Articles filed under County Elections
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DuPage clerk: Recounts confirm results in four racesDec 28, 2020 12:00 am - DuPage County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek announced Monday that discovery recounts in races for four offices in the Nov. 3 election confirmed the results she certified Nov. 24....
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New era begins as four Democrats take office on DuPage County BoardDec 08, 2020 4:30 am - Democrats formally took control of the DuPage County Board at a brief - but no less historic - swearing-in ceremony Monday, marking the start of a new political era in t...
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New coroner takes office in McHenry CountyDec 02, 2020 12:00 am - One new face joined the ranks of McHenry County's countywide elected office holders Tuesday as Coroner Michael Rein was sworn in along with three returning officials. It...
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Democrats sworn in to posts, making second Lake County 'Blue Wave' officialDec 01, 2020 12:00 am - The Lake County Democrats elected to all four available countywide positions last month officially began their terms in separate swearing-in ceremonies throughout the da...
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New Kane County state's attorney, circuit court clerk sworn inDec 01, 2020 12:00 am - With no fanfare, new Kane County State's Attorney Jamie Mosser started her job Tuesday. Mosser took her oath of office Monday, as did new Kane County Circuit Court Clerk...
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Recount after 75-vote difference doesn't stop DuPage auditor's office from changing handsDec 01, 2020 12:00 am - A new DuPage County auditor took office Tuesday for the first time in 12 years, but his election opponent says the historically close race isn't over yet. Downers Grove ...
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Iris Martinez sworn in as first Latina Cook County circuit clerkDec 01, 2020 12:00 am - Former state Sen. Iris Y. Martinez - who made history last month as the first Latina elected clerk of the circuit court of Cook County - was sworn in Tuesday at Chicago'...
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Work on merger of Lake County recorder of deeds, clerk offices to begin in JanuaryNov 27, 2020 12:00 am - Lake County residents voted overwhelmingly this month to eliminate the recorder of deeds' office and merge it with the county clerk's office, leaving the two women who r...
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How the 'red mirage' gave Republicans false sense of election successNov 18, 2020 12:00 am - As votes were being counted on election night, congressional candidate Jim Oberweis was ebullient. Oberweis, a Republican from Sugar Grove, was leading Democratic U.S. R...
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'Statistical dead heat': With 75-vote difference, DuPage auditor race could go to recountNov 18, 2020 12:00 am - Just 75 votes out of nearly half a million ballots cast separate the DuPage County auditor candidates, leaving the photo-finish race up in the air two weeks after Electi...