Illinois voters head to the polls again on November 5 for the election, with candidates appearing on the ballot for president, Congress, Illinois General Assembly, Illinois Supreme Court and local races.
The Tribune Editorial Board continues its decadeslong tradition of endorsing political candidates appearing on Illinois ballots.
Below are the Tribune Editorial Board‘s endorsements for the 2024 election. This list will grow as endorsements are announced.
Chicago School Board
We begin the Tribune Editorial Board’s endorsements for the 2024 general election with our choices for Chicago Board of Education which — improbably — looks like the hottest local race we’ll see. Read the full editorial.
Advisory Question – 2 – Create New Tax Bracket
Voters rejected a 2020 effort by Gov. JB Pritzker to establish a graduated state income tax that would have reduced the current 4.99% flat rate on single and joint filers making under $100,000 and variously increased it on those above that level; the Chicago Teachers Union, looking for money for its members, wants the governor to try again. Naturally.
We say the voters already spoke. We encouraged a ‘no’ vote on that 2020 effort saying, in part, that “the beauty of today’s flat rate is that raising it on everyone at once is much harder politically than gouging one cohort at a time. This amendment would strip taxpayers of their leverage against ever-more hikes.” Read the full editorial.
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
The MWRD, as it’s known, does a lot on any given day to keep our water fresh, basements dry and waterways clear. It handles more than a billion gallons of wastewater at its seven reclamation plants across Cook County. Taxpayers entrust this obscure unit of government with a budget of about $1.4 billion each year to cover these services. And, no surprise given their dominance in Cook County, Democrats have long controlled the MWRD board. Read the full editorial.
Cook County
Cook County Board of Review District 3: Larry Rogers
Circuit Court clerk of Cook County: Mariyana Spyropoulos
Cook County clerk: Monica Gordon
Cook County commissioner District 1: Tara Stamps
Cook County state’s attorney: Eileen O’Neill Burke
U.S. House
District 1: Jonathan Jackson
District 2: Robin Kelly
District 3: No endorsement
District 4: Jesús “Chuy” García
District 5: Mike Quigley
District 6: Sean Casten
District 7: Danny Davis
District 8: Raja Krishnamoorthi
District 9: Jan Schakowsky
District 10: Brad Schneider
District 11: Bill Foster
District 12: Mike Bost
District 13: Nikki Budzinski
District 14: Lauren Underwood
District 17: Joe McGraw
Illinois Senate
District 4: Kimberly Lightford
District 10: Rob Martwick
District 19: Michael Hastings
District 20: Jason Proctor
District 25: Karina Villa
District 27: Tom Schlenhardt
District 31: Mary Edly-Allen
District 34: Steve Stadelman
District 40: Patrick Joyce
District 43: Rachel Ventura
District 46: Sally Owens
District 49: Meg Loughran Cappel
District 52: Jeff Brownfield
Illinois House
District 2: Laura Hruska
District 5: Kimberly Du Buclet
District 6: Sean Dwyer
District 8: La Shawn Ford
District 13: Hoan Huynh
District 15: Mark Albers
District 17: Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
District 18: Charles Hutchinson
District 19: Lindsey LaPointe
District 26: Kam Buckner
District 30: Patricia Bonk
District 31: Carl Kunz
District 34: Nick Smith
District 35: Mary Gill
District 36: Rick Ryan
District 39: Anthony Curran
District 40: Jaime Andrade Jr.
District 43: Anna Moeller
District 45: Dennis Reboletti
District 46: Robert Stevens
District 47: Amy Grant
District 48: Jennifer Sanalitro
District 49: Hannah Billingsley
District 50: Barbara Hernandez
District 51: Nabeela Syed
District 52: Martin McLaughlin
District 53: Nicole Grasse
District 54: Mary Beth Canty
District 57: Tracy Katz Muhl
District 58: Bob Morgan
District 59: Daniel Didech
District 61: No endorsement
District 63: Steven Reick
District 65: Dan Ugaste
District 66: Suzanne Ness
District 67: Maurice West II
District 69: Joe Sosnowski
District 70: Jeff Keicher
District 72: Gregg Johnson
District 74: Bradley Fritts
District 75: Jed Davis
District 76: Liz Bishop
District 77: Norma Hernandez
District 79: Jackie Haas
District 80: Anthony DeLuca
District 81: Anne Stava-Murray
District 82: Nicole La Ha
District 85: Chris Metcalfe
District 86: Larry Walsh
District 87: No endorsement
District 91: Desi Anderson
District 95: Michael Coffey Jr.
District 96: No endorsement
District 97: Gabby Shanahan
District 104: Brandun Schweizer
District 105: Dennis Tipsword Jr.
District 111: Amy Elik
District 112: Katie Stuart
District 114: Kevin Schmidt
Vote No on the ballot question in Chicago’s 29th Ward’s 6th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 12th, 13th, 15th and 17th precincts that asks if residents should provide taxpayer subsidy to the Bears new stadium project. Read the full editorial.
Glencoe home-rule status: Vote yes
Oak Park proportional representation for the election of village trustees: Vote yes.
Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 bond issue: Vote yes.
Indian Prairie School District 204 bond issue: Vote yes.
Term limits for Skokie mayor: Vote no.
Grab the scissors. Our ‘bedsheet ballot’ for the 2024 general election is here.
The bedsheet ballot appears in Sunday’s edition of the Chicago Tribune, as well as Tuesday’s paper. For digital readers, we have provided the bedsheet ballot here.
Submit a letter, of no more than 400 words, to the editor here or email letters@chicagotribune.com.
