Shaw Local

Are you heading out to the polls in northern Illinois Tuesday for the for the primary election? You might want to bundle up.

March 17 marks the 2026 primary, where voters can pull a Democratic or Republican ballot to pick who appears on the ballot come November. All voters, partisan or not, can weigh in on referendum questions.

More Kane County Democrats voted early and by mail in Tuesday's primary election than Republicans, according to statistics released by the County Clerk's Office.