Judicial Retention Elections, Bar Polls, and Candidate Characteristics in Cook County, Illinois

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Brief Overview

Judicial retention elections are low information contests for voters. Retention election results from 1998 to 2020 in the Chicago area are influenced by a judge’s race, ethnicity, and gender.

Authors

• James W. Endersby, University of Missouri

• Aubree Hardesty, University of Missouri