Local Politics
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Seven precincts open until 8 p.m.Nov 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Polls in seven precincts in suburban Cook County will stay open an extra hour to 8 p.m. today after they were late opening this morning. The voting sites are St. Catheri...
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GOP sweeps DuPage County Board racesNov 01, 2010 11:00 pm - All six winners in the DuPage County Board races are Republicans. In 2008, Democrats took seats in three of the county board's six districts for the first time since the...
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Republicans do well on McHenry County BoardNov 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Republicans reign in Dist. 2: Republican incumbent and McHenry County Board Chairman Ken Koehler and Republican Donna Kurtz easily won election in the county board'...
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Streamwood precinct lacks judicial ballotsNov 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Paper ballots in judge races apparently were unavailable Tuesday in Precinct 22 at Glenbrook School in Streamwood until after a complaint was filed by Frank Gronn. Gronn...
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Incumbents win Lake Co. board seatsNov 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Voters gave incumbent Lake County Board members a big thumbs-up Tuesday, convincingly re-electing veterans and giving newcomers enough support to continue their work. Al...
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Preckwinkle wins Cook Board presidencyNov 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Democrat Toni Preckwinkle was elected Cook County Board president Tuesday and immediately declared, “The party's over” for wasteful government and slacker employees. “I'...
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Rickert, Cunningham, Akemann win in Kane Co. racesNov 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Kane County treasurer:: Kane County Treasurer David Rickert rolled to a convincing win Tuesday night, defeating challenger Joseph Lowery 78,509 to 42,870, with all ...
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Berrios wins Cook assessor raceNov 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Democrat Joseph Berrios won the Cook County assessor's seat Tuesday over Forrest Claypool, a Democrat running as an independent, who said a shortage of indepedent suburb...
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Perez wins Kane sheriff's raceNov 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Kane County Sheriff Pat Perez spent most of the past two years battling the county board for more money. In the end, he always came out with just the right amount of cas...
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Cronin breezes to win as DuPage chairmanNov 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Dan Cronin added DuPage County Board Chairman Tuesday to his growing list of political monikers. With all 749 precincts reporting, the Republican state senator defeated ...