The Chicago Bar Association rated all 58 Cook County jurists seeking retention "qualified," recommending a "yes" vote for each.
The Alliance bar associations largely agreed (there were a few judges receiving negative recommendations from this group of that one, but every single retention candidate was recommended by a large majority of the screening bar groups).
It appears that Cook County voters have agreed. Every retention candidate appears to be comfortably ahead of the 60% + 1 threshold necessary to remain on the bench.
So far I've found only one judge nationwide who lost a retention bid: a trial court judge in suburban Denver who received very poor marks from the state's evaluation commission. Still waiting on results from a couple of states, but so far it's just one defeat out of 640 candidates.
ReplyDeleteTHIS WAS A SLAP IN THE FACE OF BRUCE RAUNER AKA BRUCE RACIST. HE INTENTIONALLY FLASHED THE PHOTOGRAPHER WHEN HE VOTED NO AGAINST ALL TEH JUDGES. HE LET IT ALL HANG OUT THAT THE REPUBLICANS WERE AGAINST ALL THE JUDGES AND THE VOTERS SAID HELL NO YOU OLD RICH SOB
ReplyDeleteCan someone explain how Judge Arnette Hubbard on the retention ballot was approved and found qualified by every bar association after she didn't show up to work for 17 months because of "an injury" - a slap to the face- allegedly suffered during an incident outside the Daley Center? This after Judge Obish found at the alleged assailant's criminal trial that there was absolutely zero evidence that Judge Hubbard suffered any physical injury? Anyone? Beuller?
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