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Supreme Court Primary Result 2024 Supreme Court Races Race Vacancy 1st District of the Supreme Court (D) Joy Virginia Cunningham 75.3% (D) Jesse G. Reyes 24.7% 4th District of the Supreme Court (R) Lisa Holder White 100% Injustice Watch Judicial Guide Appellate Court Primary Results 2024 Appellate Races Race Result 1st District of the Appellate Court (D). Mary Lane Mikva. 100% 1st District of the Appellate Court (D). Cynthia Y. Cobbs 70.57% (D) Carolyn J Gallagher 29.43% 1st District of the Appellate Court (D) Celia Louise Gamrath 72.35% (D) Leonard Murry. 27.65% 1st District of the Appellate Court (D). Carl Anthony Walker 100% 3rd District of the Appellate Court (D). John Anderson 64.25% (D) Joe Hettel 35.75% (R). Kenton Skarin 100% 3rd District of the Appellate Court (D) Linda Davenport 100% (R). Jason Helland . 100% 3rd District of the Appellate Court (D) Lance Peterson 100% (R) John F. Costello 100% 4th District of the Appellate Court (R). Amy Lannerd 100% 4th District of the Appellate Court (R) Gene Doherty. 100% Injustice Watch Judicial Guide Cook County Primary Elections Cook County General Elections Supreme Court Primary Elections Supreme Court General Elections Appellate Court Primary Elections Appellate Court General Elections Non-Cook Primary Elections Non-Cook General Elections

Districts/Circuits/Subcircuits/Counties Click to find out more about your Supreme Court District, Appellate Court District, Cook County Circuit, or Non-Cook County Circuit or county Illinois Supreme Court Districts 7 Justices for 5 Districts District 1 (Cook County) - 3 Justices Districts 2-5 - 1 Justice apiece Illinois Appellate Court Districts 56 Justices for 5 Districts District 1 (Cook County) 6 Divisions - 24 Justices Districts 2-5 (101 counties) - 32 Justices Non-Cook County Judicial Circuits 24 Circuits 101 Counties Approximately 500 Judges and Associate Judges Cook County Circuit and Subcircuits 20 Subcircuits Approximately 400 Judges and Associate Judges Find My Court

What are the Illinois Supreme Court Districts and who is up for election in 2024? Illinois Supreme Court Districts Back to Maps 1st District of the Illinois Supreme Court 3 Justices are assigned to the 1st District of the Supreme Court No Vacancies/Candidates for 2026 2024 Election Info 2nd District of the Illinois Supreme Court 1 Justice is assigned to the 2nd District of the Supreme Court. No Vacancies/Candidates for 2026 2024 Election Info 3rd District of the Illinois Supreme Court 1 Justice is assigned to the 3rd District of the Supreme Court. No Vacancies/Candidates for 2026 2024 Election Info 4th District of the Illinois Supreme Court 1 Justice is assigned to 4th District of the Supreme Court. No Vacancies/Candidates for 2026 2024 Election Info 5th District of the Illinois Supreme Court 1 Justice is assinged to the 5th District of the Supreme Court. No Vacancies/Candidates for 2026 2024 Election Info Back to Maps

Know Your State Judges provides an informative and unbiased voter education resource for about Illinois Judicial Circuit Court candidates for election and retention outside of Cook County. In Illinois, judges are appointed, elected, or retained. Voters elect or approve judges on very little information compared to other elected officials. However, judges are extremely impactful on everyone's lives. From local judges making sentencing decisions, marital or custody determinations, liability determinations on the local level to constitutional or civil rights determinations on the appellate or state level. The quality and credibility of judges, locally, divisionally, or statewide becomes even more important. Know Your State Judges is dedicated to help the voters of Illinois make more informed decisions when they vote for their judges.

