Endorsements: A summary of Daily Herald recommendations in March 17 primary
Election Day is Tuesday in the March 17 primary throughout Illinois. Here is a summary of Daily Herald endorsements in contested party races and selected local referendums. The full text of individual endorsement editorials can be found here. Our endorsement remains to be published in the Democratic primary for U.S. president.
President
Democrat: Joe Biden
U.S. Senate
Republican: Mark Curran
U.S. House
Dist. 5, Democrat: Mike Quigley
Dist. 5, Republican: Tommy Hanson
Dist. 6, Republican: Gordon “Jay” Kinzler
Dist. 8, Democrat: Raja Krishnamoorthi
Dist. 11, Democrat: Bill Foster
Dist. 11, Republican: Krishna Bansal
Dist. 14, Republican: Sue Rezin
Illinois Supreme Court
Dist. 1, Democrat: Nathaniel Roosevelt Howse
State Senate
Dist. 10, Democrat: Robert Martwick
Senate 22nd Dist., Democrat: Cristina Castro
Dist. 25, Republican: Beth Goncher
State House
Dist. 20, Democrat: R. Cary Capparelli
Dist. 41, Democrat: Janet Yang Rohr
Dist. 45, Republican: Randy Ramey
Dist. 54, Democrat: Maggie Trevor
Dist. 65, Democrat: Mohammad “Mo” Iqbal
Dist. 66, Democrat: Suzanne Ness
Dist. 66, Republican: Carolyn Schofield
Dist. 83, Democrat: Juan Thomas
Cook County
State's Attorney, Democrat: Donna More
State's Attorney, Republican: Patrick W. “Pat” O'Brien
Circuit Court Clerk, Democrat: Jacob Meister
Cook County Board of Review, Dist. 1, Democrat: Abdelnasser Rashid
Metropolitan Water Reclamation Dist., Democrat: Cameron “Cam” Davis; Kimberly Neely DuBuclet; Eira L. Corral Sepulveda
DuPage County
County Board Dist. 4, Democrat: Lynn LaPlante
County Board Dist. 5, Democrat: Mary Jo Mullen
Forest Preserve Dist. 5, Republican: Mary Lou Wehrli
Auditor, Democrat: William “Bill” White
Auditor, Republican: Bob Grogan
Circuit Court Clerk, Democrat: Candice Adams
Recorder, Republican: Ron Almiron
Lake County
County Board Dist. 7, Republican: Steve Carlson
Kane County
County Board Chairman, Democrat: Corinne Pierog
State's Attorney, Democrat: Jamie Mosser
County Board Dist. 10, Republican: Susan Starrett
Kane County Board Dist. 14, Republican: Mark Davoust
Kane County Board Dist. 2, Democrat: Dale Berman
Kane County Board Dist. 22, Democrat: Vern Tepe
Kane County Board Dist. 4, Democrat: Angela Clay Thomas
Kane County Board Dist. 6, Republican: Matt Hanson
McHenry County
Coroner, Republican: Angela Byrnes
Referendums
Des Plaines appoint clerk: Yes
Barrington Dist. 220 improvements: Yes
Batavia parks referendum: No
Gail Borden Library upgrades: Yes
Lake Villa D41 projects: Yes
Libertyville sales tax: Yes
Rolling Meadows term limits: No
Villa Park Dist. 45 upgrades: Yes
Wheeling appoint clerk: Yes