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Cook County Commissioner Monica Gordon is the Democratic Party’s choice for county clerk
After a lengthy morning of speeches, sometimes tense questioning, and closed-door negotiations, Cook County Democrats Friday tapped county Commissioner Monica Gordon to replace the late County Clerk Karen Yarbrough on November’s ballot. A majority of the party’s 80 committeemen — some voting via proxy — also chose the current acting clerk and top Yarbrough deputy Cedric Giles to stay in the ...
5 min read - OpinionChicago Tribune
Editorial: Want to move to Canada? Think carefully, Americans.
Over the years, we’ve all heard fellow Americans grousing about moving to Canada if an upcoming election doesn’t go their way. It’s not a bad idea, as Canada is known for friendly people and as a safe place to live and work. But leaving aside immigration issues, would it be worth it to move? If you ask Canadians these days, you might be surprised to hear them urging you to stay put. Canadians ...
5 min read - USChicago Tribune
Cook County Democrats to choose Karen Yarbrough’s replacement
Members of the Cook County Democratic Party meet Friday to choose an interim replacement for the late county Clerk Karen Yarbrough, who died earlier this month. Seventeen interested applicants sent their credentials to the party by the Wednesday deadline, including several County Board members, a sitting state senator and the current clerk of Evanston. Yarbrough’s passing came too late for ...
4 min read - OpinionBelleville News-Democrat
Letters to the Editor: Transparency is needed in public utilities
Electricity runs our world. It is the most expensive monthly bill in our household.
7 min read - USChicago Tribune
Park Ridge Library to host voter registration drive on Saturday
The Park Ridge Library is partnering with the Park Ridge City Clerk to host a voter registration drive on Saturday morning. Sal Raspanti, the city’s clerk and deputy registrar, will be at the library to help residents verify their voter status, register new voters and re-register voters who are new to Park Ridge at the Park Ridge Library on Saturday, April 27 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the ...
1 min read - OpinionThe News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill.
Jim Dey: A familiar face for Dems, a new leader for GOP
Apr. 22—Starting over It's back to the future for Champaign County Democrats while county Republicans have selected a new leader. Republican and Democratic precinct committeemen met Wednesday night in what is known as a post-primary election party convention to select their county leaders. Democrats elected former chairman Mike Ingram. He resigned from that post last year when he moved outside ...
7 min read - WorldRockford Register Star
Illinois election authority wants voters' personal information removed from media websites
According to the Illinois Board of Elections, Local Government Information Services has published voters' personal information.
2 min read - USChicago Tribune
Three Republicans vying for chance to unseat Mrvan
Three Lake County Republicans are looking to be the party’s answer to long-time Democratic control of Indiana’s First Congressional District. Randy Niemeyer, Lake County’s Republican Party chair and current 7th District Councilman; Mark Leyva, whose been seeking the nomination since 2010; and newcomer Ben Ruiz, a self-described “Ultra MAGA” Republican, are seeking the party’s nomination in May ...
9 min read - OpinionThe News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill.
Tom Kacich: Miller will likely go unchallenged in 15th District in November
Apr. 21—U.S. Rep. Mary Miller, the conservative Republican from Hindsboro in Douglas County, may be running unopposed this fall for a third term. No Democrat was listed on the March 19 primary ballot as a candidate in the 15th Congressional District, although Kevin Gaither of Charleston ran a last-minute write-in campaign — so last-minute that he was qualified as a write-in in only nine of the ...
5 min read - PoliticsWCIA Champaign
Record low turnout in Illinois March Primary election: State Board of Elections
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — Voters in Illinois were largely anywhere but at the polls on Election Day. Only 19.07% of all registered voters in the state voted in the March 19 primary, the Illinois State Board of Elections found after certifying the results Friday. That’s the lowest in all presidential primaries since 1972. Of the […]
1 min read - PoliticsChicago Tribune
Democratic Convention organizers leaning on locals to handle possible migrant surge in August
Anticipating Chicago will see a surge of buses bearing migrants from the southern border ahead of the Democratic National Convention in August, organizers say they’re relying on Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker to come up with a plan to stave off any ensuing potential chaos. So far, Johnson and Pritzker have not detailed how they’ll respond if Republican Gov. Greg Abbott ...