Know Your State Judges provides Illinois voters an unbiased voter education resource about judicial candidates for election and retention. Illinois Judicial Circuit Court General Elections Outside of Cook County 1st Circuit - Pope 7th Circuit - 3rd Subcircuit 12th Circuit - 2nd Subcircuit 14th Circuit - Whiteside (Senneff) 18th Circuit - 1st Subcircuit 2nd Circuit - Franklin 9th Circuit - McDonough 12th Circuit - 4th Subcircuit 14th Circuit - Whiteside (Steines) 18th Circuit - 2nd Subcircuit 4th Circuit - At Large 10th Circuit - Peoria (Lyons) 13th Circuit - Bureau 16th Circuit - At Large 18th Circuit - 3rd Subcircuit 4th Circuit - Montgomery 10th Circuit - Peoria (Rissinger) 13th Circuit - Grundy 16th Circuit - 2nd Subcircuit 21st Circuit - Kankakee 5th Circuit - Vermillion 10th Circuit - Stark 13th Circuit - LaSalle 16th Circuit - 4th Subcircuit 22nd Circuit - At Large 6th Circuit Douglas 12 Circuit - At Large 14th Circuit - Mercer 17th Circuit - 1st Subcircuit 22nd Circuit - McHenry 23rd Circuit - Kendall

< Primary Candidates Marshall Subach Independant Candidate Added to General Election < General Candidates 18th Circuit - 1st Subcircuit EXPERIENCE Private Practice 1995 - Present Wood Dale City Alderman 1999-2007 EDUCATION University of Iowa, B.B.A in Accounting Valparaiso University School of Law, J.D. - 1995 RATINGS/RECOMMENDATIONS Illinois State Bar Association & DuPage County Bar Association's Joint Advisory Committee Result: Marshall Subach – Recommended Number of Respondants 138 Criteria Score Meets Requirements Of Office 81.54 Integrity 86.51 Impartiality 85.60 Legal Ability 87.50 Temperament 85.71 Court Management 85.47 Health 93.69 Sensitivity 84.48 CAMPAIGN FINANCE Total contributions since April 1, 2023: $20,000 Top 5 Donors: Donor Total amount Latest Date Loan from Marshall Subach $20,000 August 22, 2024 Read more on Illinois Sunshine → https://illinoissunshine.org/ ENDORSED BY: International Union of Operating Engineers - Local 150 IUOE Local 399 Laborers' Union Local 68 Ironworkers Local 63 Sheet Metal Workers SMART 265 International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers 701 North Central Illinois Labor Council, AFL-CIO Painters District Council No. 30 Mid America Carpenters Regional Council LiUNA Chicago Laborer's District Council Chicagoland Operators Joint Labor Management IUOE Local 399 Metropolitan Alliance of Police American Federation of Teachers National Association of Letter Carriers (ALF-CIO) This list does not include individual politician or community leaders, but those organizations that have a defined process for endorsing all types of judicial candidates. For a more complete list of all endorsements, click on the "Campaign Website" button below. Campaign Website Attorney Disciplinary Reports Public Record of Discipline and Pending Proceedings None Look Up Attorney Disclipline History

12th Circuit - At Large Hon. Arkadiusz “Art” Smigielski Republican Party Winner 100% (28,217 of 28,217) Primary votes < Primary Candidates 12th Circuit - At Large < General Candidates EXPERIENCE 12th Judicial Circuit Court Associate Judge: 2015 - Present Appointed 2015, Reappointed 2019 and 2023 Private Practice: 1992 - 2015 Will County Assistant State’s Attorney: 1988 -1992 EDUCATION DePaul University: B.A. - 1985 Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago-Kent College of Law: J.D. - 1988 RATINGS/RECOMMENDATIONS 2024 Illinois State Bar Association & Will County Bar Association's Joint Advisory Committee Result: Art Smigielski – Recommended Number of Respondents 197 153 102 Criteria 2024 Score 2023 Score 2019 Score Meets Requirements Of Office 93.88 95.39 98.02 Integrity 94.42 94.74 98.02 Impartiality 94.90 94.77 98.02 Legal Ability 94.90 96.73 98.02 Temperament 94.92 96.73 98.02 Court Management 95.41 97.35 96.04 Health 96.37 97.99 98.02 Sensitivity 93.81 95.36 98.02 CAMPAIGN FINANCE Total contributions since April 1, 2023: $12,184.51 Top 5 Donors Read more on Illinois Sunshine → https://illinoissunshine.org/ Donor Total amount Latest Date One Carpe Diem LLC $9,224.35 8/25/2022 Law Office of Steven C. Haney $3,500 8/30/2022 Friends to Elect Judge DeWilkins $3,100 11/21/2023 Allen Schwartz $2,500 11/21/2023 Ozinga Bros. $2,500 10/25/2022 Campaign Website ENDORSED BY: Will County Deputies Union Crest Hill Police Association Bolingbrook Police Association This list does not include individual politician or community leaders, but those organizations that have a defined process for endorsing all types of judicial candidates. For a more complete list of all endorsements, click on the "Campaign Website" button below. Attorney Disciplinary Reports Public Record of Discipline and Pending Proceedings None Look Up Attorney Disclipline History

