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Why Democrats fought to increase majority on Cook County Board
Nov 14, 2018 5:30 AM - While Democrats not surprisingly campaigned hard and spent heavily to win back the Illinois governor's office and a majority in the U.S. House, why were they similarly motivated to bounce the few Republicans on the Cook County Board when they already held a dominant majority? -
Didech wins District 20 seat
Nov 7, 2018 12:38 PM - Early voting and vote by mail totals counted late Tuesday helped carry Democrat Adam Didech to a narrow victory over incumbent Sidney Mathias in the race for the Lake County Board District 20 seat. -
Trump effect? Suburbs turn deep blue with Democratic inroads across the board
Nov 8, 2018 7:56 AM - The suburbs in Tuesday's election lost all Republican representation in Congress, at least seven Illinois House and Senate seats and a host of county offices and board seats. -
Democrats make inroads, and maybe history, in Lake County
Nov 7, 2018 4:32 PM - Lake County Republicans had reason for feeling blue Wednesday, a day after the incumbent GOP treasurer and clerk were upended and Democrats may have seized control of the county board for the first time. -
Democratic women make unprecedented gains in DuPage County
Nov 7, 2018 5:24 PM - When it finally came Tuesday, it wasn't so much a blue wave that swept down the DuPage ballot as it was a political tsunami that both carried and lifted Democrats -- all women -- to unprecedented heights at the county level in an area long considered a GOP stronghold. -
Suburban Democrats make inroads in county government
Nov 7, 2018 5:22 PM - Suburban voters' blue mood led to Democratic inroads in county government, where they narrowed the Cook County Board's Republican representation to two seats out of 17, put six more women on the DuPage County Board and are on the verge of putting Democrats in control of the Lake County Board for the first time in memory. -
Republican Weber secures District 13 seat on Kane County Board
Nov 6, 2018 10:27 PM - Republican Steve Weber secured a District 13 seat on the Kane County Board on Tuesday after narrowly defeating Democratic opponent Lark Cowart. -
Hain ousts Kramer for Kane sheriff seat
Nov 6, 2018 11:45 PM - Democratic challenger Ron Hain defeated his boss, Republican Don Kramer, for Kane County sheriff. -
Simpson defeats Brown in Lake County Board District 18
Nov 6, 2018 11:37 PM - The Lake County Board's 18th District has switched to Democrat as a battle between two Vernon Hills residents ended with Julie Simpson defeating Karimar "Kari" Brown. -
Didech defeats Mathias for term on Lake County Board in District 20
Nov 6, 2018 11:45 PM - Democratic newcomer Adam Didech defeats incumbent Republican Sidney Mathias in a late result Tuesday, unofficial results show.
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