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.
Clayton Harris III and Eileen O’Neill Burke are competing in the Democratic primary to succeed Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx. Bob Fioretti is running unopposed in the Republican primary.
Illinois voters cast their ballots for president Tuesday, a week after President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump secured enough delegate support to become their parties’ presumptive nominees.
Votes will be counted after polls close in Illinois at 7 p.m. Central. See statewide election results here. Last minute questions about voting? View our voter guide. Here is one for Chicago residents and one for suburban residents.
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago is an independent, taxpayer-financed agency created to handle sewage from Chicago and other Cook County communities.
Incumbent Bill Foster, a Democrat, faces a challenger: Qasim Rashid. Multiple Republicans are competing in the primary: Susan Hathaway-Altman, Jerry Evans and Kent Mercado.
Incumbent Lauren Underwood, a Democrat, is unopposed in the primary. Two Republican candidates are vying to challenge Underwood in November: James Marter and Charlie Kim.
There are primary contests in 22 of the 118 House districts across Illinois.