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Paul Karkula
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Prior offices:
Cook County Circuit Court
Year left office: 2024

Elections and appointments
Last election
November 6, 2018
Education
Law
Valparaiso University School of Law

Paul Karkula was a judge of the Cook County Circuit Court in Illinois. He left office on December 2, 2024.

Karkula ran for re-election for judge of the Cook County Circuit Court in Illinois. He won in the retention election on November 6, 2018.

He was first elected in 2000.

Education

Karkula is a graduate of the Valparaiso University School of Law.[1]

Career

Karkula has worked as an Assistant Public Defender for Cook County and as Corporation Counsel for the Town of Cicero. He worked as a private practice attorney prior to his judicial election in 2000.[1]

Elections

2018

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

Cook County Circuit Court

Paul Karkula was retained to the Cook County Circuit Court on November 6, 2018 with 74.9% of the vote.

Retention
 Vote
%
Votes
Yes
 
74.9
 
934,324
No
 
25.1
 
312,510
Total Votes
1,246,834

2012

Karkula was retained on Nov. 6, 2012 with 74.0% of the vote.[2][3]

See also: Illinois judicial elections, 2012

External links

Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named eval
  2. Illinois Board of Elections: November 6, 2012 Official Vote Scroll to p.188
  3. Illinois Judges.net, "2012 Illinois Judges for Retention"