6 min read - USCommercial-News, Danville, Ill.
Walls sworn in as Vermilion County recorder
Apr. 17—With the early retirement of Dave Stone as Vermilion County Recorder and prior to November's election for the seat, Vermilion County board member Crisi Walls was sworn in at Tuesday's county board meeting as recorder to serve in the position temporarily. Current Supervisor of Assessments Matt Long won the Republican primary election for recorder, and will be on the November ballot with ...
2 min read - USChicago Tribune
Mayor Brandon Johnson slams uphill effort to recall Chicago mayors
Mayor Brandon Johnson on Wednesday blasted a nascent effort to establish a legal tool for voters to recall Chicago mayors, calling it “disingenuous” and saying it is backed by “extreme right wing” political rivals. The mayor’s comments came after a Lakeview resident earlier this month created a political committee with the Illinois State Board of Elections seeking “to establish a recall ...
3 min read - PoliticsChicago Tribune
Lake election board member critical of program that waives late filing fines
Election board officials Tuesday continued to deal with a handful of late campaign finance report fines and filings after handing the bulk of the matters in March. The move to waive fines for some individuals who were no longer seeking office raised questions for board member Michael Mellon, a Republican, who again questioned why election board officials would waive fines for individuals in ...
2 min read - OpinionThe News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill.
Jim Dey: Warring Dems: Auditor's critics charge him with 'conduct unbecoming'
Apr. 15—Out in the open The backstage war between members of the Champaign County Board and Auditor George Danos went public last week when board members proposed a "censure" resolution against him. Danos quickly responded that the censure effort is the latest in a series of political attacks led by his fellow Democrats. Board member Emily Rodriguez released a tentative draft of the censure ...
7 min read - USWGN Chicago
City Council committee approves Mayor Johnson’s $70M request to fund migrants
Before the City Council got underway, Governor Pritzker urged a yes vote.
3 min read - USChicago Tribune
Hundreds gather to remember Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough: ‘Compassionate, determined, undaunted’
A collection of politicians, community activists, family, friends and co-workers filled a majestic University of Chicago chapel Sunday to say goodbye to the late Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough and remember her trailblazing spirit. Hundreds gathered inside Rockefeller Memorial Chapel on the university’s Hyde Park campus to bid farewell to Yarbrough, a fixture in state and local Democratic ...
6 min read - USWGN Chicago
State, local leaders gather for ceremony honoring Cook Co. Clerk Karen Yarbrough
CHICAGO — State and local leaders gathered on the South Side to pay tribute to Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough, who died last week. The public celebration of life ceremony was held at Rockefeller Chapel on Sunday afternoon. During the service, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, and Senators Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth spoke, remembering Yarbrough […]
1 min read - PoliticsWCIA Champaign
Siena poll: Trump favored by 1% over Biden
Siena College released a national poll with the New York Times on Saturday surveying registered voters.
1 min read - PoliticsThe State Journal-Register
Voter data released for nearly 30K Springfield residents by far right publication
As of Tuesday afternoon, the data remains online and new articles with voter data have continued to be published this week. Here's what to know.
2 min read - WorldChicago Tribune
Skokie trustees may consider term limits, ranked-choice voting
Skokie voters may in the future be able to decide whether the village should adopt term limits for elected officials and whether the town should implement ranked choice voting. Mayor George Van Dusen introduced a resolution at the Village Board’s April 1 meeting to put term limits on the ballot in a referendum in the November 2024 election. Under the proposed language, village trustees, the ...
