CHICAGO (WLS) -- There will be a new Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County.

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Charles Beach defeated Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans in an election vote on Wednesday.

Evans was seeking his ninth term.

Beach's three-year term will begin on December 1.

Earlier this year, Evans was moved off domestic violence cases after two suspects allegedly killed a woman and a child.

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