Local Politics
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Schleifer in the lead in 12th subcircuitMar 20, 2012 12:58 am - With 249 of 252 precincts reporting Andrea M. Schleifer is in the lead for the Democratic primary to fill the Rockford vacancy in Cook County’s 12th judicial subcircuit....
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Patlak wins Cook board of review raceMar 20, 2012 12:53 am - Few expected sparks to fly when Dan Patlak and Sean Morrison squared off in the Republican primary for the District 1 seat on the relatively obscure Cook County Board of...
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Shore, Steele, Thompson win MWRD raceMar 20, 2012 12:35 am - Debra Shore, Kari Steele and Patrick D. Thompson won the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District board primary Tuesday. With 99 percent of the precincts reporting, unoff...
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Peschke won’t be re-elected to McHenry County Board District 5Mar 20, 2012 12:16 am - After 18 years on the McHenry County Board, District 5 board member Virginia Peschke lost her chance for re-election on Tuesday night. With unofficial vote tallies, the ...
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Hammerand leads pack in McHenry County District 4 GOP raceMar 20, 2012 12:13 am - With all precincts reporting in the Republican primary for McHenry County Board’s District 4, the three incumbents and newcomer Robert Martens Sr. prevailed in unofficia...
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Kurtz leads way for GOP in McHenry County Board District 2Mar 20, 2012 12:09 am - In the Republican primary for McHenry County Board’s District 2, board member Donna Kurtz was the top-vote getter with 24.68 percent of the vote in Tuesday’s unofficial ...
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Gillam gets GOP nod in Kane District 21Mar 20, 2012 12:06 am - A candidate with no county board experience has bested the two men who did in Kane County. When it came to Kane County’s 21st District Republican primary, Becky Gillam,...
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Brown wins court clerk raceMar 19, 2012 11:00 pm - Chicago Democrat Dorothy Brown is looking toward a fourth term as clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, following a victory in Tuesday night's primary. With 99 perc...
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Brin wins Lake County court clerk's raceMar 19, 2012 11:00 pm - The second in command of the Lake County Circuit Clerk's office Tuesday won the right to compete for the top job in November. In a close race that centered on the use o...
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No complaint, so no action on Geneva mayor’s email ‘mistake’Mar 19, 2012 10:31 pm - Unless someone files a written and notarized complaint, nothing more will be done by Geneva regarding Mayor Kevin Burns’ use of city email in his campaign for the Republ...