Tuesday, December 28, 2021

Who Sits Where: An authoritative list

Updated January 11, 2022 to reflect the addition of the Jacobius vacancy in the 9th Subcircuit
Updated January 5, 2022 to reflect the addition of the countywide Ingram vacancy

Herewith, an updated Who Sits Where. And -- for the first time ever -- this list starts with a vacancy list posted on the new Illinois Supreme Court website. (Thank you, Christopher Bonjean.)

Where a vacancy has been filled by an interim Supreme Court appointment, I have provided the identity of the appointee. If history is any guide, there will still be several more vacancies opening up in the months to come. One of the nine persons recently slated for supposedly existing countywide vacancies sure hopes so -- because, right now, just as I've been reporting, the Supreme Court's list of countywide vacancies stands at eight.

As always, all errors of omission or commission in this list are mine alone and I am grateful for additions and corrections provided.

Appellate Court Vacancy

Vacancy of the Hon. Shelvin Louise Marie Hall -- Robert E. Gordon

Countywide Circuit Court Vacancies

Vacancy of the Hon. Margaret A. Brennan -- Unfilled
Vacancy of the Hon. Diane Gordon Cannon -- Sanjay T. Tailor
Vacancy of the Hon. Michael B. Hyman -- Tracie R. Porter
Vacancy of the Hon. Cheryl D. Ingram -- Unfilled
Vacancy of the Hon. Pamela M. Leeming -- Rena Marie Van Tine
Vacancy of the Hon. Daniel Lynch -- Unfilled
Vacancy of the Hon. Kathleen M. McGury -- Ruth I. Gudino
Vacancy of the Hon. Joan M. O'Brien -- Araceli R. De La Cruz
Vacancy of the Hon. Sharon M. Sullivan -- Thomas M. Donnelly

Subcircuit Vacancies

1st Subcircuit
Vacancy of the Hon. Sharon O. Johnson -- John Wellington Wilson

4th Subcircuit
Vacancy of the Hon. James Gavin -- Unfilled
Vacancy of the Hon. Patrick T. Rogers -- Unfilled

5th Subcircuit
Vacancy of the Hon. Jackie Marie Portman-Brown -- David L. Kelly
Vacancy of the Hon. Diane Shelly -- Unfilled

6th Subcircuit
Vacancy of the Hon. Mauricio Araujo -- Unfilled
Vacancy of the Hon. Raul Vega -- Unfilled

7th Subcircuit
Vacancy of the Hon. Patricia Martin -- Unfilled

8th Subcircuit
Vacancy of the Hon. Robert E. Gordon -- Unfilled
Vacancy of the Hon. Thomas J. Lipscomb -- Unfilled

9th Subcircuit
Vacancy of the Hon. Jeanne Cleveland Bernstein -- Unfilled
Vacancy of the Hon. Moshe Jacobius -- Unfilled

11th Subcircuit
Vacancy of the Hon. Dennis M. McGuire -- Unfilled

14th Subcircuit
Vacancy of the Hon. James R. Brown -- Unfilled
Vacancy of the Hon. Raymond L. Jagielski -- Unfilled

15th Subcircuit
Vacancy of the Hon. Chris Lawler -- Unfilled

5 comments:

  1. Wrong list, Jack. Well, at least for the countywides. What we want to know is which vacancies are the Party's meal tickets slated for? Especially Gudino, Nowinski, Brookins, Donnelly and Weaver.

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  2. The Sullivan vacancy is MINE!

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  3. is it true that the party won't start circulating until 2 weeks after 1/13 to conceal who is in which vacancy? won't matter. our slate has all of the vacancies covered and our ballot names are solid. you can't knock us off and we don't care if your slate is on the ballot or not. see you in July, Sean.

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  4. If this is the slate that I think it is, you guys will be lucky if you find Springfield on a map, let alone, file enough petitions to get on the ballot. But game on!

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  5. Just weighing in since my name was mentioned. I'm not the type to get in wars of words on blogs (the previous comment was not mine) and I don't post anonymously (or usually on blogs at all); I'm happy to talk to anyone anytime if there is an issue. Personally, the main concern of everyone I know is how to get signatures safely and properly given the COVID pandemic / surge, the bitter cold and the shortened timeframe. Whoever is running, for whatever office, and whoever they are supported by, I hope people stay safe and the process goes as smootly as possible/feasible. These are awful, unprecedented times and I am not the type of person to chest-thump or taunt about who does or doesn't get how many signatures in the future. Its going to be unpleasant for everyone. I have not heard anything about any candidates waiting to get signatures in order to confuse or misdirect opponents. My view is that, given how tough this is going to be, and the shortened window, everyone should be collecting as soon as possible (safely). Happy to talk offline to anyone -- Sean

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