In the race for chairman of the McHenry County Board, Democratic incumbent Jack Franks is challenged by Republican Mike Buehler. Franks is completing his first term after leaving the Illinois House to run for the county chairman's seat in 2016. Bueh...

Democrat Mary Kay Crantz and Republican David Brown are newcomers vying for a seat on the Kane County Board in District 10, which covers parts of Batavia and North Aurora. The Daily Herald recently asked the candidates to answer a series of question...

In the race for Illinois House from District 61, Antioch Republican Dan Yost is challenging incumbent Democrat Joyce Mason of Gurnee. District 61 includes Antioch, Winthrop Harbor, Beach Park, Gurnee and Zion, among other towns in the northeast cor...

Lake County Board Chair Sandy Hart — the first Democrat to lead the board — is being challenged in her bid for reelection by Republican Lauren Fleming. Hart, of Lake Bluff, and Fleming, of Gurnee, are running in District 13, which includes Lake Bluf...

Republican Lauren Fleming is challenging Lake County Board Chair Sandy Hart - the first Democrat to lead the board - in her bid for reelection. Hart, of Lake Bluff, and Fleming, of Gurnee, are running in District 13, which includes Lake Bluff, Wildw...

Democrat Iris Martinez, a state senator from Chicago, is running against Republican Barbara Bellar, a doctor and attorney from Burr Ridge, in the race for Cook County Circuit Court clerk to replace incumbent Dorothy Brown. Martinez has a campaign we...

Republican Karen Kelly of Downers Grove and Democrat Tina Tyson-Dunne of Lombard are vying for an open District 2 seat on the DuPage County Forest Preserve District board of commissioners in the Nov. 3 general election. Kelly is retired after workin...

Democrat Tina Tyson-Dunne of Lombard and Republican Karen Kelly of Downers Grove are vying for an open District 2 seat on the DuPage County Forest Preserve District board of commissioners in the Nov. 3 general election. Tyson-Dunne is chief of staff...

In the race for Illinois House from District 42, Democrat Ken Mejia-Beal of Lisle is challenging one-term incumbent Amy Grant, a Republican from Wheaton, in the Nov. 3 general election. Mejia-Beal is a financial manager, activist and community organ...

In the race for Illinois House from District 47, Democrat Jennifer Zordani of Clarendon Hills is challenging incumbent Deanne Mazzochi, an Elmhurst Republican, in the Nov. 3 general election. Zordani is a financial services attorney. To explore her ...