There are few places to get details about the people running for judge. Injustice Watch provides information on Illinois’ judicial candidates.
The view from the judge’s bench inside a courtroom at the Leighton Criminal Court Building on Jan. 27, 2023. Editor’s note: The Tribune Editorial Board is not making endorsements in contested judicial races during this primary cycle. But we’re partnering with the trusted nonprofit Injustice Watch to offer readers more information on judicial candidates, including how candidates have been rated by relevant bar associations.
Injustice Watch’s team of investigative reporters works to fill this gap. As a nonprofit, nonpartisan newsroom, wIllinois voters elect new judges every two years during the state’s primary elections. Candidates run for a specific vacancy, named for the last judge who held the seat. These races are partisan, and in Cook County, the vast majority of judicial candidates run on the Democratic ballot. Just four of the 69 candidates running for judge in Cook County this year are Republicans.
Twenty-nine subcircuit races, although depending on where voters live, they might see one or two on their ballot. Subcircuits are geographic districts, like a ward or congressional district, created in the 1990s to diversify the bench. Judges elected to subcircuit seats have to live in their subcircuit — but once elected, their jobs are no different than the circuit judges elected countywide.
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