaan | 8.61% | 343,930 | |
| Green | Michael Smith | 8.02% | 320,162 | |
| Green | George Milkowski | 7.73% | 308,576 | |
| Total Votes | 3,994,218 | |||
| Source: Cook County Clerk, "Cook County and The City of Chicago Combined Summary, General Election November 8, 2016," accessed November 27, 2016 | ||||
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