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  RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > Illinois > IL Counties > Cook > County Board President
OfficeCounty Board President
TypeGeneral Election
Filing Deadline October 07, 2006 - 03:00pm
Polls Open November 07, 2006 - 05:00am
Polls Close November 07, 2006 - 07:00pm
Term Start January 03, 2007 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2011 - 12:00pm
ContributorCOSDem
Last ModifiedRBH November 26, 2012 03:04pm
Data Sources[Link]

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Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/05/2002
NameJohn H. Stroger, Jr. Votes870,059 (68.39%)
Term01/04/2003 - 07/31/2006 Margin467,874 (+36.78%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Mar 21, 2006 Cook County Board President- D Primary John H. Stroger, Jr.
Mar 21, 2006 Cook County Board President- R Primary Tony Peraica
Jul 19, 2006 Cook County Board President - Interim Bobbie Steele
KEY RACE? 0.0000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Todd Stroger
Strong 1
Lean 2
Slight 2
John H. Stroger, Jr.
Lean 1
Tony Peraica
Slight 1
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

07/19/2006 10/29/2006

CANDIDATES
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Name Alderman Todd Stroger County Commissioner Tony Peraica
PartyDemocratic Republican
Votes690,944 (53.68%) 596,210 (46.32%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -94,734 (-7.36%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Market Shares Corp 
10/24-10/29		 48.00% (+9.0) 33.00% (-3.0)
Market Shares Corp 
10/08-10/11		 39.00% (+0.0) 36.00% (+0.0)
KRC Communications Research 
09/10-09/12		 52.00% (+0.0) 19.00% (+0.0)
Tarrance Group (R) 
07/19-07/20		 38.00% (+0.0) 42.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
  The Daily Northwestern
  AFSCME
  Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
  The Brady Campaign
  Illinois Chamber of Commerce
R Deb Gordils [L]
D Some say...
  Daily Herald (Suburban Chicago)

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Oct 27, 2006 07:00am News Peraica to Stroger: 'No one calls my shots'  Article Imperator 
Aug 30, 2006 01:00pm News Democrats May Ask Todd Stroger To Step Aside  Article COSDem 
Jul 18, 2006 01:00pm News Todd Stroger to replace father on ballot  Article COSDem 
Jul 17, 2006 01:00pm General Steele withdraws from bid for Stroger seat  Article COSDem 
Jul 02, 2006 12:10pm General Contenders [Todd Stroger, Danny K. Davis, Bobbie Steele] Line Up For Stroger's Post [Cook Co.]  Article COSDem 
Jun 30, 2006 08:50pm News Stroger resigns from county board  Article COSDem 

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