- Cook County Board of Commissioners
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The Cook County Board of Commissioners is a legislative body made up of 17 commissioners who are elected by district for four year terms. Cook County, which includes the City of Chicago, is the nation's second largest county with a population of 5.2 million residents. The county board sets policy and laws for the county regarding property, public health services, public safety, and maintenance of county highways.[1] It is presided over by the County Board President, currently Toni Preckwinkle.
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Composition
Affiliation Members Democratic Party 13 Republican Party 4 Total 17 List of County Commissioners
This is a list of the Cook County Commissioners in order by district. This list is current as of December 2010.
District Commissioner In office since Party President Toni Preckwinkle 2010 Democrat 1st Earlean Collins 1998 Democrat 2nd Robert Steele 2006 Democrat 3rd Jerry "Iceman" Butler 1986 Democrat 4th William Beavers 2006 Democrat 5th Deborah Sims 1996 Democrat 6th Joan Patricia Murphy 2002 Democrat 7th Jesus Garcia 2010 Democrat 8th Edwin Reyes 2009 Democrat 9th Peter N. Silvestri 1990 Republican 10th Bridget Gainer 2009 Democratic 11th John P. Daley 1992 Democratic 12th John Fritchey 2010 Democrat 13th Larry Suffredin 2002 Democrat 14th Gregg Goslin 1998 Republican 15th Timothy Schneider 2006 Republican 16th Jeffrey R. Tobolski 2010 Democrat 17th Elizabeth "Liz" Doody Gorman 2002 Republican References
External links
- Cook County official government website
- Collection of news and information about the Cook County Board from The Chicago Tribune.
Categories:- Cook County, Illinois
- Local government in Illinois
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