4 min read - USChicago Tribune
Steady turnout marks start to early voting in Lake County
Joan and Tommy Brewer of Crown Point waited patiently inside the Lake County Government Center in Crown Point to cast their ballots as early voting for the May primary got underway. The couple arrived at 8 a.m. to ensure they could carry on their tradition of being among the first to cast their ballots when voting began at 8:30 a.m. Voting in every election and getting out early sends a ...
3 min read - USBelleville News-Democrat
Madison County Board will consider putting secession question to voters in November
“To me, a referendum like this, it’s not offering real solutions,” one board member said. “Rather than offer solutions, it just, in my view, foments misperceptions.”
3 min read - PoliticsWGN Chicago
Biden visits Chicago for fundraiser
CHICAGO — Once again Chicago is in the national political spotlight with President Joe Biden visiting the city to fill up his campaign coffers and supporters stepping up work on this summer’s nominating convention. On Monday, Biden touched down in Chicago for a high-dollar fundraiser. The visit comes about four months before he returns here […]
2 min read - OpinionThe News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill.
Jim Dey: Urbana voters paying price for 1998 decision
Apr. 8—Voters sold bill of goods Urbana voters foolishly decided in 1998 to elect school board members from municipal subdistricts rather than at-large. There's nothing inherently wrong with that idea — at least in theory. But in practice, it's been another story. The problem? There has been a disappointing lack of candidates in most of Urbana's seven subdistricts to provide voters a real ...
7 min read - OpinionThe News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill.
Tom Kacich: Dearth of election judges bodes ill for November
Apr. 7—One election down; another, bigger one just seven months away. And Champaign County Clerk and Recorder Aaron Ammons is already worried about not having enough election judges to staff a full complement of 66 polling places for the general election. It was enough of a problem for the just-completed primary that 15 voting centers — eight in Champaign-Urbana and the rest scattered around ...
8 min read - USChicago Tribune
Eileen O’Neill Burke: How she won and what it might mean for the office of Cook County’s top prosecutor going forward
After days of uncertainty, Eileen O’Neill Burke emerged as the choice of voters to be the Democratic nominee for Cook County state’s attorney, with the former prosecutor turned defense lawyer, circuit court judge and appellate judge squeaking out a win by less than 1,600 votes. O’Neill Burke bested Clayton Harris III, a former prosecutor himself who wound through City Hall and state ...
15 min read - USWCIA Champaign
State Board of Elections investigating websites publishing voter names, addresses, birthdates
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (NEXSTAR) — Illinois voters’ information, including full names, birthdates and addresses, are being published online. Websites masquerading as legitimate news sources are posting personal information in nearly every major city in Illinois. The State Board of Elections has asked the publisher of these sites, Local Government Information Services, to take them down. After […]
3 min read - USChicago Tribune
State elections board asks AG’s office to look into publisher of fake newspapers for printing voter data
The State Board of Elections has asked Attorney General Kwame Raoul to consider legal action against the publisher of far-right faux newspapers and websites for publishing personal information about Illinois voters. Matt Dietrich, a spokesman for the elections board, said the board has received dozens of complaints from voters asking how personal information got into the hands of the ...
4 min read - WorldJournal Star
Election board demands 'media watchdog' sites remove Illinois voter data
The data appeared in dozens of articles purporting to show which voters in certain precincts had — and had not — voted in 2020.
3 min read - USChicago Tribune
Six candidates vying for Gary Council seat in Saturday caucus
A long string of caucuses to fill vacant Democratic spots in Gary will come to an end Saturday after Gary’s precinct committee people make their selection for a currently vacant at-large Common Council seat. Six candidates are looking to fill the seat left vacant by Ronald Brewer Jr., who in March was tapped by caucus to fill the 2nd District Lake County Council seat after the unexpected death ...
3 min read - OpinionBelleville News-Democrat
Letters to the Editor: Donald Trump in a nutshell
Donald Trump is a con man. He’s a fake and a phony.
