Candidates dropped include Kevin Hedemark for Lockport Township highway commissioner and Giovanni Santana for Aurora 9th Ward alderman.
Category: Elections
Harvey Mayor Christopher Clark drops out of race for Thornton Township supervisor
Harvery Mayor Christopher Clark’s decision came a day after Democratic nominee Napoleon Harris’s place on the ballot was assured.
Dismissals and rulings keep Napoleon Harris and Thaddeus Jones on ballots
Challenge to state Sen. Napoleon Harris running for Thornton Township supervisor and Calumet City Mayor Thaddeus Jones reelection bid have ended.
First African American female mayor of Lynwood, Jada Curry, to face challenger in upcoming election
Lynwood Mayor Jada Curry is challenged in the Democratic primary from a slate named The Lynwood Choice Team led by Detonya Armstrong.
Elmwood Park candidate forum set for Feb. 11
The first candidate forum in decades in Elmwood Park will focus on the Elmwood Park Library Board and the School District 401 Board.
La Grange area candidates invited to make election pitches online
Forums feature candidates in La Grange Park, La Grange School District 102 and the Lyons Township High School District 204.
Ontario leader says he will call election to fight Trump’s threatened tariffs
The leader of Canada’s most populous province of Ontario says he will be calling a provincial election next week because he says needs a mandate to fight President Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs.
Tiffany Henyard’s name will stay off Thornton Township ballot, Cook County court affirms
A Cook County judge dismissed Supervisor Tiffany Henyard’s lawsuit to overturn Thornton Township caucus nomination of Napoleon Harris.
In their 90s, Sisters of Mercy have spent their lives fighting for immigrant justice. And they’re not stopping now.
Sister JoAnn Persch and Sister Pat Murphy have devoted their lives advocating for local and federal immigration legislation to fix a broken system.
Mother of slain Plainfield boy Wadee Alfayoumi meets Biden for ‘human-to-human connection’
“We are connected by God. We both lost children,” Hanan Shaheen tells president after discussing the dehumanization of Palestinians.