West Cook News

More than 14,000 West Cook County suburban Democrats who voted for Kim Foxx in 2016 voted against her in 2020.

That's according to an analysis of election return data from 36 West Cook suburbs by West Cook News.

Foxx received 54,250 votes from the suburbs in the 2016 Democrat primary, against incumbent Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez of River Forest and Chicago lawyer Donna More.

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But after four years as Cook County State's Attorney, the same communities voted against Foxx as an incumbent, herself. She won only 39,895 votes in her re-election bid, a difference of 14,355, or 26 percent.

Foxx isn't running for re-election in 2024, instead backing Hyde Park lobbyist Clayton Harris, III to replace her.

Harris, running against retired Cook County Judge Eileen O'Neill Burke in the March 19 Democrat primary, is an unapologetic Foxx backer, telling the Windy City Times last month that he "would give Kim Foxx an "A" with what she's done," promising to carry on Foxx policies if elected to office.

An unpopular incumbent

In West Cook County at least, a third Kim Foxx term wouldn't seem to be well-received.

Foxx received fewer votes in 2020 than in 2016 in all 36 suburbs, seeing the sharpest declines in Bedford Park (55% decline), Burbank (50%), Hinsdale (50%), River Grove (49%), Forest View (48%), Justice (45%), Lyons (45%) and Franklin Park (45%).

In 2016, Foxx won 41 percent of the Democrat primary vote in Western Springs. In 2020, she only won 21 percent.

In La Grange, Foxx's vote percentage fell from 46 percent in 2016 to 29 percent in 2020. 

In La Grange Park, it fell from 47 percent to 32 percent.

In Riverside, if fell from 41 percent to 30 percent.

As an incumbent, Foxx won only 16 percent of the Democrat primary vote in La Grange Highlands, 19 percent in Willow Springs and Burr Ridge, and 21 percent in Indian Head Park.

Foxx still won the far-left Democrat stronghold of Oak Park, but with 1,706 fewer votes and a lower vote percentage-- 59 percent, versus 64 percent in 2016.

	2016		2020
Community	Foxx		Foxx		CHG	% CHG
Bedford Park	35%	154	21%	69	-85	-55%
Burbank	32%	1,382	21%	691	-691	-50%
Hinsdale	48%	109	27%	55	-54	-50%
River Grove	36%	368	24%	189	-179	-49%
Forest View	28%	152	21%	79	-73	-48%
Justice	46%	849	38%	463	-386	-45%
Lyons	33%	412	24%	227	-185	-45%
Franklin Park	32%	992	28%	548	-444	-45%
Summit	42%	654	39%	375	-279	-43%
Bridgeview	31%	384	24%	236	-148	-39%
Schiller Park	35%	607	26%	381	-226	-37%
Maywood	78%	3,564	81%	2,261	-1,303	-37%
Melrose Park	31%	1,418	31%	906	-512	-36%
Elmwood Park	35%	866	26%	559	-307	-35%
Willow Springs	26%	117	19%	76	-41	-35%
Northlake	32%	522	33%	353	-169	-32%
La Grange Park	47%	1,684	32%	1,140	-544	-32%
La Grange Highlands	37%	134	16%	92	-42	-31%
Hillside	72%	2,304	73%	1,595	-709	-31%
Burr Ridge	34%	380	19%	266	-114	-30%
Bellwood	79%	4,215	82%	3,030	-1,185	-28%
Broadview	73%	2,283	72%	1,655	-628	-28%
Indian Head Park	39%	244	21%	178	-66	-27%
Berwyn	36%	3,666	36%	2,696	-970	-26%
Countryside	34%	352	23%	261	-91	-26%
Berkeley	65%	773	63%	577	-196	-25%
Cicero	28%	3,104	31%	2,341	-763	-25%
Brookfield	37%	1,728	31%	1,331	-397	-23%
North Riverside	52%	687	42%	531	-156	-23%
Forest Park	62%	2,297	57%	1,815	-482	-21%
Western Springs	41%	900	21%	712	-188	-21%
La Grange	46%	1,166	29%	927	-239	-20%
Westchester	49%	2,175	46%	1,744	-431	-20%
River Forest	44%	1,209	35%	987	-222	-18%
Riverside	41%	838	30%	694	-144	-17%
Oak Park	64%	11,561	59%	9,855	-1,706	-15%
TOTALS		54,250		39,895	-14,355	-26%