3 min read - USWFLD
'Kim Foxx light': Race for Cook County state's attorney heats up ahead of general election
From retail theft to carjackings to the scourge of gun violence plaguing the city, the debate between O'Neill Burke and Fioretti begins and ends with crime.
2 min read - USWGN Chicago
O’Neill Burke speaks on primary win during celebration event in West Loop
CHICAGO — Eileen O’Neill Burke is one step closer to becoming Cook County’s next state’s attorney. The Associated Press declared the former appellate court judge the winner of the Democratic primary for Cook County state’s attorney late Friday night, ten days after the election. On Monday, she celebrated the victory with her supporters at the […]
2 min read - USChicago Tribune
Eileen O’Neill Burke marks victory in primary for state’s attorney as November campaign looms
A little more than 48 hours after securing a razor-thin victory that was among the closest in recent Cook County history, Eileen O’Neill Burke emerged Monday as the fully backed Democratic Party nominee for state’s attorney and immediately caught a glimpse of what her Republican opponent’s campaign strategy will be this fall. O’Neill Burke finds herself being embraced by the same county ...
7 min read - USChicago Tribune
Johnson unveils Chicago’s first chief homelessness officer, takes more shots at ‘wicked’ adversaries of Bring Chicago Home
Mayor Brandon Johnson debuted his pick for Chicago’s first chief homelessness officer during a Monday news conference that also saw him stand firm against the real estate lobby and other political adversaries over his progressive agenda. Sendy Soto, a former senior director at the Chicago Community Trust and ex-managing deputy commissioner at the city’s Department of Housing, will helm the ...
4 min read - USChicago Tribune
District 3 state Senate, House primary debates slated
Two debates among Democrats running for Senate and House seats in the Indiana General Assembly will be held Thursday and on April 11. State Sen. David Vinzant, D-Hobart, will debate challenger Mark Spencer, a Gary city councilman, at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Dean and Barbara White Community Center, 6600 Broadway in Merrillville. District 3 includes parts of Gary, Hobart, Merrillville, New ...
1 min read - OpinionChicago Tribune
Editorial: Burke and Harris deliver a much-needed lesson in how to behave, win or lose
It took 10 days to determine a winner in the Democratic primary for Cook County state’s attorney. During that time, there were many voices espousing electoral conspiracy theories amid twists and turns that didn’t engender voter confidence. Most notable was the disclosure on the Saturday following the March 19 primary the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners had failed to account for more ...
2 min read - OpinionThe News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill.
Tom Kacich: Illinois' worst governor? That's saying a lot
Mar. 31—You may be distraught about this year's electoral choices — the Old Dudes Presidential Preference — but the ballot 100 years ago in Illinois featured perhaps the state's worst public official ever. Incumbent Gov. Len Small, a Republican, had three years earlier been indicted on embezzlement charges while state treasurer. He was found not guilty by a jury that deliberated 90 minutes — ...
5 min read - USChicago Tribune
Eileen O’Neill Burke wins Democratic primary race for Cook County state’s attorney over Clayton Harris III
Ten days after voters went to the polls in the Democratic primary for Cook County state’s attorney, former Appellate Judge Eileen O’Neill Burke secured the nomination over opponent Clayton Harris III. With a rapidly dwindling number of votes remaining to be tallied after tens of thousands of mail-in and provisional ballots were counted in Chicago and Cook County suburbs since Election Day, ...
6 min read - USWGN Chicago
Former Justice Eileen O’Neill Burke wins Democratic primary in Chicago-area prosecutor’s race
CHICAGO (AP) — Eileen O’Neill Burke, a former appellate judge, has won the Democratic primary for Cook County state’s attorney over Clayton Harris III, an attorney with party backing. O’Neill Burke expressed her appreciation to voters across Cook County in the following statement: It was worth the wait. I am so honored to be the […]
2 min read - USEffingham Daily News, Ill.
