North Shore voters will see Cook County Circuit Court Judge Teresa Molina-Gonzalez on the Nov. 3 ballot. The retention question asks whether to keep her on the bench.
Molina-Gonzalez is of Puerto Rican descent and is the first Puerto Rican judge to hold a countywide judicial seat in Cook County, according to Wikipedia. She is assigned to the Fourth Municipal District in Maywood, according to the Circuit Court of Cook County.
Candidate information
- Office sought: Illinois Circuit Court Judge, Cook County Circuit (retention)
- Race type: Nonpartisan
- Originally from: Cleveland, Ohio
- Education: Bachelor's degree from Ashland University, where she said she majored in criminal justice and sociology; juris doctor from Ohio State University, Michael E. Moritz College of Law (2001)
Experience and public service
Originally from Cleveland, Molina-Gonzalez moved to Chicago after law school, according to a profile published by the Illinois Courts. She worked as a prosecutor in Cook County before being appointed to the Circuit Court bench in July 2019. She won election to the seat in 2020.
No issue positions, endorsements or candidate questionnaire responses were available for this profile.
Candidate information is drawn from producer-reviewed public sources including the Circuit Court of Cook County, the Illinois Courts and Wikipedia.
