| Candidate | Subcircuit and vacancy | Ratings | Notable |
|---|---|---|---|
| John J. "Jack" Hagerty | Countywide: Rooney | Positive | Received party endorsement |
| Mable Taylor | Countywide: Rooney | Negative | |
| Peter M. "Mike" Gonzalez | Countywide: McGinnis | Mixed | Currently appointed to the bench; received party endorsement |
| Brian T. Sexton | Countywide: McGinnis | Mixed | Gave false testimony in wrongfully convicted man's civil lawsuit; appellate court reversed three convictions based on his conduct |
| Bradley R. Trowbridge | Countywide: McGinnis | Positive | |
| Jerome C. "Jerry" Barrido | Countywide: Jordan | Positive | |
| Patrick D. John | Countywide: Jordan | Mixed | |
| Clare J. Quish | Countywide: Jordan | Positive | Currently appointed to the bench; received party endorsement and FOP endorsement |
| Cecilia A. Horan | Countywide: Hartigan | Positive | Currently appointed to the bench; received party endorsement and FOP endorsement |
| Keith L. Spence | Countywide: Hartigan | Negative | |
| Keely P. Hillison | Countywide: Flanagan | Mixed | |
| Preston Jones, Jr. | Countywide: Flanagan | Positive | Received party endorsement |
| Amanda M. Pillsbury | Countywide: Flanagan | Mixed | Received FOP endorsement |
| Ioana Salajanu | Countywide: Flanagan | Mixed | |
| Rosa M. Silva | Countywide: Egan | Positive | Received party endorsement |
| Thomas F. McGuire | Countywide: Dunford | Positive | Received party endorsement |
| Corri D. Fetman | Countywide: Dooling | Negative | Was subject of a campaign attack ad |
| Timothy J. Leeming | Countywide: Dooling | Positive | |
| Athanasios "Tom" Sianis | Countywide: Dooling | Positive | Received party endorsement and FOP endorsement |
| Jonathan C. Green | Countywide: Clay | Positive | Was accused of withholding evidence; received party endorsement |
| Kathaleen T. Lanahan | Countywide: Clay | Positive | |
| Michael I. O'Malley | Countywide: Clay | Mixed | Received FOP endorsement |
| Lori A. Roper | Countywide: Clay | Mixed | |
| John Maher | Countywide: Brewer | Positive | Received FOP endorsement |
| Kathryn M. Vahey | Countywide: Brewer | Positive | |
| Oran F. Whiting | Countywide: Brewer | Positive | Currently appointed to the bench; received party endorsement |
| Rishi Agrawal | 8th: Pethers | Positive | |
| Myron F. Mackoff | 8th: Pethers | Positive | Currently appointed to the bench; received endorsement from local Democratic Party representatives |
| Jeanne M. Wrenn | 8th: Pethers | Positive | Currently appointed to the bench |
| Athena A. Farmakis | 8th: Liu | Positive | Received FOP endorsement |
| Michael A. Forti | 8th: Liu | Positive | Received endorsement from local Democratic Party representatives |
| Cyrus Hosseini | 8th: Liu | Negative | Sanctioned in 2012 by Circuit Court for filing a motion in bad faith |
| Lindsay Huge | 8th: Liu | Positive | |
| John C. Benson | 8th: Fabri | Positive | |
| Stephen J. Feldman | 8th: Fabri | Mixed | |
| Bonnie C. McGrath | 8th: Fabri | Negative | |
| James A. Shapiro | 8th: Fabri | Positive | |
| Robin D. Shoffner | 8th: Fabri | Positive | Received endorsement from local Democratic Party representatives |
| Stephanie K. Miller | 6th: Lopez Cepero | Positive | Currently appointed to the bench; received FOP endorsement |
| Linda Perez | 6th: Lopez Cepero | Mixed | |
| Charlie Beach | 6th: Cooke | Positive | Currently appointed to the bench; received FOP endorsement |
| Ed Underhill | 6th: Cooke | Positive | |
| Andrea M. Webber | 6th: Cooke | Positive | |
| Kent A. Delgado | 6th: Chevere | Positive | Currently appointed to the bench; only candidate to receive top ratings from all three bar groups; received FOP endorsement |
| David Herrera | 6th: Chevere | Mixed | Drew concerns for anger and treatment of female supervisors |
| Sean P. Kelly | 6th: Chevere | Negative | |
| Shay T. Allen | 5th: Washington | Negative | Has pending case before Illinois Supreme Court's attorney disciplinary board |
| Robert Harris | 5th: Washington | Positive | Currently appointed to the bench |
| Mary A. Melchor | 5th: Washington | Negative | Received campaign donation from her boss, Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown |
| David L. Kelly | 5th: Jones | Positive | |
| Jenetia Marshall | 5th: Jones | Negative | |
