A summary of Daily Herald endorsements
The Daily Herald Editorial Board
Here is a summary of our endorsements in the Tuesday primary elections. The full text of individual endorsement editorials can be found here. Bar association evaluations in judicial races can be found here.
President
Republican: John Kasich
Democrat: Hillary Clinton
U.S. Senate
Republican: Mark Kirk
Democrat: Tammy Duckworth
Congress
6th District, Democrat: Amanda Howland
6th district, Republican: Peter Roskam
8th District, Democrat: Raja Krishnamoorthi
10th District, Democrat: Brad Schneider
11th District, Republican: Herman White
14th District, Democrat: Jim Walz
State Legislature
Senate 22nd District, Democrat: Cristina Castro
Senate 26th District, Republican: Martin McLaughlin
Representative 66th District, Republican: Carolyn Schofield
Cook County
State's Attorney, Democrat: Kim Foxx
Clerk of Circuit Court, Democrat: Jacob Meister
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, 6-year term, Democrat: Josina Morita, Marilyana T. Spyropoulous, R. Cary Capparelli
Metro. Water Reclamation District, 2-year term, Democrat: Tom Greenhaw
Lake County
County Board District 5, Democrat: Gloria Charland
County Board District 5, Republican: Judy Martini
State's Attorney, Democrat: Michael J. Perillo Jr.
North Shore Sanitary District Ward 4, Republican: Thomas Swarthout
Kane County
County Board Chairman, Republican: Chris Lauzen
County Board District 4, Democrat: Brian Pollock
County Board District 8, Democrat: Barbara Hernandez
County Board District 10, Republican: Susan Starrett
County Board District 18, Republican: Drew Frasz
County Board District 20, Democrat: Tom Armstrong
County Board District 22, Democrat: Willie Clements
County Board District 24, Democrat: Jarett Sanchez
County Board District 24, Republican: Roben B. Hall
Coroner, Democrat: Tao "Tom" Martinez
Coroner, Republican: L. Robert Russell
Auditor, Republican: Terry Hunt
McHenry County
County Board Chairman: Joe Gottemoller
County Board District 1, Republicans: Anna May Miller, Yvonne Barnes
County Board District 2, Republicans: John Reinert, Jeffrey Thorsen
County Board District 3, Republicans: Nick Provenzano, Nancy Gonsiorek
County Board District 5, Republicans: Joe Calomino, Michael Skala
County Board District 6, Republicans: James Kearns, Mary McCann
State's Attorney, Republican: Daniel Regna
Recorder of Deeds, Republican: Tina Hill
DuPage County
County Board District 2, Republican: Richard Blass
County Board District 4, Republican: Tim Elliott
Forest Preserve District 5, Republican: Mary Lou Wehrli
Referendums
Winfield Fire Protection tax increase: Yes
Roselle School District 12 tax increase: Yes
Green Oaks road improvement bonds: Yes
Mundelein clerk appointed, not elected: Yes
Fox Lake tax on property sales: No
Fox Lake add territory to FLFPD: No
Elburn sales tax increase: Yes
Sleepy Hollow tax increase: Yes
Algonquin-Lake in the Hills tax increase: Yes