THE CHICAGO BAR ASSOCIATION JUDICIAL RETENTION CANDIDATES ELECTION DAY, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2014 To be retained, a sitting judge must receive a 60% YES vote from those voting on the question: “Shall Judge _____ be Retained?” You may vote for any or all of the judges listed in this section of the ballot. No judge is running against any other judge. The sole question is whether each judge should remain in his or her present office. punch # candidate finding punch # ILLINOIS APPELLATE COURT 200 Thomas E. Hoffman YES CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY 203 204 206 208 210 212 214 216 218 220 222 224 226 228 230 232 234 236 238 240 242 244 Thomas E. Flanagan NO Michael P. Toomin YES Themis N. Karnezis YES James Patrick Flannery YES Sebastian Thomas Patti YES Mary Ellen Coghlan YES Kathleen Marie McGury YES Shelley Lynn Sutker-Dermer YES Lynn Marie Egan YES Andrew Berman YES Diane Gordon Cannon YES Evelyn B. Clay YES Clayton J. Crane YES Candace Jean Fabri YES John J. Fleming YES Rodolfo (Rudy) Garcia YES James J. Gavin YES Rickey Jones YES Kathleen G. Kennedy YES William G. Lacy YES Marjorie C. Laws YES Patricia Manila Martin YES 246 248 250 252 254 256 258 260 262 264 266 268 270 272 274 278 280 282 284 286 288 290 292 294 296 298 300 candidate finding punch # Veronica B. Mathein YES Edmund Ponce de Leon YES James L. Rhodes YES James G. Riley YES Donald J. Suriano YES Kenneth J. Wadas YES Frank G. Zelezinski YES Gregory Joseph Wojkowski YES Mary Anne Mason YES Robert E. Gordon YES Lewis Nixon YES Eileen Mary Brewer YES Margaret Ann Brennan YES Janet Adams Brosnahan YES James Brown YES Peter A. Felice YES Kerry M. Kennedy YES Casandra Lewis YES Thomas J. Lipscomb YES Sheila McGinnis YES Dennis Michael McGuire YES William Timothy O’Brien YES Laura Marie Sullivan YES Sandra Tristano YES Valarie E. Turner YES Raul Vega YES Marilyn F. Johnson YES 302 304 306 308 310 312 314 316 318 320 322 324 326 328 330 332 334 336 338 340 342 344 346 candidate finding Michael B. Hyman YES Joan E. Powell YES Patrick J. Sherlock YES Anita Rivkin-Carothers YES Maureen Ward Kirby YES Edward A. Arce YES James N. O’Hara YES Mauricio Araujo YES Eileen O’Neill Burke YES Thomas J. Byrne YES Ann Collins-Dole YES Donna L. Cooper YES Anna Helen Demacopoulos YES Margarita Kulys Hoffman YES Diana L. Kenworthy YES Pamela Elizabeth Loza YES Annie O’Donnell YES Jackie Marie Portman YES Pat Rogers YES Dominique C. Ross YES Kristyna Colleen Ryan YES Debra B. Walker YES Ursula Walowski YES VOTE NO FOR NOT RECOMMENDED CANDIDATES 203 Thomas E. Flanagan For more information call 312-554-2013 or visit us online at chicagobar.org The Chicago Bar Association Vote Smart Guide ELECTION DAY, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2014 Please refer to the Vote Smart Guide as you make your voting decisions and take it with you to the polls. Vote for only one candidate to fill each judicial vacancy. HQ - HIGHLY QUALIFIED Q - QUALIFIED NR - NOT RECOMMENDED punch # candidate finding ILLINOIS APPELLATE COURT (Gordon) 65 Shelly A. Harris (D) Q (Murphy) 66 David Ellis (D) Q (Steele) 67 John B. Simon (D) HQ CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY punch # candidate finding punch # candidate finding (Lowrance) 74 Thomas J. Carroll (D) Q (McDonald) 75 Cynthia Y. Cobbs (D) Q (7th – Taylor) 82 Judy Rice (D) NR (Neville, Jr.) 76 William B. Raines (D) Q (9th - Meyer) 82 Anjana Hansen (D) (Reyes) 77 Diana Rosario (D) (9th - Preston) 83 Abbey Fishman Romanek (D) Q Q (Hill Veal) 78 Andrea Michele Buford (D) Q (9th - Goldberg) 80 Megan Elizabeth Goldish (D) HQ Q COOK COUNTY SUBCIRCUITS (10th – “A” ) 80 Anthony C. “Tony” Kyriakopoulos (D) HQ (Burke) 69 Maritza Martinez (D) NR (2nd- O’Neal) 80 Steven G. Watkins (D) (11th – “A” ) 80 Pamela Mclean Meyerson (D) Q (Connors) 70 Kristal Rivers (D) (3rd - Donnelly) 80 Terrence J. Mcguire (D) Q (Arnold) 68 Bridget Anne Mitchell (D) Q Q (Egan) 71 Daniel J. Kubasiak (D) Q (Phelps Felton ) 72 Patricia O’Brien Sheahan (D) Q (Howse, Jr.) 73 Caroline Kate Moreland (D) Q Q (4th – Billik, Jr.) 80 John J. Mahoney (D) HQ 81 Ian Brenson (R) Q (12th – Jordan) 80 James L. Kaplan (D) Q 81 James Pieczonka (R) NR (13th - Iosco) 80 John Curry (R ) Q Q (15th – Doody, Jr.) 80 Patrick Kevin Coughlin (D) HQ (7th – Hardy-Campbell) 80 Robert D. Kuzas (D) Q (15th - Sterba) 82 Chris Lawler (D) Q (4th - Mulhern) 82 John Michael Allegretti (D) Paid for by the Chicago Bar Association 2014 Judicial Evaluation Fund. A copy of the CBA Report is available from the State Board of Elections.