Niemerg defeats Acklin in write-in race for 102nd District seat
Mar. 28—Despite having to run as a write-in candidate after being removed from the ballot, incumbent Adam Niemerg clinched the Republican nomination for the 102nd state representative district. According to unofficial results, Niemerg gathered 7,823 votes against Jim Acklin, who was also a write-in candidate and received 1,493 votes. Niemerg was the top vote-getter in nearly all counties in ...
2 min read - USChicago Tribune
Eileen O’Neill Burke sustains lead over Clayton Harris for state’s attorney as last remaining votes are running short
With five days to go until vote counting ceases in the Democratic primary race for state’s attorney, the trickle of ballot returns showed retired Appellate Judge Eileen O’Neill Burke sustaining her lead over university lecturer and former prosecutor Clayton Harris III. Chicago and Cook County election officials tallied just 276 Democratic ballots in the race Thursday as the window for Harris ...
3 min read - USWCIA Champaign
Gleason to return back as Decatur city manager
DECATUR, Ill. (WCIA) — The mayor of Decatur has picked a familiar name as her candidate for the city manager. Mayor Julie Moore Wolfe announced her intentions on hiring Tim Gleason in a Thursday news conference. The current city manager, Scot Wrighton, previously said he will be retiring in May. The past city manager is […]
2 min read - USWGN Chicago
Cook County State’s Attorney election still too close to call
CHICAGO — It has been a week and a day since the polls closed for the Illinois Primaries, but there’s still no clear winner in the Democratic Primary for Cook County State’s Attorney. The race between Eileen O’Neill Burke and Clayton Harris III remains razor-thin. After the Chicago Board of Elections (CBOE) and Cook County […]
1 min read - USWGN Chicago
Former Gov. Pat Quinn: Ask the voters if they want public funding for Bears, White Sox stadiums
CHICAGO — Former Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has a simple message for City of Chicago officials when it comes to public funding for new stadiums: Ask the voters. Quinn filed paperwork Wednesday at City Hall to try to push the City Council to call for an advisory referendum on the November ballot that would allow […]
3 min read - USChicago Tribune
O’Neill Burke maintains narrow lead over Harris for state’s attorney as race comes down to wire
As Eileen O’Neill Burke’s lead over Clayton Harris III for state’s attorney stayed roughly the same Tuesday, both campaigns looked to expected vote tallies on Wednesday and Thursday to provide clarity in the Democratic primary race. But whether that results in a winner or a call for a recount remains to be seen. City and suburban election officials Tuesday counted only about 1,000 new ...
5 min read - USWGN Chicago
Bring Chicago Home backers retreat and regroup
CHICAGO — Days after Chicago voters said no to raising the real estate transfer tax on property sales over $1 million to combat homelessness in the city, supporters of the measure struck a tone of humility. “When voters send a message through their votes, we have a responsibility to listen, even if we disagree,” a […]
2 min read - OpinionChicago Tribune
Editorial: Illinois’ mail-in voting system needs a fix. It’s far too slow for today’s world.
We’re nearing the one-week anniversary of the primary election, and as we write vote counters still are tallying ballots to determine who will be the next Cook County state’s attorney. Accompanying the wait for an outcome in this nail-biter of a race was a forehead-slapping mistake by the Chicago Board of Elections in which the board spokesman neglected to communicate until Saturday the ...
4 min read - USWGN Chicago
Democratic primary race for Cook County State’s Attorney remains too close to call; vote-by-mail ballots still being processed
CHICAGO — The gap is narrowing in the Democratic primary for Cook County State’s Attorney, but the race was still too close to call as of Monday morning, as Chicago Board of Elections officials continue to process vote-by-mail ballots. Clayton Harris III had cut Eileen O’Neill Burke’s lead to just 1,643 votes, closing the gap […]
2 min read - USChicago Tribune
State’s attorney’s race tightens to just 2,000 votes as city elections board acknowledges mail-in ballot miscalculation
Already the Chicago area’s most closely watched primary campaign this year, the race for Cook County state’s attorney devolved into some confusion and much frustration this weekend as city election officials acknowledged a mistake in communicating how many vote-by-mail ballots were being counted and results between the two Democratic candidates continued to tighten. On Sunday evening, after ...
