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Martin C. Kelley

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Martin C. Kelley
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Prior offices:
Cook County Circuit Court 13th Subcircuit
Year left office: 2024

Elections and appointments
Last election
November 5, 2024
Education
Bachelor's
Loyola University, Chicago
Law
Western Michigan University, Thomas M. Cooley Law School, 1992

Martin C. Kelley (Democratic Party) was a judge for the 13th Subcircuit of the Cook County Judicial Circuit Court in Illinois. He left office on November 28, 2024.

Kelley ran for re-election for the 13th Subcircuit judge of the Cook County Judicial Circuit Court in Illinois. He won in the retention election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Kelley earned a bachelor's degree from Loyola University, Chicago, and a law degree from Western Michigan University, Thomas M. Cooley Law School, in 1992. His career experience includes serving as a private practice attorney with the firm of Kelley, Kelley & Kelley prior to his judicial election in 2012.[1]

Elections

2018

See also: Municipal elections in Cook County, Illinois (2018)

Cook County Circuit Court 13th Subcircuit

Martin C. Kelley was retained to the 13th Subcircuit of the Cook County Judicial Circuit Court on November 6, 2018 with 77.4% of the vote.

Retention
 Vote
%
Votes
Yes
 
77.4
 
949,651
No
 
22.6
 
277,512
Total Votes
1,227,163

2012

Kelley was elected to the 13th Subcircuit without opposition on Nov. 6, 2012. He ran unopposed in the Republican primary on March 20, 2012, receiving 100% of the vote.[2][3]

See also: Illinois judicial elections, 2012

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