Gerardo Tristan Jr. is on the Nov. 3, 2026, ballot for a nonpartisan retention vote as an Illinois Circuit Court judge in Cook County. He has served on the bench since 2019, according to BallotReady profile data, and is certified for the ballot, according to BallotReady election data.
Candidate information
- Office sought: Illinois Circuit Court Judge, Cook County Circuit (retention)
- Party: Nonpartisan
- Education: Bachelor's degree, Brown University (1992); J.D., DePaul University (2002)
Experience and public service
Tristan worked as a proposal manager at Motorola from 1994 to 2000, according to BallotReady profile data. He began working as a prosecutor at the Chicago Board of Education in 2000, serving through 2003. He then joined the Cook County State's Attorney's Office as an assistant state's attorney, a role he held from 2003 to 2019. He has served as a Cook County Circuit Court judge from 2019 to the present.
On the issues
No issue responses from Tristan were available in the reviewed candidate materials for this profile.
Endorsements and bar association ratings
The Chicago Bar Association, Chicago Council of Lawyers, and Illinois State Bar Association ranked Tristan "Qualified" or higher for the 14th Subcircuit, Bertucci vacancy during the 2020 general election, according to a WTTW News compilation of bar association ratings.
Candidate information in this profile is drawn from BallotReady and publicly available bar association ratings. The Evanston Wire did not interview the candidate for this article.
