Cook County Clerk Karen A. Yarbrough and Deputy Clerk of Elections Edmund Michalowski held ballot lotteries today to determine the candidate ballot positions in the March 17, 2020 Presidential Primary Election.
In total, nine drawings – six for the first ballot spot and three for the last spot – were held for a total of seven primary races – all for Democratic primary races. The lotteries for the first position on the ballot were comprised of candidates competing for the same office who filed their nomination petitions simultaneously on November 25 at 9 a.m., the first day of candidate filing.
A separate lottery was held for candidates vying for the last spot on the ballot – these candidates filed their nomination petitions on December 2 between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m., the last day of candidate filing.
Anyone who filed after 9 a.m. on November 25 and before 3:59 p.m. on December 2 will be on the ballot in the order they turned in their nomination paperwork.
At 10 a.m. at the Clerk’s downtown Chicago office, Yarbrough and Michalowski stuffed slips of paper into film canisters for each race and tossed the bottles into a steel drum – donated for the event by the Casa Italia - Italian Cultural Center in Stone Park. The drum was spun and the order in which Yarbrough picked the canisters determined ballot order for each race.
The list and status of candidates who filed with the Clerk’s Office will be updated periodically on the Clerk’s website to reflect who has withdrawn their candidacy and whose candidacy has been challenged. Objections are due by 5 p.m. on Monday, December 9.
The Cook County Electoral Board is scheduled to meet on Monday, December 16 at 10 a.m. to adopt rules and procedures—no objections will be heard on that day. Initial hearings before a hearing officer will be conducted on December 17. The hearing officer makes their recommendations to the Electoral Board, which then rules on the objection. A detailed schedule of the hearing times will be updated on the Clerk’s website.
A video of the Ballot Position Lottery can be viewed on the Clerk’s YouTube page.
The results of the Ballot Position Lottery are below, in the order candidates will appear on the ballot:
First Name on Ballot Lottery
Democratic Party
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Commissioners
1. Michael G. Grace
2. Mike Cashman
3. Frank Avila (Slate)
4. Heather Boyle (Slate)
5. M Cameron "Cam" Davis (Slate)
6. Kimberly Neely Dubuclet (Slate)
7. Eira L. Corral Sepúlveda (Slate)
8. Kim L. Dulaney
9. Patricia Theresa Flynn
State's Attorney
1. Kim Foxx
2. Bill Conway
Clerk of the Circuit Court
1. Jacob Meister
2. Iris Y. Martinez
3. Richard R. Boykin
4. Michael M. Cabonargi
Commissioner, Board of Review (1st District)
1. Abdelnasser Rashid
2. Tammy Wendt
Democratic Committeeperson, 12th Ward
1. George Cardenas
2. Antonio "Tony" Munoz
Democratic Committeeperson, 50th Ward
1. Halle Rasmussen Quezada Olmos
2. Debra Silverstein
Last Name on Ballot Lottery
Democratic Party
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Commissioners
- Todd Stroger (Slate) (4th to last on the ballot)
- Kisha E. McCaskill (Slate) (3rd to last on the ballot)
- Shundar Lin (2nd to last on the ballot)
- Deyon Dean (last on the ballot)
State's Attorney
- Donna More (2nd to last on the ballot)
- Bob Fioretti (last on the ballot)
Democratic Committeeperson, 15th Ward
- Otis Davis, Jr. (2nd to last on the ballot)
- Edgar Flores (last on the ballot)