John H. Ehrlich to seek Appellate Court vacancy; files Notification of Self-Funding

Circuit Court Judge John H. Ehrlich has filed papers with the Illinois State Board of Elections advising of his intent to seek a vacancy on the Appellate Court in the 2022 election. Among these papers is a disclosure that he has donated $110,000 to his campaign, thereby obviating the contribution caps which would ordinarily apply in his race.

Insofar as FWIW knows, there is only one vacancy up for election on the Appellate Court in 2022. Justice Robert E. Gordon, who had been serving on the Appellate Court by assignment, was appointed to the Shelvin Louise Marie Hall vacancy late last year. Circuit Court Judge Debra Walker has also announced an interest in seeking that vacancy.

Ehrlich was elected to an 8th Subcircuit vacancy in 2012; he was retained in 2018. He is currently assigned to a Motion calendar in the Law Division.