elections
Duckworth wins 8th Congressional primary
With the polls closed and results coming in, Tammy Duckworth appeared to be the winner Tuesday over Raja Krishnamoorthi in the race for the Democratic nomination for the 8th Congressional District, according to unofficial results.
As of Wednesday morning, Duckworth had 16,991 votes with all …
Electricity aggregation gains wide support
In the race that will decide how seven northwestern suburbs purchase their power, buying in bulk is winning out.
According to the Lake and Cook County clerk offices, the electricity aggregation referendum is passing, currently by a nearly two-to-one margin.
With all precincts counted, voters …
Morrison wins in 29th Senate race
Julie Morrison of Deerfield thumped Milton Sumption of Lake Bluff in the Democratic primary for the 29th Senate District. In unofficial election results, with the total 141 precincts between both Lake and Cook counties reporting, Morrison won 8.922 votes, or 87.3 percent, to Sumption’s 1,301, …
Schneider pulls away for victory in 10th
Brad Schneider and Ilya Sheyman battled neck-in-neck for much of Tuesday night in the race for the Democratic candidate representing the 10th Congressional District. In the end, Schneider won handily in Lake and Cook counties to tally an unofficial victory, 47 percent to 39 percent …
Nerheim coasts to GOP state’s atty. nomination
Michael Nerheim won the Republican primary race for Lake County state’s attorney, according to preliminary voting results.
Electric aggregation on local voters’ minds
No one will know until later this evening how the referendum for electricity aggregation fared in the seven suburbs proposing it, but the campaign to bring it to voters’ attention appears to have worked.
Several registered voters said in the days leading up to the …
Results show light election day turnout in Cook County
Representatives of Cook County Clerk David Orr’s office said voter turnout Tuesday was “very light” and there were no major voting problems during the day.
Economy, ComEd on minds of 8th Congressional candidates
(An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated Tammy Duckworth’s tenure with the Department of Veterans Affairs)
In the battle for the Democratic nomination for Congress’ 8th District, both candidates have been beating out the same message: I am not Joe Walsh.
Raja Krishnamoorthi said …
State Senate: Political veteran battles 1st-time office-seeker in 29th District Democratic race
One has to go back a decade to find a truly competitive election for the 29th Senate District, a North Shore district represented since then by state Sen. Susan Garrett (D-Lake Forest). Garrett’s looming departure, after an impressive legislative run, has created a political vacuum …
10th District candidates debate college affordability, taxes
An audience jam-packed mostly with teens welcomed three of the four Democratic candidates in the 10th Congressional District race Feb. 22 at Stevenson High School. Stevenson’s Political Action Club teamed up with students from the Mikva Challenge, a civics-minded group in Cook County, to organize …
Six Democrats float names for Water District
There is no shortage of candidates in this year’s Democratic primary who say they want to help keep the Chicago region’s water clean and out of your basement. Six are vying for three spots on the Democratic ballot for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. The three party-backed candidates — incumbent Debra Shore, Kari K. Steele and Patrick Daley Thompson — are squaring off against incumbent Patricia Horton, Stella B. Black and Patricia Young.
Four Democrats face off for chance against Dold in 10th District
Democrats in the 10th Congressional District have an enviable problem: No matter whom they vote for in the March primary, they’ll be voting against several other highly credible candidates. It’s the kind of solid field that a party on the outs in a district sometimes produces when it smells blood. The 10th has been redrawn to include more Democratic turf — 61 percent of the new district’s voters went for Barack Obama in 2008 — making incumbent Republican Bob Dold more vulnerable in November.
Eighth District won’t be Duckworth’s by default
When Tammy Duckworth let it be known back in June that she would run for Congress from the 8th District of Illinois, a reporter asked Raja Krishnamoorthi, who had already entered the primary race, if he would now withdraw. Krishnamoorthi surely did not care for …
Sen. Kirk upgraded to ‘good’ condition, watched Super Bowl
Sen. Mark Kirk’s condition has been upgraded from “fair” to “good.”
Doctors hope to be able to re-attach the 8-inch-by-4-inch section of his skull that had to be removed after he suffered a stroke two weeks ago.
Then the Highland Park Republican can begin physical …
