Local Politics
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Two incumbents breeze to GOP primary win DuPage District 6Mar 20, 2018 7:00 pm - Two DuPage County Board incumbents cruised to victory Tuesday to earn the Republican Party's nomination to a pair of District 6 seats. Meanwhile, two Democrats have been...
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Wojnicki, Strom win party nominations in Kane County Board District 15Mar 20, 2018 7:00 pm - Republican incumbent Barbara Wojnicki beat primary challenger Austin Lawler Tuesday, while Lucas Strom beat Gerald Palmere in the Democratic primary for Kane County Boar...
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Sheriff, clerk among Kane County's hottest primary racesMar 17, 2018 1:00 am - Kane County residents have decisions to make Tuesday that will have an impact on their wallets and the direction of public safety and voting. On the public safety front,...
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Some races to watch Tuesday in Lake CountyMar 17, 2018 1:00 am - Races at the top of the ballot have gotten most of the attention in the primary campaign, but Lake County voters also will have decisions to make about county races and ...
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DuPage County races worth watching TuesdayMar 17, 2018 1:00 am - For dozens of DuPage County candidates, Tuesday's primary will mark the beginning of their campaign for the November election. For others, it will mark the end. Republi...
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14th District candidates want to maintain Dodd-FrankMar 15, 2018 5:30 am - Democrats hoping to unseat Republican incumbent Randy Hultgren in the 14th Congressional District voiced a variety of viewpoints about regulating Wall Street during rece...
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Ex-Lake County coroner pleads guilty to disregarding election lawMar 14, 2018 1:00 am - A controversial former Lake County coroner pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges he disregarded the law when filing to run for re-election in 2016. Thomas Rudd, 71, plead...
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Why DuPage Democrats may ask some county board nominees to drop out of raceMar 12, 2018 1:00 am - Some Democrats who win their party's nomination for DuPage County Board seats in the March 20 primary may drop out before the November general election - and that's the ...
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Water district candidates weigh in on inspector general positionMar 09, 2018 12:00 am - For Democrat candidates, the question isn't whether the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District should have an inspector general to watch over its operations. Rather,...
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DuPage voters to consider proposal to merge county officesMar 05, 2018 12:00 am - For decades, DuPage has operated differently than other counties across the state by having a commission - not the county clerk's office - oversee elections. Now officia...