Calumet City Clerk Nyota Figgs is objecting to Mayor Thaddeus Jones’ eligibility to seek reelection next spring.
Calumet City Mayor Thaddeus Jones candidacy challenge stalls until judge rules on election board composition
Category: Elections
Polls close in Uruguay’s election, with ruling coalition and opposition headed for photo finish
Uruguayans on Sunday voted in the second round of the country’s presidential election, with the conservative governing party and the left-leaning coalition locked in a close runoff after failing to win an outright majority in last month’s vote.
Donald Trump’s Republican Party is increasingly winning union voters. It’s a shift seen in his labor pick
Working-class voters helped Republicans make steady election gains this year and expanded a coalition that increasingly includes rank-and-file union members, a political shift spotlighting one of President-elect Donald Trump’s latest Cabinet picks: a GOP congresswoman, who has drawn labor support, to be his labor secretary.gon […]
Voters rejected historic election reforms across the US, despite more than $100M push
Two weeks before Election Day, activists from across the country gathered for an online rally heralding the historic number of state ballot initiatives seeking to change the way people vote.
Donald Trump raced to pick many Cabinet posts. He took more time to settle on a treasury secretary
President-elect Donald Trump launched a blitz of picks for his Cabinet, but he took his time before settling on billionaire investor Scott Bessent as his treasury secretary nominee.
Chicago voter turnout was second-lowest rate in 80 years for a presidential election
Chicago voters turned out at a lower rate compared to most presidential contests, with roughly 68% casting ballots.
6 candidates file for Oak Park and River Forest School Board
Nate Mellman was one of six people, including two incumbents, who filed to run in the April 1 School Board election.
JD Vance takes on a more visible transition role, working to boost Donald Trump’s most contentious picks
After several weeks working mostly behind closed doors, Vice President-elect JD Vance returned to Capitol Hill this week in a new, more visible role: Helping Donald Trump try to get his most contentious Cabinet picks to confirmation in the Senate, where Vance has served for the last two years.
Will County Board member Vince Logan, who won reelection, questions election integrity
Will County Board member Vince Logan sowed doubts into the integrity of the election process via now-deleted Facebook posts.
Trump names Linda McMahon for Education secretary, CPS students react
President-elect Trump chose Linda McMahon, a former wrestling executive, to lead the Dept. of Education. McMahon has promised to overturn the very department she was hired to oversee.