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Cook County Circuit Court Vacancies Candidates to be certified by State Board of Elections on January 8, 2026. Upon certification by SBE and verification of biographical and campaign data, Know Your State Judges will have full candidate rosters available. Please check back February 1, 2026 for full primary information Court Vacancy At Large Honorable Paul A. Karkula At Large Honorable Mary Ellen Coghlan At Large Honorable William H. Hooks At Large Honorable Cynthia Y. Cobbs 1st Subcircuit Honorable Carl A. Walker 1st Subcircuit Honorable Robert Balanoff 3rd Subcircuit Honorable Thomas W. Murphy 3rd Subcircuit Honorable Patrick J. Sherlock 8th Subcircuit Honorable Celia Gamrath 8th Subcircuit Honorable Mary L. Mikva 11th Subcircuit Honorable Mary Colleen Roberts 11th Subcircuit Honorable Pamela McLean Meyerson 13th Subcircuit Honorable Martin C. Kelley 13th Subcircuit Honorable Shannon P. O'Malley 13th Subcircuit Honorable John J. Curry, Jr. 13th Subcircuit Honorable Thomas J. Kelley 16th Subcircuit Converted from the Associate Judgeship of Callie L. Baird 16th Subcircuit Converted from the Associate Judgeship of Patricia Mendoza 17th Subcircuit Converted from the Associate Judgeship of Lloyd J. Brooks 17th Subcircuit Converted from the Associate Judgeship of James R. Carroll 18th Subcircuit Converted from the Associate Judgeship of Jeffery G. Chrones 18th Subcircuit Converted from the Associate Judgeship of Frank J. Andreou 19th Subcircuit Converted from the Associate Judgeship of Michael J. Kane 19th Subcircuit Converted from the Associate Judgeship of John A. Fairman 20th Subcircuit Converted from the Associate Judgeship of David E. Haracz 20th Subcircuit Converted from the Associate Judgeship of Stephanie K. Miller Supreme Court Primary Elections Appellate Court Primary Elections Non-Cook Primary Elections

Supreme Court General Election 2024 Supreme Court Races Race Vacancy 1st District of the Supreme Court (D) Joy Virginia Cunningham - 100% 4th District of the Supreme Court (R) Lisa Holder White - 100% Injustice Watch Judicial Guide Appellate Court General Election 2024 Appellate Court Races Click on candidate name for more information. Race Result 1st District of the Appellate Court (D). Mary Lane Mikva. - 100% 1st District of the Appellate Court (D). Cynthia Y. Cobbs - 100% 1st District of the Appellate Court (D) Celia Louise Gamrath - 100% 1st District of the Appellate Court (D). Carl Anthony Walker - 100% 3rd District of the Appellate Court (D). John Anderson - 51.22% (R). Kenton Skarin - 48.78% 3rd District of the Appellate Court (D) Linda Davenport - 51.51% (R). Jason Helland - 48.49% 3rd District of the Appellate Court (D) Lance Peterson - 50.01% (R) John F. Costello - 49.99% 4th District of the Appellate Court (R). Amy Lannerd - 100% 4th District of the Appellate Court (R) Gene Doherty - 100% Injustice Watch Judicial Guide

Supreme Court Vacancies No Supreme Court Vacancies for 2026. Appellate Court Vacancies Candidates to be certified by State Board of Elections on January 8, 2026. Upon certification by SBE and verification of biographical and campaign data, Know Your State Judges will have full candidate rosters available. Please check back February 1, 2026 for full primary information Court Vacancy 1st District of the Appellate Court Honorable Thomas E. Hoffman 3rd District of the Appellate Court Honorable M. McDade 5th District of the Appellate Court Honorable Thomas M. Welch Cook County Primary Elections Non-Cook Primary Elections

