A summary of Daily Herald endorsements
On Tuesday, voters will go to the polls for the 2014 General Election to select officials for county, legislative, congressional and statewide constitutional offices.
Here is a summary of the Daily Herald's recommendations in contested races in the suburban region.
Interested in reviewing our reasoning? On Monday's Opinion page, we will reprint our endorsement editorials in the races for governor, U.S. Senate and U.S. House, and you can find all our endorsements online at dailyherald.com/news/politics/election/endorsements.
Also listed below are recommendations regarding judicial candidates by four major state and regional bar associations.
If you wish, you may print out these recommendations and take them into the polls with you for reference. You also are permitted to view them on a smart phone or electronic device as long as you do not try to use the device to take pictures of your ballot.
U.S. Senate
Dick Durbin
U.S. House
5th District
Mike Quigley
6th District
Peter Roskam
8th District
Tammy Duckworth
9th District
Jan Schakowsky
10th District
Bob Dold
11th District
Bill Foster
14th District
Randy Hultgren
Statewide Offices
Governor
Bruce Rauner
Treasurer
Tom Cross
Comptroller
Judy Baar Topinka
Attorney General
Lisa Madigan
Secretary of State
Jesse White
General Assembly
House 20
Michael McAuliffe
House 46
Deb Conroy
House 55
Marty Moylan
House 84
Krishna Bansal
House 41
Grant Wherli
House 43
Jeffrey Meyer
House 44
Fred Crespo
House 45
Christine Jennifer Winger
House 50
Keith Wheeler
House 52
David McSweeney
House 54
Tom Morrison
House 56
Michelle Mussman
House 57
Elaine Nekritz
House 59
Leslie Munger
House 61
Sheri Jesiel
House 62
Rod Drobinski
House 64
Barbara Wheeler
House 81
Ron Sandack
Senate 24
Chris Nybo
Senate 30
No endorsement
Cook County
MWRD
Cynthia Santos
Herb Schumann
District 9
Peter Silvestri
District 15
Timothy Schneider
District 17
Elizabeth Doody-Gorman
Lake County
Clerk
Carla Wyckoff
Treasurer
David Stolman
Sheriff
Mark Curran
District 6
Jeff Werfel
District 10
Charles “Chuck” Bartels
DuPage County
Sheriff
John E. Zaruba
Clerk
Paul Hinds
Board Chairman
Dan Cronin
District 1
Paul Fichtner
District 3
John Curran
District 4
Grant Eckhoff
District 5
Tonia Khouri
District 6
Lauren “Laurie” Nowak
Forest District 1
Marsha Murphy
Forest District 6
Shannon M. Burns
Kane County
Sheriff
Donald Kramer
District 11
John Martin
District 19
Kurt Robert Kojzarek
District 23
Margaret “Maggie” Auger
McHenry County
Sheriff
Jim Harrison
District 1
Robert Nowak
Nick Chirikos
District 3
Joseph Gottemoller
K. Bergan Schmidt
District 5
John Jung
Paula Yepsen
Ballot Questions
Crime victims' rights amendment: No
Voter discrimination amendment: No
Electrical aggregation, Maine Township, Des Plaines: Yes
Reduce Inverness park board: Yes
Palatine fire district tax increase: Yes
Home rule in Lake Zurich, Barrington: Yes
End election of Prospect Heights clerk, treasurer: Yes
Expand Wauconda community center: Yes
Grayslake fire district tax: Yes
Restructure District 116 debt: Yes
Antioch ambulance service: Yes
Butterfield park site: Yes
Glen Ellyn pool: Yes
Villa Park roads: Yes
Sleepy Hollow tax increase: No