Cook County Board of Commissioners 1st district

Cook County Board of Commissioners 1st district
District
District 1
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Cook
Townships and equal jurisdictions	list Chicago Oak Park Proviso Township
Government
• Type	District
• Body	Cook County Board of Commissioners
• Commissioner	Tara Stamps (D)

Cook County Board of Commissioners 1st district is a single-member electoral district for the Cook County Board of Commissioners currently represented by Tara Stamps, a Democrat.

History

The district was established in 1994, when the board transitioned from holding elections in single-member districts, as opposed to the previous arrangement of having two multi-member districts districts: one for ten members from the city of Chicago and another for seven members from suburban Cook County. ^[1]

Geography

Since its inception, the district has covered parts of the West Side of Chicago and parts of the western suburbs of Cook County.

1994 boundaries

In its initial 1994 iteration, the district encompassed parts of the West Side of Chicago as well as the western suburbs of Cook County. ^[2]

2001 redistricting

New boundaries were adopted in August 2001, with redistricting taking place following the 2000 United States Census. ^[3]

In regards to townships and equivalent jurisdictions, the district's redistricted boundaries included portions of the city of Chicago, as well as portions of Oak Park and Proviso Townships. ^[4]

The parts of Chicago which the district encompassed were on the West Side, including the neighborhood of Austin. Other municipalities included Bellwood, Broadview, Maywood, and Oak Park. ^[5]

2012 redistricting

The district, as redistricted in 2012 following the 2010 United States Census, included parts of Bellwood, Broadview, Chicago, Forest Park, Hillside, Maywood, North Riverside, Oak Park, and Westchester. ^{[6] [7] [8]}

In regards to townships and equivalent jurisdictions, it included portions of the city of Chicago and portions of Oak Park and Proviso Townships. ^[9]

The parts of Chicago encompassed were on the city's West Side.

The district was 28.93 square miles (18,516.79 acres). ^[10]

2022 redistricting

The district, as redistricted in 2022 following the 2020 United States Census, continues to include portions of the city of Chicago and portions of Oak Park and Proviso Townships. ^{[11] [12]} Of these three divisions, the largest part of the district is in Oak Park Township. ^[13] The district contains large segments of Chicago's 27th, 28th, 29th, and 37th wards and small segments of Chicago's 1st, 24th, 32nd, and 36th wards. ^[12]

The 2022 boundaries include all of the Austin neighborhood of Chicago, the majority of Chicago's West Garfield Park neighborhood, parts of East Garfield Park and Humboldt Park. Small portions of the Northwest Side of Chicago are located in the district. The district also includes the entirety of the suburbs of Bellwood, Forest Park, Maywood, Oak Park, nearly all of the suburb of Broadview, half of the suburb of Westchester, and tiny portions of Hillside and North Riverside. ^[12]

Politics

All commissioners representing this district, since its inception, have been Democrats.

The district has strongly favored Democrats. ^[5]

List of commissioners representing the district

Commissioner	Party	Years	Electoral history
Danny Davis	Democratic	December 1994–January 1997	Previously served one term as commissioner from Chicago at-large; elected in 1994; resigned in January 1997 to serve in United States House of Representatives
Darlena Williams-Burnett	Democratic	1997–December 1998	Appointed in 1997; [14] lost reelection in 1998
Earlean Collins	Democratic	December 1998–December, 2014	Elected in 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010
Richard Boykin	Democratic	December 2014–December 2018	Elected in 2014; lost reelection in 2018
Brandon Johnson	Democratic	December 2018– May 2023	Elected in 2018 and 2022; resigned May 15, 2023 to become mayor of Chicago
Tara Stamps	Democratic	June 2023–present	Appointed on June 21, 2023 [15]

Election results

Cook County Board of Commissioners 1st district general elections
Year	Winning candidate	Party	Vote (pct)	Opponent	Party	Vote (pct)
1994 [16] [17]	Danny K. Davis	Democratic	42,530	Gwendolyn Stanford-Jones	Harold Washington Party
1998 [18]	Earlean Collins	Democratic	62,134 (88.80%)	Luther Franklin Spence	Republican	7,835 (11.20%)
2002 [19] [20]	Earlean Collins	Democratic	68,055 (89.83%)	Robin Lee Meyer	Republican	7,707 (10.17%)
2006 [21]	Earlean Collins	Democratic	69,621 (91.68%)	Henrietta S. Butler	Republican	6,320 (8.32%)
2010 [22]	Earlean Collins	Democratic	68,890 (86.13%)	Ronald Lawless	Green	11,095 (13.87%)
2014 [23]	Richard Boykin	Democratic	68,305 (99.36%)	Others	Write-ins	441 (0.64%)
2018 [24]	Brandon Johnson	Democratic	88,590 (100%)
2022 [25]	Brandon Johnson	Democratic	71,077 (92.87%)	James Human	Libertarian	5,457 (7.13%)

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