If Tuesday's results hold, Democrats will hold a 5-2 majority on the court, up from 4-3.
With her husband Mike at her side, Illinois Supreme Court Justice candidate Elizabeth Rochford prepares to give her victory speech at her watch party at Post Time Bar and Grille in Libertyville, November 8, 2022.
A spokesperson for Justice Michael Burke, a Republican who has served on the court since 2020, said Wednesday that the justice has conceded his race to his Democratic challenger, Appellate Court Justice Mary Kay O’Brien, who holds a 1 percentage point lead with most of the vote counted.Mary Kay O'Brien, campaigning to join the Supreme Court of Illinois, waves to a crowd in Joliet on Oct. 1, 2022.
Chief Justice Mary Jane Theis, a Democrat who was on the ballot for a retention vote in Cook County, appears to have secured far more than the 60% approval needed to keep her seat.Democrats held a 4-3 advantage on the court prior to Election Day, and the party cast the contested races as a referendum on abortion. Commercials by the candidates and their backers contended that electing Republicans would endanger that right in Illinois.
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