Tom Dart

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Tom Dart
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Sheriff of Cook County
Incumbent
Assumed office
2006
Preceded byMichael F. Sheahan
Member of the Illinois House of Representatives
from the 28th district
In office
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Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byRobert Rita
Member of the Illinois Senate
from the 14th district
In office
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Preceded byJeremiah E. Joyce
Succeeded byEmil Jones Jr. (redistricted)
Personal details
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Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
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PartyDemocratic
SpouseScript error: No such module "Detect singular".Patricia
Children5
EducationProvidence College (BA)
Loyola University Chicago (JD)

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Thomas J. Dart (born May 22, 1962) is an American attorney, politician, and law enforcement officer serving as the Sheriff of Cook County, Illinois. He previously served as a member of both chambers of the Illinois General Assembly. He has held the office of sheriff since 2006. Due to reforms he implemented, he was name one of Time Magazine's 100 most influential people in 2008.

Education

Dart was born May 22, 1962, in Chicago, Illinois.[1] He graduated from Mount Carmel High School. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and general social studies from Providence College and a Juris Doctor from Loyola University Chicago.[2]

Career

He served as a staffer to U.S. Senator Claiborne Pell (D-RI) and on the staff of the Illinois Senate's Committee on the Judiciary. He was also an Assistant State's Attorney in Cook County.[3] In 1991, he was appointed to the Illinois Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Jeremiah E. Joyce (D-Chicago). In the 1992 Democratic primary, Dart defeated Nelson Rice Sr., a five-term incumbent lawmaker for a seat in the Illinois House of Representatives.[4] He served from January 1993 until January 2003. After his time in the legislature, he became chief of staff to Cook County Sheriff Michael F. Sheahan.[citation needed] In November 2002, Dart was the Democratic nominee for state treasurer of Illinois but lost to incumbent Republican Judy Baar Topinka.[5]

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Dart in 2015

When Sheahan announced that he would retire as Cook County Sheriff in 2006, Dart announced his candidacy to succeed Sheahan. Dart won the Democratic primary election on March 21, 2006, defeating Sylvester Baker and Richard Remus by a wide margin, and won the general election in November 2006. On November 2, 2010, Dart faced Republican Frederick Collins in the race for the Cook County Sheriff's office and won handily with 69.37% of the vote. Dart declined to be a candidate in the 2011 Chicago mayoral election.[6] After defeating three Democratic opponents in the 2014 primary election, Dart was unopposed for reelection in the general election of November 2014.[7]

Foreclosures

In October 2008, Dart made national news when he announced that he was suspending all foreclosure evictions in Cook County.[8] The number of such evictions had increased dramatically since 2006 as a result of the national subprime mortgage crisis. Dart stated that many of the people being evicted were renters who had faithfully paid their rent but had not known that their landlord was in financial trouble. He explained that in many cases, mortgage companies had not fulfilled their obligation to identify tenants in the foreclosed properties, and said, "These mortgage companies only see pieces of paper, not people, and don't care [...] who gets hurt along the way ... We're not going to do their jobs for them anymore. We're just not going to evict innocent tenants. It stops today."[9]

The Illinois Bankers Association was critical of Dart, accusing him of "ignoring his legal responsibilities" and of engaging in "vigilantism".[9] Dart claims he is enforcing an Illinois state law which requires the banks to determine whether the persons resident at an address are actually the persons to whom the foreclosure notice should be served.[10] In 2009, Time named Dart one of its 100 Most Influential People of that year.[11]

Craigslist lawsuit

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". In March 2009, Dart filed a lawsuit in federal court against Craigslist, Inc. (09-CV-1385),[12] to close the "erotic services" section of Craigslist.[13] The suit claims that Craigslist is the "largest source of prostitution". The lawsuit was dismissed on October 23, 2009, on the grounds that Craigslist is protected by Section 230 immunity.[14]

Personal life

He and his wife Patricia live in Chicago's Mount Greenwood neighborhood. They have five children.[15]

Electoral history

The following is Dart's electoral history since 1998:

1998 Illinois House of Representatives 28th district Democratic primary[16]
Party Candidate Votes %
Script error: No such module "Political party". Thomas J. Dart (incumbent) 14,491 100.00
Total votes 14,491 100
1998 Illinois House of Representatives 28th district election[17]
Party Candidate Votes %
Script error: No such module "Political party". Thomas J. Dart (incumbent) 31,873 100.00
Total votes 31,873 100
2000 Illinois House of Representatives 28th district Democratic primary[18]
Party Candidate Votes %
Script error: No such module "Political party". Thomas J. Dart (incumbent) 15,334 100.00
Total votes 15,334 100
2000 Illinois House of Representatives 28th district election[19]
Party Candidate Votes %
Script error: No such module "Political party". Thomas J. Dart (incumbent) 35,117 93.17
Script error: No such module "Political party". David E. Lee 2,576 6.83
Total votes 37,693 100
2002 Illinois State Treasurer Democratic primary[20]
Party Candidate Votes %
Script error: No such module "Political party". Thomas J. Dart 966,421 100
Total votes 966,421 100
2002 Illinois State Treasurer election[20]
Party Candidate Votes %
Script error: No such module "Political party". Judy Baar Topinka 1,896,020 54.77
Script error: No such module "Political party". Thomas J. Dart 1,499,055 43.30
Script error: No such module "Political party". Rhys Read 66,593 1.92
Total votes 3,461,668 100
2006 Cook County Sheriff Democratic primary[21][22]
Party Candidate Votes %
Script error: No such module "Political party". Thomas J. Dart 331,318 61.91
Script error: No such module "Political party". Sylvester E. Baker, Jr. 133,944 25.03
Script error: No such module "Political party". Richard L. Remus 69,899 13.06
Total votes 535,161 100
2006 Cook County Sheriff election[23][24]
Party Candidate Votes %
Script error: No such module "Political party". Thomas J. Dart 942,112 74.70
Script error: No such module "Political party". Peter Garza 319,009 25.30
Total votes 1,261,121 100
2010 Cook County Sheriff Democratic primary[25][26]
Party Candidate Votes %
Script error: No such module "Political party". Thomas J. Dart (incumbent) 397,844 76.37
Script error: No such module "Political party". Sylvester E. Baker Jr. 123,096 23.63
Total votes 520,940 100
2010 Cook County Sheriff election[27][28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Script error: No such module "Political party". Thomas J. Dart (incumbent) 1,041,696 77.26
Script error: No such module "Political party". Frederick Collins 257,682 19.11
Script error: No such module "Political party". Marshall P. Lewis 48,930 3.63
Total votes 1,348,308 100
2014 Cook County Sheriff Democratic primary [29][30]
Party Candidate Votes %
Script error: No such module "Political party". Thomas J. Dart (incumbent) 177,401 69.35
Script error: No such module "Political party". William "Bill" Evans 36,740 14.36
Script error: No such module "Political party". Sylvester E. Baker, Jr. 26,010 10.17
Script error: No such module "Political party". Tadeusz "Ted" Palka 15,661 6.12
Total votes 255,812 100
2014 Cook County Sheriff election[31][32]
Party Candidate Votes %
Script error: No such module "Political party". Thomas J. Dart (incumbent) 1,055,783 100.00
Total votes 1,055,783 100
2018 Cook County Sheriff Democratic primary[33][34]
Party Candidate Votes %
Script error: No such module "Political party". Thomas J. Dart (incumbent) 640,512 100.00
Total votes 640,512 100
2018 Cook County Sheriff election[35][36]
Party Candidate Votes %
Script error: No such module "Political party". Thomas J. Dart (incumbent) 1,455,825 100.00
Total votes 1,455,825 100
2022 Cook County Sheriff Democratic primary[37]
Party Candidate Votes %
Script error: No such module "Political party". Thomas Dart (incumbent) 314,427 86.17
Script error: No such module "Political party". Noland Rivera 50,455 13.83
Total votes 364,882 100
2022 Cook County Sheriff election[38]
Party Candidate Votes %
Script error: No such module "Political party". Thomas Dart (incumbent) 1,041,525 74.21
Script error: No such module "Political party". Lupe Aguirre 321,252 22.89
Script error: No such module "Political party". Brad Sandefur 40,752 2.90
Total votes 1,403,529 100

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