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Richard R. Boykin
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Boykin in 2017
Member of the
Cook County Board of Commissioners
from the 1st district
In office
December 1, 2014 (2014-12-01) – November 28, 2018 (2018-11-28)
Preceded by Earlean Collins
Succeeded by Brandon Johnson
Personal details
Born Jackson, Mississippi
Political party Democratic
Residences Chicago, Illinois
Alma mater University of Dayton School of Law
Profession Attorney
politician

Richard R. Boykin is a former member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners who represented the 1st district from December 2014 until December 2018.

Political career

Boykin was elected in 2014 to represent the 1st district on the Cook County Board of Commissioners. The 1st district covers both Chicago and its suburbs. It includes the Chicago neighborhoods of Garfield Park, and Humboldt Park, and the suburbs of Broadview, Maywood, Bellwood, Forest Park, Oak Park, and Elmwood Park.

On the Cook County Board of Commissioners, Boykin opposed the controversial "soda tax". Boykin came into conflict with the County Board President Toni Preckwinkle on this matter. Boykin took the lead against the tax, and succeeded in getting the Board to repeal it in 2017. On the infrequent votes by the Board that saw division by its members, Boykin was among the Board members who most regularly voted against the positions of County Board President Preckwinkle and her floor leader, Chuy García.

Per a 2018 analysis by the Chicago Sun-Times, Boykin had a high rate of attendance at board meetings, with the analysis finding him to have only missed 2% of meetings during a period from 2014 through 2017. The study found only John P. Daley to have a greater rate of attendance.

In 2018, Boykin narrowly lost reelection in the Democratic primary to Brandon Johnson, who had been endorsed against Boykin by Toni Preckwinkle.

In 2020, Boykin unsuccessfully ran for the Democratic nomination for Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County. Boykin unsuccessfully challenged President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners Toni Preckwinkle in that office's 2022 Democratic Party primary.

Electoral history

2014 Cook County Board of Commissioners 1st district Democratic primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Richard R. Boykin 7,288 30.38
Democratic Blake Sercye 6,118 25.51
Democratic Isaac "Ike" Carothers 5,602 23.35
Democratic Brenda Smith 4,111 17.14
Democratic Ronald Lawless 868 3.62
Total votes 23,987 100
2014 Cook County Board of Commissioners 1st district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Richard R. Boykin 68,305 99.36
Write-in Others 441 0.64
Total votes 68,746 100
2018 Cook County Board of Commissioners 1st district Democratic primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Brandon Johnson 24,863 50.44
Democratic Richard Boykin (incumbent) 24,426 49.56
Total votes 49,289 100
2020 Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County Democratic primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Iris Y. Martinez 269,578 33.67
Democratic Michael M. Cabonargi 216,180 27.00
Democratic Richard R. Boykin 199,526 24.92
Democratic Jacob Meister 113,855 14.22
Write-in Others 1,511 0.19
Total votes 800,650 100
2022 President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners Democratic primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Toni Preckwinkle (incumbent) 374,699 75.76
Democratic Richard Boykin 119,915 24.24
Total votes 494,614 100
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