• Michael McDevitt
    NOV 05, 2024
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    Race calls: Scott retains appointed county board seat; Rogers reelected to Board of Review; Spyropoulos to become next circuit court clerk

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    An appointed Cook County commissioner won in an unopposed election Tuesday night. A Board of Review member won reelection, and the Circuit Court of Cook County will welcome a new clerk after Tuesday’s election. 

    SCOTT UNOPPOSED — Cook County Comm. Michael Scott Jr. (D-2) will serve another two years on the county board after running unopposed in Tuesday’s general election. Scott, a former Chicago alderperson, was tapped to replace Dennis Deer on the board in July after Deer, who had past health problems, died in June. Scott is the director of industry and community relations at Chicago film company Cinespace Studios. The district includes Austin, Englewood, East and West Garfield, North Lawndale, Little Italy, Noble Square, River North, Washington Park, South Loop, West Loop communities, the Michigan Avenue Business District, Chicago Theatre District and Illinois Medical District.  

    ROGERS REELECTED — County Board of Review Comm. Larry Rogers Jr. (D-3), the longest-serving member on the board, will serve for four more years after winning an additional term on Tuesday evening. No Republicans ran in the race. Rogers defeated his only opponent, Libertarian candidate Nico Tsatsoulis. Rogers earned about 78.5 percent of the vote, as of 10:41 p.m.

    NEW CIRCUIT COURT CLERK — In an expected victory, Mariyana Spyropoulos, a commissioner for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago board, will become the next clerk for the Circuit Court of Cook County after defeating two opponents in Tuesday’s election. Spyropoulos unseated incumbent Circuit Court Clerk Iris Y. Martinez in the Democratic Party primary in March. Spyropoulos is a former assistant state’s attorney who was elected to the water reclamation board in 2010, and she spent four years on the board as its president. She earned 66.3 percent of the vote to defeat Republican Lupe Aguirre, a police officer, and Libertarian Michael Murphy, who earned 27.3 percent of the vote and 6.5 percent of the vote, respectively, according to the Associated Press.

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