| Marian E. Perkins | 5th: Jones | Mixed | Currently appointed to the bench |
| Gwendolyn D. Anderson | 5th: Banks | Negative | Was suspended by the Illinois Supreme Court in 2001 |
| Gino Betts | 5th: Banks | Negative | |
| H. Yvonne Coleman | 5th: Banks | Positive | Currently appointed to the bench |
| Rhonda Sallee | 5th: Banks | Negative | |
| Elizabeth Ciaccia-Lezza | 4th: Riley | Positive | Received FOP endorsement |
| Danny Collins | 4th: Riley | Positive | |
| John A. O'Meara | 4th: Riley | Positive | Currently appointed to the bench |
| Martin D. Reggi | 4th: Riley | Mixed | Received endorsement from local Democratic Party representatives |
| Caroline P. Golden | 4th: Davy | Positive | Received endorsement from local Democratic Party representatives and FOP; represented former Chicago police commander Jon Burge, detective Reynaldo Guevara |
| David R. Navarro | 4th: Davy | Positive | |
| Kevin Cunningham | 3rd: Delehanty | Positive | Received FOP endorsement |
| Michael A. Hayes | 3rd: Delehanty | Negative | Only candidate working as a police officer |
| Patrick T. Stanton | 3rd: Delehanty | Positive | Currently appointed to the bench |
| Sheree D. Henry | 2nd: Willis | Positive | |
| Debra A. Seaton | 2nd: Willis | Positive | Currently appointed to the bench |
| Ubi O'Neal | 2nd: Willis | Negative | Was censured by the Illinois Supreme Court in 1999 |
| Ieshia Gray | 2nd: Turner, Jr. | Positive | |
| Travis Richardson | 2nd: Turner, Jr. | Positive | Currently appointed to the bench; was censured by Illinois Supreme Court in 2008; criticized for jokingly soliciting campaign donations, a potential rules violation |
| Devlin Schoop | 2nd: Turner | Positive | Abuse investigation he helped lead was criticized as not rigorous; previously appointed to the bench |
| Arthur W. Willis | 2nd: Turner | Mixed | |
| Toya T. Harvey | 2nd: Rhodes | Positive | Currently appointed to the bench |
| Tiesha L. Smith | 2nd: Rhodes | Negative | |
| Adrienne E. Davis | 2nd: Laws | Positive | Currently appointed to the bench |
| William H. Laws | 2nd: Laws | Positive | Federal judge once ruled his representation of a client was ineffective |
| Fredrick H. Bates | 2nd: Lampkin | Positive | Currently appointed to the bench; campaign criticized for highlighting ad outside courthouse |
| Tiana E. Blakely | 2nd: Lampkin | Positive | |
| Erika L. Orr | 1st: Hambright, Jr. | Positive | |
| Litricia P. Payne | 1st: Hambright, Jr. | Positive | Received FOP endorsement |
| Anthony C. Swanagan | 15th: Zelezinksi | Mixed | Currently appointed to the bench; received endorsement from local Democratic Party representatives |
| Scott D. McKenna | 15th: Zelezinksi | Positive | |
| Ashonta Rice-Akiwowo | 15th: Scully, Jr. | Negative | |
| Michael B. Barrett | 15th: Scully, Jr. | Positive | Received FOP endorsement |
| Marina E. Ammendola | 14th: Garcia | Positive | |
| Beatriz Frausto-Sandoval | 14th: Garcia | Negative | Campaigning with congressional candidate Jesus "Chuy" Garcia |
| Samuel J. Betar, III | 13th: O'Donnell | Positive | Currently appointed to the bench; previously spent 19 years as associate judge |
| Shannon P. O'Malley | 13th: Lawrence | Negative | Changed his name from "Philip Spiwak" to the Irish-sounding Shannon O'Malley |
| Ketki "Kay" Steffen | 13th: Crane | Positive | |
| Joel Chupack | 12th: Maki | Positive | |
| Thomas R. Molitor | 12th: Maki | Mixed | Was censured by Illinois Supreme Court in 2001 |
| Carmine Trombetta | 12th: Maki | Mixed | |
| Scott J. Frankel | 11th: Kennedy | Positive | |
| Joanne F. Rosado | 11th: Kennedy | Positive | Currently appointed to the bench; received FOP endorsement |
| Gerald V. Cleary | 10th: Suriano | Positive | |
| Noreen P. Connolly | 10th: Suriano | Negative | |
| Colleen R. Daly | 10th: Suriano | Positive | Received endorsement from local Democratic Party representatives and FOP |
| Thomas J. Gabryzewski | 10th: Suriano | Mixed | |
| Jill Rose Quinn | 10th: Suriano | Mixed | Would be Illinois's first openly transgender judge if elected |
| Gwyn E. Ward Brown | 10th: O'Neill Burke | Mixed | |
| Lorraine Murphy | 10th: O'Neill Burke | Mixed | Received FOP endorsement |
| Stephanie Saltouros | 10th: O'Neill Burke | Positive | Currently appointed to the bench; received endorsement from local Democratic Party representatives |