By Townhall Chicago News Staff
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle won reelection with more than 1 million votes Tuesday, as Democrats held countywide offices across the Chicago area, according to results reported during election-night broadcast coverage.
The results extended Democratic control of Cook County government while Republicans picked up at least one suburban county office. Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart and County Treasurer Maria Pappas also held their posts, according to the broadcast results.
In DuPage County, Republican Peter Coolidge defeated Sean Noonan for sheriff, while Democratic Board Chair Deb Conroy led Republican Gary Grasso in the county board race, according to the same results. In Kane County, Democrat Amy Johnson won the sheriff’s race. Kane County GOP Central Committee Secretary Ed, speaking on the air, described the local results for Republicans as “a bloodbath.” He did not provide a full name during the broadcast.
Jessica Biggs, a member of the Chicago Board of Education representing District 6B, declared victory in the race for the board’s first elected school board president position. “For too long, decisions about our schools have been made in the backrooms of City Hall. But tonight, that changes,” Biggs said.
Biggs has served on the Chicago Board of Education since 2025. She previously served as principal of Burke Elementary School in Washington Park from 2012 to 2018, leading the school off probation status during her tenure, and now directs the Southwest Organizing Project’s Healthy Southwest initiative.
Pappas, in addition to her treasurer’s race, has also been mentioned as a candidate for Chicago mayor, according to the broadcast; the status of that potential campaign was not detailed.
In Kendall County, Democratic candidates swept local races, according to the broadcast results.
Biggs holds dual bachelor’s degrees in philosophy and psychology from Loyola University Chicago and a master’s degree in school leadership from Harvard’s Graduate School of Education. Her campaign centered on the creation of a directly elected school board president position, a new office in Chicago city government, according to broadcast coverage.
None of Tuesday’s local results had been certified by county election authorities at the time of the broadcast. Certified results from Cook, DuPage, Kane and Kendall counties are expected in the weeks following the election.
Party affiliations for the DuPage County sheriff candidates were not confirmed during the broadcast.