Aaron Michael Hopkins Republican Party Candidate Removed 2/27/2024 (Illinois State Board of Elections) 2nd Circuit - Franklin County <Primary Candidates <General Candidates EXPERIENCE Private Practice 2006 - Present Franklin County Assistant State's Attorney, 2001-2006 EDUCATION Knox College, BA, Anthropology, 1997 Southern Illinois University School of Law, JD, 2000 RATINGS/RECOMMENDATIONS Illinois State Bar Association & Franklin County Bar Association's Joint Advisory Committee Result: Aaron Michael Hopkins – Recommended Number of Respondents 47 Criteria Score Meets Requirements Of Office 68.89 Integrity 77.78 Impartiality 82.22 Legal Ability 79.55 Temperament 88.89 Court Management 65.85 Health 95.12 Sensitivity 87.50 <Primary Candidates <General Candidates CAMPAIGN FINANCE Total contributions since April 1, 2023: $10,900 Top 5 Donors Read more on Illinois Sunshine → https://illinoissunshine.org/ Donor Total amount Latest Date Hopkins Law, Inc. $6,900 12/28/2023 Amy Richardson $2,000 12/29/2023 Bill Richardson $2,000 12/29/2023 ENDORSED BY: No endorsement information is available at this time. This list does not include individual politician or community leaders, but those organizations that have a defined process for endorsing all types of judicial candidates. For a more complete list of all endorsements, click on the "Campaign Website" button below. Campaign Website Attorney Disciplinary Reports Public Record of Discipline and Pending Proceedings None ARDC

r Hon. Charles "Charlie" Hall Republican 5th Judicial Circuit Court Judge < Back EXPERIENCE 5th Circuit Judge, 2017 - Present (Appointed 2017, Elected 2018) Private Practice 1975 - 2017 Law Clerk U.S. District Judge Henry Wise, 1973 - 1975 United States Marine Corps and Reserve, 1969 EDUCATION Undergraduate: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, B.A. - 1969 Law School: University of Arizona, J.D. - 1973 RATINGS/RECOMMENDATIONS Illinois State Bar Association and 4th Circuit Joint Judicial Advisory Polls: Charles "Charlie" Hall: Recommended Criteria Score Meets Requirements Of Office 89.66 Integrity 93.33 Impartiality 96.43 Legal Ability 90.00 Temperament 96.55 Court Management 92.86 Health 88.46 Sensitivity 96.30 Number of Respondents 30 CAMPAIGN FINANCE Top Donors: No information available at this time Read more on Illinois Sunshine → https://illinoissunshine.org/ How Judicial Advisory Polls Work In counties outside of Cook, ISBA conducts an advisory poll. The poll is conducted by email and mail and is sent to all ISBA members in the circuit or district from which a candidate seeks election or a judge seeks retention. Licensed attorneys who are not members of ISBA, or any attorney outside the circuit or district may request a ballot. Participants of the poll are asked to evaluate each candidate only if they have professional knowledge of the candidate(s) that enables them to make an informed evaluation. Ballots are confidential and returned inside a ballot envelope which is mailed in a Teller envelope. A certification slip stating that the participant read and understood the instructions of the poll is signed in order for the ballot to be counted. Candidates and judges are rated "recommended" or "not recommended" based on whether respondents agree that the candidate "meets acceptable requirements for the office." Those receiving 65 percent or more "yes" responses to that question are rated "recommended" and those receiving less than 65 percent are rated "not recommended." Opinions expressed in the poll are of those attorneys who chose to respond and do not reflect the opinion of the Illinois State Bar Association or the opinion of all Illinois attorneys. Following are the questions asked on the poll. Please note that questions on Temperament and Court management differ for those seeking a judicial vacancy and those seeking retention. Clarification of those differences are noted below. Meets Requirements of Office: (Recommendation) Considering the qualifications of the candidate, do you believe this candidate meets acceptable requirements for the office? Integrity Adhere to the high standards of integrity and ethical conduct required of the office? Impartiality Act and rule impartially and free of any predisposition or improper influence? Legal Ability Have adequate legal experience, knowledge, and ability? Temperament for a judicial vacancy: Exercise appropriate temperament with courtesy, consideration, firmness, fairness, patience and dignity? for judicial retention: Exercise the judicial temperament to serve with appropriate courtesy, consideration, firmness, fairness, patience and dignity? Court Management for a judicial vacancy: Attends to all professional responsibilities including the management of cases/clients, and completes work in a prompt and skillful manner? for judicial retention: Diligently and promptly attend to the duties of the office and assure the steady progress of court business? Health Have the physical, mental and emotional health, stamina and stability needed to perform judicial duties? Sensitivity to Diversity and Bias Conducts self and deals with others appropriately to reduce or eliminate conduct or words which manifest bias based on race, gender, national origin, religion, disability, age, sexual orientation or socio-economic status against parties, witnesses, counsel or others?

