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Eileen O'Neill Burke
2024 - Present
2028
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Eileen O'Neill Burke (Democratic Party) is the Cook County State's Attorney in Illinois. She assumed office on December 1, 2024. Her current term ends on December 1, 2028.
O'Neill Burke (Democratic Party) ran for election for Cook County State's Attorney in Illinois. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Eileen O'Neill Burke earned her law degree from the Chicago-Kent College of Law in 1990.[1] Burke joined the Cook County State's Attorney's office as a prosecutor and spent ten years working on felony appellate cases with the office. Burke worked as a defense attorney before seeking election as a judge.[2]
Career
- 2016 - 2023: Judge, Illinois First District Appellate Court
- 2008-2016: Judge, Illinois Cook Judicial Circuit Court Subcircuits
- 2001-2008: Attorney, Law Offices of Eileen O'Neill Burke
- 1990-2001: Assistant state's attorney, Cook County[3]
Elections
2024
See also: Municipal elections in Cook County, Illinois (2024)
General election
General election for Cook County State's Attorney
Eileen O'Neill Burke defeated Bob Fioretti and Andrew Charles Kopinski in the general election for Cook County State's Attorney on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Eileen O'Neill Burke (D) | 67.4 | 1,315,970 |
 | Bob Fioretti (R) | 28.2 | 551,617 | |
 | Andrew Charles Kopinski (L)  | 4.4 | 86,174 | |
| Total votes: 1,953,761 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Cook County State's Attorney
Eileen O'Neill Burke defeated Clayton Harris III in the Democratic primary for Cook County State's Attorney on March 19, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Eileen O'Neill Burke | 50.1 | 264,428 |
 | Clayton Harris III | 49.9 | 262,857 | |
| Total votes: 527,285 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Cook County State's Attorney
Bob Fioretti advanced from the Republican primary for Cook County State's Attorney on March 19, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Bob Fioretti | 100.0 | 82,998 |
| Total votes: 82,998 | |||
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Libertarian primary election
The Libertarian primary election was canceled. Andrew Charles Kopinski advanced from the Libertarian primary for Cook County State's Attorney.
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for O'Neill Burke in this election.
2016
O'Neill Burke was a candidate for the Illinois First District Appellate Court. She filed on November 23, 2015, and was unopposed.[4] She advanced through the March 15 primary to the November 8 general election.
Election results
November 8 general election
Incumbent Eileen O'Neill Burke ran unopposed in the general election for the Illinois Appellate Court, First District, Epstein vacancy.
| Illinois Appellate Court, First District, Epstein Vacancy, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Eileen O'Neill Burke Incumbent (unopposed) |
100.00% | 1,563,233 | |
| Total Votes (100% Reporting) | 1,563,233 | |||
| Source: Illinois State Board of Elections Official Results | ||||
March 15 primary election
| Illinois First Appellate District Democratic Primary, Epstein Vacancy, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Eileen O'Neill Burke (unopposed) |
100.00% | 805,190 | |
| Total Votes (100% reporting) | 805,190 | |||
| Source: Illinois State Board of Elections | ||||
2014
O'Neill Burke was retained to the Cook County 10th Subcircuit with 76.9 percent of the vote on November 4, 2014. [5]
Evaluations
The Illinois State Bar Association rated Eileen O'Neill Burke as Recommended for retention in 2014.[6]
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Eileen O'Neill Burke did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Chicago-Kent College of Law, "Office of Alumni Relations: Listing of Judges," accessed December 24, 2015
- ↑ Eileen O'Neill Burke campaign website, "Meet Eileen," accessed January 18, 2024
- ↑ Eileen O'Neill Burke - Democratic Candidate for Judge, accessed December 24, 2015
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Candidate List," accessed December 21, 2015
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "List of judges seeking retention in the November 4, 2014 general election," accessed May 8, 2014
- ↑ Illinois State Bar Association, "Judicial Evaluations," October 2014
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