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Outgoing Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx won just eight of 30 suburban Cook County townships in the 2020 Democrat primary, and five of them were in South Cook County.

Foxx, of Flossmoor, won by large margins in Rich (79 percent of vote), Thornton (78 percent), Calumet (76 percent), Bloom (68 percent) and Bremen (56 percent) townships, according to a review of Cook County election results.

She didn't perform as well in South Cook County in 2020 as in 2016, receiving 28,252 fewer votes, a five percentage point difference region-wide.

The five townships accounted for 59,149 of Foxx's 163,109 total suburban Cook County votes, or 36 percent of the total.

She carried the five by 36,656 votes over her three challengers, Bill Conway, Donna More and Bob Fioretti.

County-wide, Foxx won 43 percent of the vote in the 2020 Democrat primary. Her opponents combined for 57 percent of the vote.

Foxx lost Worth (32 percent), Palos (25 percent), Orland (21 percent) and Lemont (16 percent) townships.

Lemont Township was Foxx's worst in all of Cook County. She won just 528 votes there to Conway's 1,878 and More's 522.

4,311 vote margin in 2020

Foxx won 43 percent of the suburban Cook County vote in the 2020 Democrat primary. Her opponents combined for 57 percent of the vote.

She won 31 percent of North Cook County townships and 40 percent of West Cook townships.

Foxx won the 2020 City of Chicago Democrat primary with 284,955 votes (55 percent) to Conway's 142,175 (28 percent), More's 62,333 (12 percent) and Fioretti's 25,142 (five percent). 

"Not Foxx" garnered 229,650 votes in the 2020 City of Chicago Democrat primary.

All told, Foxx won the 2020 Democrat primary with 447,974 votes to 443,663 votes for her three opponents, a difference of 4,311.

This was a contrast from 2016, when Foxx routed incumbent Anita Alvarez in the Democrat primary, winning 645,738 votes to Alvarez' 317,594 and 144,063 for More.

Foxx won 58 percent of 1,107,395 votes cast in 2016.

She won the City of Chicago with 415,627 votes (62 percent) to Alvarez' 171,882 (26 percent) and More's 79,073 (11 percent). 

Foxx also won suburban Cook County in 2016, receiving 230,111 votes (52 percent) to Alvarez' 145,712 (33 percent and 64,990 (15 percent) for More.

Foxx is backing Clayton Harris in the March 19, 2024 Democrat primary against retired Illinois Appellate Court Judge Eileen O'Neill Burke.

	2016			2020			20 vs '16
Township	Ballots	Votes	%	Ballots	Votes	%	# Diff	% Diff
Lemont	2,647	687	26%	3,478	528	15%	-159	-11%
Stickney	6,756	1,972	29%	5,042	1,012	20%	-960	-9%
Palos	7,833	2,545	32%	7,953	1,874	24%	-671	-9%
Orland	14,782	4,073	28%	14,751	2,982	20%	-1,091	-7%
Worth	27,544	9,861	36%	23,960	7,242	30%	-2,619	-6%
Bremen	22,248	12,720	57%	16,060	8,644	54%	-4,076	-3%
Bloom	20,111	13,297	66%	14,904	9,864	66%	-3,433	0%
Thornton	44,602	33,326	75%	29,712	22,700	76%	-10,626	2%
Rich	25,244	19,038	75%	19,850	15,447	78%	-3,591	2%
Calumet	5,180	3,520	68%	3,355	2,494	74%	-1,026	6%
TOTALS	176,947	101,039	57%	139,065	72,787	52%	-28,252	-5%

Where did Democrat primary voters reject Kim Foxx in 2020?

Suburban primary voters cast 67,000 fewer ballots for Kim Foxx in 2020 vs. 2016; Which townships showed the most "buyers remorse"?

	2016			2020			20 vs '16
Township	Ballots	Votes	%	Ballots	Votes	%	% Diff
New Trier	13,092	6,252	48%	14,377	4,056	28%	-20%
Barrington	1,822	674	37%	2,355	538	23%	-14%
Northfield	16,432	6,516	40%	17,882	4,678	26%	-13%
Palatine	14,713	5,729	39%	15,023	3,836	26%	-13%
Wheeling	22,591	8,266	37%	20,783	4,875	23%	-13%
Lyons	19,004	6,835	36%	19,632	4,769	24%	-12%
Elk Grove	11,747	4,103	35%	10,203	2,404	24%	-11%
Lemont	2,647	687	26%	3,478	528	15%	-11%
Maine	20,844	7,257	35%	17,057	4,121	24%	-11%
Norwood Park	3,792	1,121	30%	3,058	581	19%	-11%
Niles	21,335	9,419	44%	19,410	6,546	34%	-10%
Stickney	6,756	1,972	29%	5,042	1,012	20%	-9%
Riverside	3,610	1,291	36%	3,986	1,063	27%	-9%
Palos	7,833	2,545	32%	7,953	1,874	24%	-9%
Schaumburg	19,026	6,888	36%	15,963	4,413	28%	-9%
River Forest	2,946	1,209	41%	3,035	987	33%	-9%
Evanston	24,804	15,785	64%	21,707	12,217	56%	-7%
Orland	14,782	4,073	28%	14,751	2,982	20%	-7%
Leyden	12,236	3,778	31%	9,025	2,245	25%	-6%
Worth	27,544	9,861	36%	23,960	7,242	30%	-6%
Hanover	11,533	4,056	35%	8,943	2,680	30%	-5%
Oak Park	19,583	11,561	59%	17,995	9,855	55%	-4%
Bremen	22,248	12,720	57%	16,060	8,644	54%	-3%
Proviso	37,319	21,562	58%	27,823	15,331	55%	-3%
Bloom	20,111	13,297	66%	14,904	9,864	66%	0%
Berwyn	10,822	3,666	34%	7,923	2,696	34%	0%
Thornton	44,602	33,326	75%	29,712	22,700	76%	2%
Rich	25,244	19,038	75%	19,850	15,447	78%	2%
Cicero	12,013	3,104	26%	7,963	2,341	29%	4%
Calumet	5,180	3,520	68%	3,355	2,494	74%	6%
TOTALS	476,211	230,111	48%	403,208	163,019	40%	-8%