6 min read - PoliticsWHBF Davenport
Big donations to Trump will go to legal bills before RNC
Donald Trump is exercising his power after securing the Republican Party’s nomination for President. He took control of the Republican National Committee. Trump got rid of dozens of the existing employees and put his own people in charge. That includes his daughter-in-law Lara Trump as co-chair. Host Jim Niedelman returns to discuss that with former […]
1 min read - OpinionThe News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill.
Tom Kacich: Low turnout for primary -- but it's been worse
Mar. 24—Submit a Letter to the Editor here Phew, the 2024 primary election in Champaign County was a stinker. But it could have been worse. Voter turnout is now calculated at 16 percent (17,302 votes cast of 107,925 active registered voters), but could get to around 20 percent once the about 5,000 outstanding vote-by-mail ballots are counted and the results are certified April 2. That's low ...
5 min read - PoliticsChicago Tribune
Will President Biden’s arrival in Chicago for DNC be met with a hug or a shrug?
Chicago will play host to President Joe Biden’s renomination for president at the Democratic National Convention in August, but the voting in Tuesday’s presidential primary indicates the city’s welcome may be less than wholehearted. With mail-in ballots still being counted, results from the Chicago Board of Elections show that of the more than 300,000 Democratic ballots cast in the city, ...
5 min read - USChicago Tribune
Harris and Burke nearly neck-and-neck for state’s attorney as more mail-in ballots are added to the count
Four days after the polls closed and as more Chicago mail-in ballots were counted Saturday, Eileen O’Neill Burke held a lead of just about 4,800 votes over opponent Clayton Harris III in the Cook County state’s attorney Democratic primary. With potentially thousands of mail-in ballots still outstanding, the Associated Press has not declared a winner. Nor has either candidate declared victory ...
4 min read - USWGN Chicago
Mail-in ballots still being counted in razor-tight primary race for Cook County State’s Attorney
CHICAGO — The razor-tight Democratic primary race for Cook County’s top prosecutor is coming down to ballots counted in a basement. Chicago election judges and representatives from both Democratic campaigns for Cook County State’s Attorney have descended on the lower level of 69 West Washington Street this weekend, counting what remains of mail-in ballots in […]
2 min read - USChicago Tribune
Clayton Harris III continues to chip away at Eileen O’Neill Burke’s lead in state’s attorney’s race
A fresh count Friday evening of more than 11,000 ballots mailed in by Democratic Chicago voters in recent days further shrunk retired Appellate Judge Eileen O’Neill Burke’s lead in the primary race for Cook County state’s attorney, but not nearly enough for her opponent, Clayton Harris III, to overtake her. After a total of 12,634 Republican and Democratic ballots were tabulated, O’Neill ...
4 min read - USChicago Tribune
Bring Chicago Home referendum voted down, AP says
The Bring Chicago Home referendum backed by Mayor Brandon Johnson has been defeated, according to The Associated Press, which called the race after a fresh tally of mailed-in ballots left those in favor of the proposal roughly 21,000 votes short. The measure, which sought to raise the city’s real estate transfer tax on property purchases above $1 million to generate up to $100 million annually ...
3 min read - USChicago Tribune
2024 primary day election results: Bring Chicago Home referendum
The Bring Chicago Home real estate transfer tax referendum seeks to raise what proponents estimate as $100 million in annual tax revenue earmarked for fighting homelessness by hiking the transfer tax rate on real estate values over $1 million. The policy pushed for by a broad group of progressive organizations and homelessness services groups has been strongly backed by Mayor Brandon Johnson, ...
