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Lorna E. Propes

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Lorna E. Propes

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Prior offices
Cook County Circuit Court
Successor: Debjani Desai

Education

Bachelor's

Indiana University, 1966

Graduate

Columbia University, Teachers College, 1970

Law

Loyola University School of Law, 1975

Lorna E. Propes (Democratic Party) was a judge of the Cook County Circuit Court in Illinois. She left office on March 1, 2023.

Propes ran for re-election for judge of the Cook County Circuit Court in Illinois. She won in the retention election on November 6, 2018.

She was first elected to this position on November 6, 2012, to replace Aurelia Marie Pucinski.

Education

Propes received her B.S. degree (Education) from Indiana University in 1966, her M.A. degree (Secondary school counseling) from Columbia University Teachers' College in 1970 and her J.D. degree from the Loyola University School of Law in 1975.[1]

Career

Propes worked as a private practice attorney prior to her judicial appointment to the Cook County 7th Subcircuit in 2010. She was elected to the Cook Circuit Court in 2012.[2]

Elections

2018

See also: Municipal elections in Cook County, Illinois (2018)

Cook County Circuit Court

Lorna E. Propes was retained to the Cook County Circuit Court on November 6, 2018 with 78.0% of the vote.

Retention
 Vote
%
Votes
Yes
 
78.0
 
969,113
No
 
22.0
 
273,454
Total Votes
1,242,567

2012

Propes was elected to the Cook Circuit Court without opposition on Nov. 6, 2012. She won the Democratic primary on March 20, 2012, receiving 52.62% of the vote.[3][4]

See also: Illinois judicial elections, 2012

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