Tuesday is primary election day in the Aurora area, with polls to be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.
In Aurora, there are primary races for mayor, which is a nonpartisan election, and for three Aurora Township races featuring Democrats, which are partisan contests.
On the ballot in the Aurora mayoral primary are Ald. John Laesch, incumbent Richard Irvin, Ald. Ted Mesiacos, Karina Garcia, Judd Lofchie and Jazmine Garcia, who recently suspended her campaign and endorsed Laesch.
Aurora residents vote for one mayoral candidate, with the top two finishers in the primary moving on to the April 1 general election.
The races for Aurora Township posts are all Democratic party contests, so only Democratic voters who live in the township can vote in these primaries.
There are no Republican party contests to be voted on in the primary in Aurora Township.
The Democratic contests in Aurora Township include races for clerk between Adam Pauley and Angela Thomas and highway commissioner between incumbent Jason Owens and Donald Ishmael.
The winners in these contests will move on to the general election in April.
There is also a contested race for Aurora Township Board in the Democratic primary, with residents choosing four candidates to move on to the general election.
Running in the primary are Bonnie Lee Kunkel, incumbent Samuel Nunez, Jerria Donelson, incumbent Dolores Hicks, Mansa Latham Williams, Danny Taylor and Sherry Spears.
The top four vote-getters will move on to the April 1 election.
There is also a Republican primary election in Oswego for Village Board. In that race, Republican voters in Oswego will vote for three candidates, with four in the running – incumbent Jennifer Jones Sinnott, Jim Marter II, Terry Olson and incumbent Kit Kuhrt.
The top three vote-getters will move on to the April general election.
For more information on voting in Kane County, go to https://clerk2.kanecountyil.gov/Elections.
For information on voting in DuPage County, go to www.dupagecounty.gov/elected_officials/election_and_voter_information/.
For information on voting in Will County, go to www.willcountyclerk.gov/consolidated-primary/.
For more information on voting in Kendall County, go to https://www.kendallcountyil.gov/offices/county-clerk-recorder/election-voter-information
