Results immediately after polls closed Tuesday were too close to call in the Democratic race for Illinois Supreme Court, as Appellate Judge Jesse Reyes challenged sitting Justice Joy Cunningham for…
Yvonne Tolbert votes at Windy City Motors in Chicago during Illinois primary election on March 19, 2024,
Antinisha Sturgeon, right, helps her grandfather, Ben Walker, vote during the Illinois primary election on March 19, 2024, at Marshall High School in Chicago. Basia Toczydlowska, right, a technician with the Chicago Board of Elections, inspects a ballot box that was malfunctioning along with Kevin Bess, an election judge, during the Illinois primary election on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, at Marshall High School in Chicago.
Jessica Bloom, left, and Gretchen Emner vote during the primary election at the Eleanor Boathouse at Park 571 in Chicago on March 19, 2024. After voting, Lawrence Weisler and his 6-year-old son, James Weisler, walk past voting booths at the Chicago Board of Elections’ Loop Super Site the day before Illinois’ primary Election Day on March 18, 2024.
Campaign signs are seen outside of the Humboldt Park Chicago Public Library during a “Humboldt Park March to the Polls” campaign event on March 9, 2024, in Chicago. City Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin, candidate for Congress in the 7th District in Illinois, greets supporters with her daughter, Geneva Ervin, 7, in red, during a “Get Out The Vote” celebration featuring Chicago artists and choirs on March 17, 2024, at Harmony Community Church in Chicago.
Dozens of high school students from various high schools take part in parade march down Lake Street after leaving a forum at the Chicago Teachers Union headquarters in Chicago, Friday, March 15, 2024, and marching to Union Park to vote. The Student Power Forum is organized by Chicago Votes, La Casa Norte, and the CTU.
Graciela Guzmán, candidate for State Senator, 20th District, smiles as people cheer for her during a “Humboldt Park March to the Polls” campaign event on March 9, 2024, in Chicago. Justice Jesse G. Reyes, candidate for the Illinois Supreme Court, talks with students outside an early voting polling place at the Oak Park Village Hall on March 7, 2024.
Ray Adams, a supporter of Clayton Harris III, candidate for Cook County State's Attorney, listens to speeches during a “Humboldt Park March to the Polls” campaign event on March 9, 2024, in Chicago. outraised Reyes by more than fivefold, bringing in more than $850,000 since the beginning of the year.
The election comes at a time when state courts have gained unusual attention for their role in protecting access to abortions, following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Reyes and Cunningham have signaled they align with the Democratic mainstream in supporting the right to an abortion, among other issues.
“From a Latino standpoint, a Latino vote standpoint, I think that is an obvious concern as we go into the night with regard to Justice Reyes,” Martín Montes, a partner at law firm Barnes & Thornburg and a member of the Illinois Latino Agenda, said Tuesday afternoon. A win for Reyes over Cunningham “would be equally significant as was the appointment of Justice Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court,” Montes said.
Even before that, Reyes’ supporters and advocates for Latino representation pointed to multiple missed opportunities in recent years for party insiders to help elevate a Latino justice to the high court — including retiring Chief Justice Anne Burke’s decision to appoint Cunningham as her replacement in 2022.
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