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The Chicago Board of Education election took place on November 5, 2024, alongside the statewide general elections. This was the first ever election to the Board, which has been an appointed body since its formation in 1837. [1] The election was planned after the state passed a law in 2021 that would create an elected school board.
The elections coincided with the 2024 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate, and various state and local elections. The primary elections were held on March 19, 2024.
In the 2022 election, Brandon Johnson was re-elected as commissioner for the 1st district on the Cook County Board of Commissioners. After his election as Mayor of Chicago in 2023, Tara Stamps was appointed to replace him. [6] Stamps is running for re-election to a full term, and faces a challenger in the Democratic primary election.
The Illinois general election was held on November 5, 2024. Primary elections, ... In Chicago, the first ever elections were held for the Board of Education, ...
In Illinois, if no Democratic or Republican candidates file for a certain primary election or win the primary as a write-in, the respective party committee can designate a nominee, provided the nominee files petitions within 75 days after the primary. [9] On May 1, 2024, the Illinois General Assembly voted to remove the option. [10]
Early voting expanded citywide on Monday, with polling places opening in all 50 wards. But voter turnout remains low - something the Board of Elections hopes improves in the next two weeks.
Chicago is holding a mayoral election Tuesday, but it will likely take weeks — and a runoff election — before a winner is declared. Nine candidates are competing Tuesday for a chance to be ...
The state has voted for the Democratic candidate in every presidential election beginning in 1992 (doing so by at least 10% each time), including voting for Senator Barack Obama from Illinois in 2008 and 2012 and Chicago-born Hillary Clinton in 2016. This was the first election since 1868 in which Illinois did not have 20 or more electoral votes.