1 min read - USChicago Tribune
DuPage, Will officials not surprised by low primary turnout, but November will be a different story
As was the case for Election Day turnout across the Chicago area, primary voters in DuPage and Will counties showed up in meager numbers Tuesday. With very few contested local races — and the major presidential candidates for the November general election effectively chosen — county officials weren’t surprised. “Obviously, like any election, voters come out when there are races and issues that ...
5 min read - USChicago Tribune
Illinois House speaker’s office orders Democratic lawmakers to remain silent over Tribune questions
Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch’s office issued an order instructing his 78-member Democratic supermajority not to speak to a Chicago Tribune reporter about “political matters” at the State Capitol or elsewhere, citing highly dubious grounds that such discussions could be an ethical breach. One former veteran statehouse journalist described the order as a “goofy” and “stupid” ...
8 min read - OpinionChicago Tribune
Editorial: Brandon Johnson offers up scapegoats for Bring Chicago Home’s demise. Please.
In his Wednesday post-mortem on the apparent defeat of his signature Bring Chicago Home tax hike, Mayor Brandon Johnson went out of his way to pin the blame on Republican voters in Chicago. The mayor donned his amateur political scientist hat and explained that the number of GOP primary voters who voted for Donald Trump for president were presumably also “no” votes on the referendum and were ...
2 min read - USChicago Tribune
Eileen O’Neill Burke’s lead slips slightly in race for state’s attorney as mail-in ballots begin to be tallied
Retired Appellate Judge Eileen O’Neill Burke’s tight lead in the Democratic primary for Cook County state’s attorney shrank ever-so-slightly Thursday evening as the last-remaining votes on Election Day from city precincts were tabulated along with a batch of mail-in ballots from the suburbs. Unofficial results from the Chicago Board of Elections and Cook County clerk showed O’Neill Burke with ...
5 min read - USWCIA Champaign
Niemerg wins, Acklin concedes in write-in Republican primary race
DIETERICH, Ill. (WCIA) — An incumbent state representative has declared victory in his odd primary election race. Adam Niemerg and his challenger Jim Acklin both ran as write-in candidates. Niemerg was kicked off the ballot for failing to notarize his candidate paperwork. Niemerg posted on Facebook Wednesday, declaring victory. “We Won!” the post reads. “Thank […]
1 min read - USWHBF Davenport
Kewanee residents react after sales tax increase is voted down
Just 21 votes. That’s all it took to overturn a sales tax vote in Kewanee on Illinois primary night. Voters in Kewanee were asked to approve a half-percentage-point sales tax. Money would have been used to pay for some infrastructure projects, including streets, sidewalks and storm drains. Our Quad Cities News reached out to a […]
3 min read - USThe State Journal-Register
Voter turnout, incumbency advantages and more: 5 takeaways from primary election
Preliminary voter turnout in the county was 13.9% for Tuesday's election, which would be the lowest in county history dating back to 1998.
4 min read - USChicago Tribune
All eyes on election authorities as race for state’s attorney remains tight
With mail-in ballots pouring in after Election Day, the Democratic primary race for Cook County state’s attorney remained razor-thin Wednesday as both candidates eschewed declaring victory or conceding defeat and called for restraint as election officials continued to tabulate votes. Both retired Appellate Judge Eileen O’Neill Burke and Clayton Harris III stayed out of the public eye hours ...
