Local Politics
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Hoffman Estates trustee candidate's petition droppped for lack of signaturesNov 29, 2022 12:00 am - The field of candidates in Hoffman Estates' 2023 trustee race for three seats on the village board officially shrank Tuesday, a day after it had grown. Last-day filer Ma...
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Downers Grove candidates crowd ballot for village council raceNov 29, 2022 12:00 am - The race for three available seats on the Downers Grove Village Council will be a crowded affair. Six candidates filed their nominating petitions before Monday's deadlin...
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Dixon seeks to be Elgin's first Black mayor as he challenges KaptainNov 28, 2022 12:00 am - Elgin Mayor David Kaptain will have to defeat a city council member to win a fourth term in the April election. Council member Corey Dixon filed his paperwork Monday aft...
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Clerk says Schaumburg mayoral challenger didn't file enough signatures, other required documentsNov 28, 2022 12:00 am - The end of candidate filing for the Schaumburg, Hoffman Estates and Palatine village board races Monday determined none will require a Feb. 28 primary, but only Palatine...
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Departing Kane County Board member to run for Campton Hills mayorNov 28, 2022 12:00 am - Monday was the last day for candidates to file nominating papers for the upcoming municipal elections in Aurora, Elgin, Campton Hills, Elburn and North Aurora. One of th...
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Indicted Chicago Alderman Edward Burke won't run again
Nov 28, 2022 12:00 am - An extraordinary era in Chicago politics ended quietly on Monday - and not in the way the city council dean once predicted. Indicted Alderman Edward Burke chose not to s...
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Lightfoot files paperwork to run for reelection
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Candidate fields take shape in Downers Grove, Naperville, WheatonNov 28, 2022 12:00 am - The municipal election season is heating up in DuPage County, with contested mayoral races already emerging in at least two towns. The weeklong filing period - when cand...
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Will County results same after last vote count
Nov 23, 2022 12:00 am - Another 683 votes were counted Tuesday without changing the outcome of close Will County races. The final count of late-arriving mail-in ballots and provisional votes wa...
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District 101 loan request rejected by slim margin; tight races for Kane County Board decidedNov 23, 2022 12:00 am - A final vote count on Tuesday showed Batavia Unit District 101 voters narrowly rejected a ballot question, while three Kane County Board members retained their seats in ...