s Hon. Mark E. Bovard Republican 5th Judicial Circuit Court Judge Coles County < Back EXPERIENCE 5th Judicial Circuit Judge, Coles County, 2018 - Present (Elected 2018) Associate 5th Circuit Judge, 2012 - 2018 (Appointed 2012, 2015) Private Practice 1997 - 2012 EDUCATION Undergraduate: Eastern Illinois University - 1994 Law School: Indiana University, J.D. - 1997 RATINGS/RECOMMENDATIONS Illinois State Bar Association and 4th Circuit Joint Judicial Advisory Polls: Mark Bovard: Recommended Criteria Score Meets Requirements Of Office 97.56 Integrity 100 Impartiality 100 Legal Ability 97.50 Temperament 100 Court Management 97.56 Health 100 Sensitivity 100 Number of Respondents 41 CAMPAIGN FINANCE Top Donors: No information available at this time Read more on Illinois Sunshine → https://illinoissunshine.org/ How Judicial Advisory Polls Work In counties outside of Cook, ISBA conducts an advisory poll. The poll is conducted by email and mail and is sent to all ISBA members in the circuit or district from which a candidate seeks election or a judge seeks retention. Licensed attorneys who are not members of ISBA, or any attorney outside the circuit or district may request a ballot. Participants of the poll are asked to evaluate each candidate only if they have professional knowledge of the candidate(s) that enables them to make an informed evaluation. Ballots are confidential and returned inside a ballot envelope which is mailed in a Teller envelope. A certification slip stating that the participant read and understood the instructions of the poll is signed in order for the ballot to be counted. Candidates and judges are rated "recommended" or "not recommended" based on whether respondents agree that the candidate "meets acceptable requirements for the office." Those receiving 65 percent or more "yes" responses to that question are rated "recommended" and those receiving less than 65 percent are rated "not recommended." Opinions expressed in the poll are of those attorneys who chose to respond and do not reflect the opinion of the Illinois State Bar Association or the opinion of all Illinois attorneys. Following are the questions asked on the poll. Please note that questions on Temperament and Court management differ for those seeking a judicial vacancy and those seeking retention. Clarification of those differences are noted below. Meets Requirements of Office: (Recommendation) Considering the qualifications of the candidate, do you believe this candidate meets acceptable requirements for the office? Integrity Adhere to the high standards of integrity and ethical conduct required of the office? Impartiality Act and rule impartially and free of any predisposition or improper influence? Legal Ability Have adequate legal experience, knowledge, and ability? Temperament for a judicial vacancy: Exercise appropriate temperament with courtesy, consideration, firmness, fairness, patience and dignity? for judicial retention: Exercise the judicial temperament to serve with appropriate courtesy, consideration, firmness, fairness, patience and dignity? Court Management for a judicial vacancy: Attends to all professional responsibilities including the management of cases/clients, and completes work in a prompt and skillful manner? for judicial retention: Diligently and promptly attend to the duties of the office and assure the steady progress of court business? Health Have the physical, mental and emotional health, stamina and stability needed to perform judicial duties? Sensitivity to Diversity and Bias Conducts self and deals with others appropriately to reduce or eliminate conduct or words which manifest bias based on race, gender, national origin, religion, disability, age, sexual orientation or socio-economic status against parties, witnesses, counsel or others?