6 min read - USWCIA Champaign
Ford County votes against school funding proposition, Gibson City passes sales tax increase for new pool
FORD COUNTY, Ill. (WCIA) — On Election Night Tuesday, it was a tale of two propositions in Ford County. The voters were split as one passed and one failed. The countywide vote to add a new 1% tax to Ford County for schools did not go over well. Preliminary updates from the Ford County Clerk […]
2 min read - USWHBF Davenport
Aledo, Joy approve tax increase for ambulance services
The vote came from Tuesday’s Illinois primary: The cities of Aledo and Joy approved a tax hike for ambulance services. Jeff Baldwin, a member of the Mercer County Ambulance Committee, said the tax revenue will help cover the new ambulance contract for Elite Industrial Services, or Elite EMS. Aledo, Joy and Seaton Fire Protection and […]
1 min read - USWGN Chicago
Mayor Johnson vows Brings Chicago Home fight not over
CHICAGO — When Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson was running for office, he took up the “Bring Chicago Home” cause, promising he’d get the referendum passed. But as of Wednesday night, it appears he’s failed on delivering that promise. Thousands of mail-in ballots must still be counted, but so far, voters appear to have rejected the […]
2 min read - PoliticsWCIA Champaign
Balkema clinches Republican nomination for 53rd Senate district race
CHANNAHON, Ill. (WCIA) — Chris Balkema, the Grundy County Board chair, has won the Republican nomination for Illinois’ 53rd Senate district. Balkema defeated his three Republican opponents in the race – Jesse Faber from Pontiac, Susan Wynn Bence from Watseka, and Mike Kirkton from Gridley. The four candidates went head-to-head to replace State Sen. Tom Bennett, […]
1 min read - USChicago Tribune
Larry Rogers Jr. fights big money from Assessor Fritz Kaegi, holds on to spot on property appeals board
Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Larry Rogers Jr. declared victory in the Democratic primary Tuesday in his effort to secure another term on the three-member panel that hears appeals to property tax values. The win for Rogers, who is a personal injury attorney at the firm Power Rogers, was also a defeat for Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi, who poured $680,000 into a campaign fund ...
4 min read - USChicago Tribune
Mayor Brandon Johnson nods to possible loss for Bring Chicago Home, vows to continue fight
Mayor Brandon Johnson acknowledged Wednesday that hope was waning for the Bring Chicago Home referendum but remained defiant, saying his progressive agenda would go on regardless of whether the tax hike to fund homelessness services prevails. According to unofficial results from the Chicago Board of Elections, with 98.45% of precincts reporting, 53.7% of votes were against the referendum, to ...
10 min read - USCommercial-News, Danville, Ill.
Long comes out recorder winner; election sees low voter turnout
Mar. 20—In a Primary Election that saw many local candidates without opposition, election officials now are looking toward a busier November General Election. Locally on the Republican ballot, Superintendent of Assessments Matthew Long defeated Deputy Recorder Cathy Moulton for County Recorder of Deeds by 2,663 votes to 1,579 votes. Long Tuesday night said he was still collecting his thoughts, ...
2 min read - PoliticsWGN Chicago
Paul Lisnek breaks down the primary election results: What could they mean going forward?
The 2024 Illinois Primary Election Day has come and gone, with some races yet to be decided. WGN political analyst Paul Lisnek joined Wednesday’s Morning News to break down what the primary elections could mean going forward, both in Chicago and around the nation. Lisnek discussed what the apparent rebuke of the “Bring Chicago Home” […]
1 min read - USChicago Tribune
Daywatch: Bring Chicago Home referendum in peril
Good morning, Chicago. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump swept to easy victories Tuesday in Illinois’ presidential primaries, racking up additional national convention delegates on top of those collected from earlier state contests that assured them of formally winning nomination this summer. Biden, a Democrat, and Trump, a Republican, also easily won primaries Tuesday in ...
4 min read - USBelleville News-Democrat
Metro-east Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski will face this Republican challenger in November
Voters picked their Republican nominee in the March 19 primary election.
2 min read - USBelleville News-Democrat
Final unofficial election results are in for US Congress, local offices in metro-east
Unofficial primary election results are in for southwestern Illinois and U.S. races.
1 min read - USBelleville News-Democrat
Slusser calls decisive win in GOP primary for Madison County Board chairman ‘validating’
He’s likely to coast through the November general election, as no Democrat has filed to run.
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