Chicago voters turned out at a lower rate compared to most presidential contests, with roughly 68% casting ballots.
Chicago voter turnout was second-lowest rate in 80 years for a presidential election
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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.
Conservative group asks US Supreme Court to reverse ruling that allows Illinois mail-in ballots to be counted after Election Day
GOP congressman and others are challenging Illinois law requiring proper mail-in ballots be counted within two weeks after Election Day.
Former Trustee Jim Dodge to challenge Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau in April
Former Orland Park Trustee Jim Dodge has created a slate to challenge Mayor Keith Pekau’s ticket in the April 1 election.
Big voter turnout this year benefited Republicans, contradicting conventional political wisdom
The 2024 presidential election featured sky-high turnout, approaching the historic levels of the 2020 contest and contradicting long-held conventional political wisdom that Republicans struggle to win races in which many people vote.
As Donald Trump picks his Cabinet, Elon Musk suggests he let the public weigh in on who should lead Treasury
As President-elect Donald Trump makes a flurry of choices to fill out his incoming administration’s Cabinet, the lobbying for key positions has been fierce behind closed doors — and sometimes publicly.
Kamala Harris raised $1 billion-plus in defeat. She’s still sending persistent appeals to donors
Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party’s prodigious fundraising operation raised more than $1 billion in her loss to Donald Trump, but the vice president is still pushing donors for more money after the election.