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Tracie Porter
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2021 - Present
2028
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Tracie Porter (Democratic Party) is a judge of the Cook County Circuit Court in Illinois. She assumed office on November 21, 2021. Her current term ends on December 4, 2028.
Porter (Democratic Party) ran for re-election for judge of the Cook County Circuit Court in Illinois. She won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Elections
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Cook County, Illinois (2022)
General election
General election for Cook County Circuit Court
Incumbent Tracie Porter won election in the general election for Cook County Circuit Court on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Tracie Porter (D) | 100.0 | 1,027,297 | |
| Total votes: 1,027,297 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Cook County Circuit Court
Incumbent Tracie Porter defeated Mary Bernadette McMahon and Suzanne McEneely in the Democratic primary for Cook County Circuit Court on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Tracie Porter | 56.1 | 249,330 | |
| Mary Bernadette McMahon | 28.2 | 125,516 | ||
| Suzanne McEneely | 15.7 | 69,591 | ||
| Total votes: 444,437 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Noteworthy cases
U.S. Supreme Court rules that Trump cannot be barred from Illinois' presidential primary ballot under the 14th Amendment (2024)
On March 4, 2024, the United States Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Illinois could not remove Donald Trump (R) from its presidential primary ballot. The Court wrote, "responsibility for enforcing Section 3 [of the 14th Amendment] against federal officeholders and candidates rests with Congress and not the States." The opinion said that 14th Amendment enforcement in federal elections was not specifically delegated to the states and that "an evolving electoral map could dramatically change the behavior of voters, parties, and States across the country, in different ways and at different times. The disruption would be all the more acute—and could nullify the votes of millions and change the election result—if Section 3 enforcement were attempted after the Nation has voted. Nothing in the Constitution requires that we endure such chaos—arriving at any time or different times, up to and perhaps beyond the Inauguration."[1]
On February 28, 2024, Illinois Cook Judicial Circuit Court Judge Tracie Porter (D) issued a ruling excluding Trump from the state's presidential primary ballot. Porter said that Trump falsely testified that he was legally qualified for the office because of evidence that he had violated Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment. This ruling overruled the Illinois Electoral Board, which had previously ruled on January 30, 2024, that Trump would appear on the state's primary ballot.[2] The ruling was stayed until March 1, 2024, to allow time for appeals.
Trump's campaign spokesman Steven Cheung responded to the ruling, saying in a statement, "The Soros-funded Democrat front-groups continue to attempt to interfere in the election and deny President Trump his rightful place on the ballot. Today, an activist Democrat judge in Illinois summarily overruled the state's board of elections and contradicted earlier decisions from dozens of other state and federal jurisdictions. This is an unconstitutional ruling that we will quickly appeal."[3] Trump filed an appeal on February 28.[4]
This ruling followed similar Fourteenth Amendment rulings on Trump's primary ballot placement in Colorado and Maine. The rulings in Colorado and Maine were stayed pending a United States Supreme Court ruling on the issue.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Supreme Court, "Trump v. Anderson," accessed March 4, 2024
- ↑ Illinois Cook County Circuit Court, "Memorandum of Judgement and Order," accessed February 29, 2024
- ↑ Trump's campaign website, "Trump Campaign Statement On Illinois Ballot Ruling," February 28, 2024
- ↑ Axios, "Trump appeals Illinois 14th amendment ruling disqualifying him from ballot," February 29, 2024
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