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Democratic nominee for Cook County state’s attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke and Republican nominee for Cook County state’s attorney Bob Fioretti. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago COOK COUNTY — Chicago’s most high-profile — and arguably, most consequential — local race in the Nov. 5 general election is for Cook County state’s ...
Biden won Chicago with more than 82 percent of the vote, according to unofficial election results. He also won by a large margin in most individual wards. The contest was closest in the 41st Ward on the Northwest Side, where Biden claimed 50.87 percent of the vote while Donald Trump had 47.54 percent. The 41st Ward includes parts of Norwood ...
Starting Jan. 15, Chicago’s Board of Education will go from seven members appointed by the mayor to a 21-member board with 10 elected members and 11 appointed by Mayor Brandon Johnson. This will be the first step toward transitioning to a fully elected board by 2027. Chicago is divided into 10 districts for the 2024 election.
Mariyana Spyropoulos and Iris Martinez. CHICAGO — Iris Martinez has been ousted from her position as the circuit court clerk after losing Tuesday’s Democratic primary. Challenger Mariyana Spyropoulos had more than 65 percent of the vote to Martinez’s 34 percent with about 69 percent of votes counted. “I ran on a platform of transparency ...
Endorsing candidates through the Cook County Democratic Party is one of the most high-profile duties committeepeople are tasked with. Ahead of every election, the party holds its slating process, where committeepeople meet and hear out candidates running for countywide office. They then issue official party-backed endorsements.
CHICAGO — Chicagoans will head to the polls Nov. 5 to vote in the 2024 general election. Neighbors will vote for president and state’s attorney candidates, among other races. Here’s what you need to know: How to register to vote and check your registration. Voting by mail. Early voting. Election Day voting. The rules around IDs at polling ...
Johnson collected 288,647 votes — or 51.42 percent — to claim victory over Paul Vallas, who had 270,775 votes, or 48.58 percent, according to Wednesday morning’s unofficial results. Vallas was the highest vote-getter by far in the Feb. 28 election, which saw him and Johnson knock out big names like incumbent Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Rep ...
COOK COUNTY — The razor-thin Democratic primary for Cook County State’s Attorney remains undecided as mail-in ballots won’t start being tallied until the end of the week, officials said. Retired judge Eileen O’Neill Burke held 51 percent of the vote to 49 percent for Clayton Harris III, with 84 percent of the vote counted as of ...
CHICAGO — Longtime South Side Ald. William “Bill” Beavers died Saturday morning. He was 89. Beavers, a South Side native who served on the City Council and as a Cook County commissioner, died of natural causes, family spokesperson Sean Howard said in a statement. “Today is a difficult day for the Beavers family and for many of us who ...
by Mila Koumpilova, Chalkbeat September 25, 2024. Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) (Clockwise from top left) Robert Jones, Karin Norington-Reaves, Che “Rhymefest” Smith, Adam Parrott-Sheffer and write-in Rosita Chatonda (not pictured) are running for the Chicago Board of Education seat representing District 10.