Incumbent Democrat Bill Foster of Naperville faces a challenge from Republican Rick Laib of Joliet, a sergeant in the Will County Sheriff's Department, in the race for the 11th Congressional District, which includes all or parts of Aurora, Napervill...

Incumbent Republican Dan Patlak of Wheeling faces a challenge from Democrat Tammy Wendt, a Palos Heights attorney, in the race for 1st District commissioner of the Cook County Board of Review, which evaluates property tax appeals. The Daily Herald r...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Former FBI Director James Comey faces questioning Wednesday from the Republican-led Senate Judiciary Committee about his role in leading the bureau's investigation into ties between the 2016 Trump campaign and Russia. Comey is the ...

After 10 years as Kane County's top law enforcement official, Joe McMahon is leaving his post as state's attorney this year. Voters on Nov. 3 will choose his successor from a pair of experienced attorneys. Democrat Jamie Mosser of St. Charles is a f...

After 10 years as Kane County's top law enforcement official, Joe McMahon is leaving his post as state's attorney this year. Voters on Nov. 3 will choose his successor from a pair of experienced attorneys. Democrat Jamie Mosser of St. Charles is a f...

Four years after winning a second term as Kane County Circuit Court Clerk in 2016, incumbent Republican Thomas Hartwell is facing a challenge from Democratic county board member Theresa Barreiro. Hartwell, an attorney and former county board member ...

Democrat Paula Deacon Garcia of Lisle is challenging Republican incumbent Sean Noonan of Elmhurst in District 2 of the DuPage County Board in the Nov. 3 general election. Deacon Garcia has worked for a local municipality's building and customer serv...

In the Nov. 3 general election, Democrat Gail Cabala-Lowry of Downers Grove is challenging Republican incumbent Brian Krajewski of Downers Grove to win the seat representing District 3 on the DuPage County Board. Gail Cabala-Lowry is a licensed arch...

Three Democrats and three Green Party candidates are running for three, 6-year seats on the board of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, a government agency responsible for spending more than $1.1 billion annually to perf...

In the race for the U.S. Senate, incumbent Dick Durbin of Springfield, a Democrat, faces a challenge from former Lake County sheriff Mark Curran Jr. of Libertyville, a Republican. Three third-party candidates also share the ballot: philanthropist an...