Sunlight hits Chicago City Hall on Jan. 29, 2025. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/TNS) CHICAGO — The next Chicago mayoral election will be held Feb. 23, 2027. Fourteen candidates filed on the last day for 2027 hopefuls to turn in their nominating petitions, as mayoral candidates…
Updated on: October 27, 2026 / 11:20 AM CDT / CBS Chicago Fifteen candidates have lined up to challenge Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson in the 2027 municipal election, after filing nominating petitions with thousands of signatures in a bid to get on the ballot. That number…
October 27, 2026 / 8:47 AM CDT / CBS Chicago The north Chicago suburb of Evanston has selected an acting mayor. Evanston Ald. Jonathan Nieuwsma (4th) was picked as acting mayor on Monday night to succeed Mayor Daniel Biss. Biss resigned last weekend, as he runs…
For most of Illinois’ history, the lieutenant governor has been a political afterthought, an officeholder whose unofficial title has been “lite gov” and whose main duty has been to stand ready should the governor die, become incapacitated or be removed…
All Chicago voters will see the same six questions on their November ballots, ranging from questions on a "Millionaire's Tax" to whether the city should seek compensation for Operation Midway Blitz. All six of the questions are advisory referenda, but…
Oct 26, 2026 at 02:53 PM EDT Illinois counties are exploring ways to split the state and form a new state outside Chicago’s Cook County, and the movement seems to be gaining momentum. On November 3, when Americans head to the ballot box to…
Pat Brady discusses the crowded Chicago mayoral race, labor union support and Mayor Brandon Johnson’s chances of avoiding a runoff. CHICAGO - Monday is the final day for the candidates running for Chicago mayor and aldermen to file their paperwork to…
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Democratic Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton and former Illinois Republican Party chair Don Tracy are running to replace U.S. Dick Durbin, and they have two very different visions for the future. Chris Tye recently talked to each. Also this Sunday morning,…
October 25, 2026 / 9:48 AM CDT / CBS/AP Sunday was election day in Serbia, and hundreds of Serbian Americans from across the Midwest cast their votes in Chicago in the middle of the night. Hundreds of Serbian Americans who haven't voted in years…
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