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Monica Gordon
2024 - Present
2026
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Monica Gordon (Democratic Party) is the Cook County Clerk in Illinois. She assumed office on December 1, 2024. Her current term ends on December 1, 2026.
Gordon (Democratic Party) ran in a special election for Cook County Clerk in Illinois. She won in the special general election on November 5, 2024.
Elections
2024
See also: Municipal elections in Cook County, Illinois (2024)
General election
Special general election for Cook County Clerk
Monica Gordon defeated Michelle Pennington and Christopher Laurent in the special general election for Cook County Clerk on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Monica Gordon (D) | 68.3 | 1,320,946 |
 | Michelle Pennington (R)  | 27.4 | 530,680 | |
 | Christopher Laurent (L) | 4.3 | 82,526 | |
| Total votes: 1,934,152 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Gordon in this election.
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Cook County, Illinois (2022)
General election
General election for Cook County Board of Commissioners District 5
Monica Gordon defeated Jason Decker in the general election for Cook County Board of Commissioners District 5 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Monica Gordon (D) | 91.3 | 63,385 |
 | Jason Decker (L) | 8.7 | 6,005 | |
| Total votes: 69,390 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Cook County Board of Commissioners District 5
Monica Gordon defeated Kierra Williams, Jaylin McClinton, and Vernard Alsberry in the Democratic primary for Cook County Board of Commissioners District 5 on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Monica Gordon | 35.5 | 10,465 |
| Kierra Williams | 25.6 | 7,533 | ||
| Jaylin McClinton | 19.5 | 5,739 | ||
| Vernard Alsberry | 19.4 | 5,712 | ||
| Total votes: 29,449 | |||
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Libertarian primary election
Libertarian primary for Cook County Board of Commissioners District 5
Jason Decker advanced from the Libertarian primary for Cook County Board of Commissioners District 5 on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jason Decker | 100.0 | 131 |
| Total votes: 131 | |||
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2020
See also: Illinois State Senate elections, 2020
General election
General election for Illinois State Senate District 40
Incumbent Patrick Joyce defeated Eric Wallace in the general election for Illinois State Senate District 40 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Patrick Joyce (D) | 58.5 | 57,901 |
| Eric Wallace (R) | 41.5 | 41,128 | ||
| Total votes: 99,029 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Illinois State Senate District 40
Incumbent Patrick Joyce defeated Lori Wilcox, Monica Gordon, and Marta Perales in the Democratic primary for Illinois State Senate District 40 on March 17, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Patrick Joyce | 46.7 | 11,387 |
| Lori Wilcox | 26.6 | 6,474 | ||
| Monica Gordon | 19.7 | 4,811 | |
| Marta Perales | 6.9 | 1,692 | ||
| Total votes: 24,364 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- David Morgan (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Illinois State Senate District 40
Eric Wallace advanced from the Republican primary for Illinois State Senate District 40 on March 17, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Eric Wallace | 100.0 | 9,113 | |
| Total votes: 9,113 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Monica Gordon did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Monica Gordon did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Monica Gordon did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
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