Non-Cook County Judges Up For Retention In 2024 Click on Circuits for Candidates' Information Circuit Judge ISBA Poll Recommendation Retained? 1st Judicial Circuit Hon. Carey Gill Hon. Amanda Byassee Gott Hon. Stephen Green Hon. John Saunders Hon. Christy Solverson Hon. Cord Zachary Wittig Recommended Recommended Recommended Not Recommended Recommended Recommended YES - 76.46% YES - 78.27% YES - 77.43% YES - 76.79% YES - 78.49% YES - 77.24% 2nd Judicial Circuit Hon. Eric Dirnbeck Hon. Melissa Morgan Hon. T. Scott Webb Hon. Christopher L. Weber Hon. Jo Beth Weber Recommended Recommended Recommended Recommended Recommended YES - 78.04% YES - 78.58% YES - 80.10% YES - 79.45% YES - 79.14% 3rd Judicial Circuit Hon. Chris Bauer Hon. Kyle Anne Napp Hon. Sarah Smith Recommended Recommended Recommended YES - 78.41% YES - 79.14% YES - 7962% 4th Judicial Circuit Hon. Amanda S. Ade-Harlow Recommended YES - 78.71% 5th Judicial Circuit Hon. Mark E. Bovard Hon. Craig DeArmond Hon. Charles "Charlie" Hall Hon. Brien J. O'Brien Recommended Recommended Recommended Recommended YES - 81.86% YES - 82.05% YES - 82.17% YES - 82.46% 6th Judicial Circuit Hon. Thomas E. Griffith Hon. Jeremy Richey Hon. Randy Rosenbaum Hon. Roger B. Webber Recommended Recommended Recommended Recommended YES - 82.22% YES - 81.88% YES - 82.26% YES - 82.85% 7th Judicial Circuit Hon. David R. Cherry Recommended YES - 80.67% 8th Judicial Circuit Hon. Jerry J. Hooker Hon. Frank J. McCartney Hon. Timothy "T.J." Wessel Recommended Recommended Insufficient responses YES - 83.73% YES - 84.19% YES - 83.87% 9th Judicial Circuit Hon. Bruce C. Beal Hon. Rodney G. Clark Hon. James Standard Recommended Recommended Not Recommended YES - 80.60% YES - 81.79% YES - 79.05% 10th Judicial Circuit Hon. Kate Gorman Recommended YES - 84.35% 11th Judicial Circuit Hon. Rebecca Simmons Foley Hon. William A. Yoder Recommended Recommended YES - 84.16% YES - 84.83% 12th Judicial Circuit Hon. Vincent F. Cornelius Hon. David Garcia Recommended Recommended YES - 71.39% YES - 70.40% 13th Judicial Circuit Hon. Troy Holland Hon. Cynthia M. Raccuglia Recommended Recommended YES - 81.12% YES - 73.35% 15th Judicial Circuit Hon. Jacquelyn D. Ackert Recommended YES - 86.38% 16th Judicial Circuit Hon. John A. Barsanti Hon. René Cruz Hon. John G. Dalton Hon. Michael J. Noland Recommended Recommended Not Recommended Not Recommended YES - 76.48% YES - 75.94% YES - 69.83% YES - 70.13% 17th Judicial Circuit Hon. Joseph P. Bruscato Hon. John Lowry Hon. Brendan Maher Recommended Recommended Recommended YES - 80.90% YES - 81.75% YES - 80.80% 19th Judicial Circuit Hon. Christen L. Bishop Hon. Joseph V. Salvi Hon. Daniel Shanes Hon. Charles "Chuck" Smith Hon. Patricia Sowinski Fix Hon. Christopher R. Stride Recommended Recommended Recommended Recommended Not Recommended Recommended YES - 78.86% YES - 76.74% YES - 78.11% YES - 77.42% YES - 70.70% YES - 78.14% 20th Judicial Circuit Hon. Zina R. Cruse Hon. Andrew J. Gleeson Hon. Chris Kolker Hon. John J. O'Gara Hon. Heinz Rudolf Recommended Recommended Recommended Recommended Recommended YES - 75.53% YES - 77.40% YES - 76.85% YES - 77.27% YES - 76.31% 21st Judicial Circuit Hon. Thomas W. Cunnington Insufficient Responses YES - 81.87% 22nd Judicial Circuit Hon. Michael J. Chmiel Hon. Tiffany Davis Not Recommended Recommended YES - 73.94% YES - 76.11% 24th Judicial Circuit Hon. Daniel J. Emge Recommended YES - 80.55%

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< Back Hon. Carey C. Gill Republican 1st Judicial Circuit Court Judge At Large EXPERIENCE 1st Judicial Circuit Judge, 2017 - Present (Appointed 2017 / Elected 2018) Private Practice, 2001 - 2017 Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of Illinois, 2005 - 2017 EDUCATION Undergraduate: Monmouth College, B.A. Government, Summa Cum Laude - 1998 Law School: Southern Illinois University, J.D. - Summa Cum Laude - 2001 info@mysite.com 123-456-7890

< Back Hon. Carey C. Gill Republican 1st Judicial Circuit Court Judge At Large EXPERIENCE 1st Judicial Circuit Judge, 2017 - Present (Appointed 2017 / Elected 2018) Private Practice, 2001 - 2017 Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of Illinois, 2005 - 2017 EDUCATION Undergraduate: Monmouth College, B.A. Government, Summa Cum Laude - 1998 Law School: Southern Illinois University, J.D. - Summa Cum Laude - 2001 info@mysite.com 123-456-7890

< Back Hon. Carey C. Gill Republican 1st Judicial Circuit Court Judge At Large EXPERIENCE 1st Judicial Circuit Judge, 2017 - Present (Appointed 2017 / Elected 2018) Private Practice, 2001 - 2017 Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of Illinois, 2005 - 2017 EDUCATION Undergraduate: Monmouth College, B.A. Government, Summa Cum Laude - 1998 Law School: Southern Illinois University, J.D. - Summa Cum Laude - 2001 info@mysite.com 123-456-7890

< Back Hon. Carey C. Gill Republican 1st Judicial Circuit Court Judge At Large EXPERIENCE 1st Judicial Circuit Judge, 2017 - Present (Appointed 2017 / Elected 2018) Private Practice, 2001 - 2017 Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of Illinois, 2005 - 2017 EDUCATION Undergraduate: Monmouth College, B.A. Government, Summa Cum Laude - 1998 Law School: Southern Illinois University, J.D. - Summa Cum Laude - 2001 info@mysite.com 123-456-7890

< Back Hon. Carey C. Gill Republican 1st Judicial Circuit Court Judge At Large EXPERIENCE 1st Judicial Circuit Judge, 2017 - Present (Appointed 2017 / Elected 2018) Private Practice, 2001 - 2017 Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of Illinois, 2005 - 2017 EDUCATION Undergraduate: Monmouth College, B.A. Government, Summa Cum Laude - 1998 Law School: Southern Illinois University, J.D. - Summa Cum Laude - 2001 info@mysite.com 123-456-7890

< Back Hon. Carey C. Gill Republican 1st Judicial Circuit Court Judge At Large EXPERIENCE 1st Judicial Circuit Judge, 2017 - Present (Appointed 2017 / Elected 2018) Private Practice, 2001 - 2017 Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of Illinois, 2005 - 2017 EDUCATION Undergraduate: Monmouth College, B.A. Government, Summa Cum Laude - 1998 Law School: Southern Illinois University, J.D. - Summa Cum Laude - 2001 info@mysite.com 123-456-7890