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Kari Steele
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2012 - Present
2028
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Kari Steele (Democratic Party) is a member of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago in Illinois. She assumed office in 2012. Her current term ends on December 5, 2028.
Steele (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago in Illinois. She won in the general election on November 5, 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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates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 Steele in this election.
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Cook County, Illinois (2022)
General election
General election for Cook County Assessor
Incumbent Frederick Kaegi defeated Nico Tsatsoulis and Clifton Graham Jr. in the general election for Cook County Assessor on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Frederick Kaegi (D) | 82.3 | 1,063,188 | |
 | Nico Tsatsoulis (L) | 17.7 | 228,425 | |
| Clifton Graham Jr. (D) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 65 | ||
| Total votes: 1,291,678 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Cook County Assessor
Incumbent Frederick Kaegi defeated Kari Steele in the Democratic primary for Cook County Assessor on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Frederick Kaegi | 53.8 | 258,848 | |
| Kari Steele | 46.2 | 222,371 | ||
| Total votes: 481,219 | |||
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Libertarian primary election
Libertarian primary for Cook County Assessor
Nico Tsatsoulis advanced from the Libertarian primary for Cook County Assessor on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Nico Tsatsoulis | 100.0 | 1,931 |
| Total votes: 1,931 | |||
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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 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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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.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Kari Steele did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Kari Steele did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
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