2024 Election news, candidate questionnaires and more for Illinois 2024 elections
Judges are paid a stipend of $180 for their work on election day.
Carroll County Republican Party Chairwoman Lana Soldat attended the Republican National Convention as an Illinois delegate. The convention took place July 15-18 in Milwaukee.
Watching the RNC on TV was one thing, but being there in person was a different experience.
Gov. JB Pritzker added his name to the growing list of influential Democrats endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris
One of Will County’s top elected officials commended U.S. President Joe Biden after he made the stunning decision to drop out of the 2024 race for the White House.
The McHenry County Conservation District will ask voters for a tax increase but says overall taxes will go down because of debt retirement.
Election judges are getting harder and harder to come by and with Election Day quickly approaching, Lee County is in need of election judges to run its polling locations, Lee County Clerk and Recorder Nancy Petersen said.
U.S. Rep. Eric Sorensen, D-Rockford, said in a statement issued Thursday night that while Biden is a good man who has spent the bulk of his life in service to the country, it is time for him to step away from seeking re-election in November.
There will be more contested out races in November election than in the March primary, but some Republicans running in countywide races face no opposition.
McHenry County officials are planning to get settled in the new election center by next month, though not at the originally budgeted cost.
Two Republicans running for McHenry County Board withdrew their attempts to have their Democratic opponents removed from the November ballot.
Will County Clerk Lauren Staley Ferry’s office said voters should soon begin receiving their new voter registration card through the mail.
DeKalb County voters will have a new way to drop off their vote-by-mail ballots in future elections, DeKalb County Clerk Tasha Sims said during Wednesday’s DeKalb County Committee of the Whole meeting.
A list of election judge candidates from the two major political parties could go before DeKalb County Board, which has authority to approve them as qualified electors eligible to serve as election judges, next week.
Kane County Board Chair Corinne Pierog is seeking a second term in the Nov. 5 general election, facing Republican challenger Lance Bell.
Republican Lance Bell of South Elgin, a newcomer to politics, is seeking his first elected office as Kane County Board Chairman, challenging incumbent Democrat Corinne Pierog.
A Sangamon County judge on Wednesday blocked the Illinois State Board of Elections from enforcing a new law that would have prevented certain General Assembly candidates who didn’t run in the March primary from getting on the November ballot.
Republican-Democrat standoff stops vote on raises for elected county officials.
Here are official results for the 2024 March primary for the Lee County Board, Ogle County coroner and Illinois Senate District 37.
Andrew Sosnowski, an Elgin attorney who is running against incumbent Kane County State’s Attorney Jamie Mosser in the general election, implied in a social media post that her campaign received donations from George Soros, a billionaire who supports the Democratic Party.
He was re-elected this week for another two-year term as chairman of the Kane County Republican Party.
After a discovery recount at the Kane County Clerk's Office Friday, Kenneth Zitko of Campton Hills was declared the winner – again – in the committeeperson race in Campton Township Precinct 11.
Following the defeat of its referendum requesting $85 million funding to renovate Central Campus, Lockport Township High School District 205 is seeking alternative plans to fund the necessary construction at its freshman center.
Richard Johansen filed a discovery recount petition for Campton 11 Precinct Committeeperson after losing to rival Kenneth Zitko 66-64 in the March 19 primary.
A public meeting is set for 3 p.m. Friday in Mokena to review applications for the vacancy for Tim Ozinga, who has suddenly resigned from the Illinois General Assembly.
With votes finalized following a Monday canvass in McHenry County, the Mental Health Board sales tax has officially passed and incumbent McHenry County Board member Eric Hendricks will appear on the November ballot, beating out challenger Robert “Bob” Nowak.
Kane County is now a majority Democratic county, a change from its history as solid Republican stronghold.
A panel of federal appellate judges on Thursday seemed skeptical of legal arguments made on behalf of Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Bost, who claims Illinois’ law allowing counting of mail-in ballots for two weeks after an election is in violation of federal law.
Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant and Charles "Chuck" Maher ran unopposed in the primary election but the November contest is heating up.
Kendall County residents by and large chose not to cast a ballot in the March 19 general primary election.
What comes next now that the sales tax appears to have passed?
The Kane County General Primary Election Complaint Hotline fielded and responded to five calls during Tuesday's election day voting.
Newcomer Eric Stare appears to have unseated 18-year Kane County Board veteran Michael Kenyon, R-South Elgin, in unofficial results in Tuesday's GOP primary election in District 16.
The GOP primary race between Eric Hendricks and Bob Nowak could hinge on remaining mail-in ballots.
Of the 90,528 registered voters in Lee, Ogle and Whiteside counties, 19,449 ballots were cast, according to the counties’ reporting websites.
With only a few exceptions, incumbent officeholders in Illinois cruised to easy victories in primary elections Tuesday that were marked by historically low voter turnout.
Newcomer Jonathan Gripe appears to have unseated 18-year Kane County Board veteran Mark Davoust, R-St. Charles, in unofficial results in Tuesday's GOP primary election in District 14.
If unofficial results hold, the 76th District state representative race will be between Democrat Amy "Murri" Briel of Ottawa and Liz Bishop of Peru.
On March 19, with all precincts reporting, the final, unofficial vote totals showed Garcia was leading with 377 votes over Ford with 251 votes.
Work will continue on the 115-year-old building and expectations are to reopen it for students in the fall.
Democratic voters across seven Illinois counties delivered an overwhelming victory for Will County Judge John Anderson in his bid to become a justice on the 3rd District Appellate Court.
Four incumbents on the Kendall County Board appear to have won their races in the Republican primary in Tuesday’s general primary.
Turnout has been low for McHenry County voters for the primary election whose voting ended Tuesday.
Kendall County Circuit Clerk Matthew Prochaska is attributing his win Tuesday over Oswego Village Trustee Kit Kuhrt to the strides he has made in making information more accessible to the public.
Here are unofficial results for the 2024 March primary for the Kendall County Board, circuit court clerk and local legislative races.
Here are unofficial results for the 2024 March primary for the Will County Board and local judicial and legislative races, as well as referendum questions.
Here are unofficial results for the 2024 March primary for the Kane County Board and local legislative races, as well as referendum questions for the Aurora Township Fire Protection District, Central School District 301, city of North Aurora and village of Pingree Grove.
Here are unofficial results for the 2024 March primary for the DeKalb County Board and local legislative races.
Voters in Grundy County cast their ballots Tuesday for county, state and federal congressional races.
Here are unofficial results for the 2024 March primary for the Lee County Board, Ogle County coroner and Illinois Senate District 37.