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The 2014 Illinois judicial elections consisted of both partisan and retention elections, including those one seat of the Supreme Court of Illinois for ten seats in the Illinois Appellate Court.^[1] Primary elections were held on March 18, 2014, and general elections were held on November 4, 2014.^[1] These elections were part of the 2014 Illinois elections.

Supreme Court of Illinois

Justices of the Supreme Court of Illinois are elected by district. One seat held a retention election.

The court has seven seats total separated into five districts. The first district, representing Cook County, contains three seats, making it a multi-member district, while other four districts are single-member districts.^[2] Justices hold ten year terms.^[2]

Retention elections

To be retained, judges were required to have 60% of their vote be "yes".

District	Incumbent					Vote		Cite
District	Party		Name	In office since	Previous years elected/retained	Yes (Retain)	No (Remove)	Cite
5th		Republican	Lloyd A. Karmeier	December 6, 2000	2004 (elected)	230,122 (60.8%)	148,546 (39.2%)	^[3]

Illinois Appellate Court

Illinois Appellate Court justices hold ten-year terms.^[2]

1st district (Gordon vacancy)

A vacancy was created by the retirement of Joseph Gordon. Shelly A. Harris was elected to fill it.^[3]^[4] This was a special election as Gordon's term would have ended in 2014.^[5]

Democratic primary

Illinois Appellate Court 1st district (Gordon vacancy) Democratic primary^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Shelly A. Harris	91,556	37.44
	Democratic	Fredrenna M. Lyle	86,607	35.41
	Democratic	Susan Kennedy Sullivan	66,389	27.15
Total votes			244,552	100

Republican primary

The Republican primary was cancelled, as no candidates filed to run.

General election

Illinois Appellate Court 1st district (Gordon vacancy) election^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Shelly A. Harris	925,590	100
Total votes			925,590	100

1st district (Murphy vacancy)

A vacancy was created by the death of Michael J. Murphy. Democrat John B. Simon was elected to fill the vacancy. This was a regular election, as Murphy's term would have ended in 2014.^[6]^[7]

Democratic primary

Illinois Appellate Court 1st district (Murphy vacancy) Democratic primary^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Ellis	210,866	100
Total votes			210,866	100

Republican primary

The Republican primary was cancelled, as no candidates filed to run.

General election

Illinois Appellate Court 1st district (Murphy vacancy) election^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Ellis	904,949	100
Total votes			904,949	100

1st district (Steele vacancy)

After the retirement of John O. Steele in January 2013, Shelly A. Harris as appointed to fill the vacancy. However, Harris did not seek reelection in 2014, instead running for the seat left vacant by the retirement of Joseph Gordon.^[4]^[8] Democrat John B. Simon was elected to fill the seat.^[3] This was a special election, as Steele's term ended in 2018.^[8]

Democratic primary

Illinois Appellate Court 1st district (Steele vacancy) Democratic primary^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John B. Simon	126,796	54.15
	Democratic	Sharon Oden Johnson	107,360	45.85
Total votes			234,156	100

Republican primary

The Republican primary was cancelled, as no candidates filed to run.

General election

Illinois Appellate Court 1st district (Steele vacancy) election^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John B. Simon	900,379	100
Total votes			900,379	100

2nd district (Bowman vacancy)

A vacancy was created by the 2012 death of John J. Bowman.^[9] Michael J. Burke was elected to fill the vacancy, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election.^[3] This was a special election, as Bowman's term ended in 2020.^[9]

Democratic primary

Illinois Appellate Court 2nd district (Bowman vacancy) Democratic primary^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael J. Burke	213,613	100
Total votes			213,613	100

Republican primary

The Republican primary was cancelled, as no candidates filed to run.

General election

Illinois Appellate Court 2nd district (Bowman vacancy) election^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael J. Burke	713,483	100
Total votes			713,483	100

4th district (McCullough vacancy)

Incumbent Republican was appointed December 19, 2012 to fill the vacancy left by the death of John T. McCullough.^[10] She was reelected, running unopposed in both the Republican primary and general election.^[3] This was a regular election, as McCullough's term ended in 2014.^[10]

Democratic primary

The Democratic primary was cancelled, as no candidates filed to run.

Republican primary

Illinois Appellate Court 4th district (McCullough vacancy) Republican primary^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lisa Holder White	115,841	100
Total votes			115,841	100

General election

Illinois Appellate Court 4th district (McCullough vacancy) election^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lisa Holder White	335,693	100
Total votes			335,693	100

Retention elections

To be retained, judges were required to have 60% of their vote be "yes".

District	Incumbent					Vote		Cite
District	Party		Name	In office since	Previous years elected/retained	Yes (Retain)	No (Remove)	Cite
1st		Democratic	Joy Cunningham	1993	1994 (elected) 2004 (retained)	729,137 (78.3%)	202,531 (21.7%)	^[3]^[11]^[12]
2nd		Republican	Susan Fayette Hutchinson	December 5, 1994	1994 (elected), 2004 (retained)	616,660 (80.5%)	149,486 (19.5%)	^[3]^[13]
3rd		Republican	William E. Holdridge	December 5, 1994	1994 (elected), 2004 (retained)	378,330 (78.9%)	101,216 (21.1%)	^[3]^[14]^[15]
3rd		Democratic	Mary K. O'Brien	December 26, 2003	2004 (elected)	380,700 (79.3%)	99,635 (20.7%)	^[3]
4th		Republican	Robert J. Steigmann	July 1989	1994 (elected), 2004 (retained)	288,136 (79.9%)	72,441 (20.1%)	^[3]^[16]^[17]

Lower courts

Lower courts also saw judicial elections.

References

^ ^a ^b "Illinois judicial elections, 2014". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Illinois Constitution - Article VI". www.ilga.gov. Illinois General Assembly. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t "Downloadable Vote Totals". Illinois Secretary of State. Archived from the original on August 4, 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Sheldon Harris". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
^ "Joseph Gordon". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
^ "Michael J. Murphy (Illinois)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
^ "David Ellis (Illinois)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "John O. Steele". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "John Bowman". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Lisa Holder White". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
^ "HOPEFULS SAY KISSING OFF COURT RACES A MISTAKE". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. October 1, 1994. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
^ "Thomas Hoffman". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
^ "WOMAN, EX-BEAR ALL BUT ON APPEALS COURT". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. March 20, 1994. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
^ "William Holdridge". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
^ "IN JUDICIAL RACE, IT PAYS TO BE IRISH". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. March 22, 1990. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
^ "Robert Steigmann". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
^ Schoenburg, Bernard (August 7, 2017). "Appellate Judge Steigmann accused of using office to book lectures". The State Journal-Register. Retrieved April 4, 2020.