Candidate Free Time is underwritten in part by the League of Women Voters of Cook County and the City Club of Chicago.
WTTW’s 2016 Voters’ Guide to the General Election is an online resource designed to inform voters about the candidates running for office in the Nov. 8 election. Learn more about Candidate Free Time.
The candidates below appear in ballot order. Click on candidates’ names to learn about their platform. You can also click on an office to see all candidates running in a particular race. Jump to Cook County races.
More: Watch our candidate forums for the 2016 general election.
Republican
Mark Kirk: Did not participate in Candidate Free Time
Democratic
Tammy Duckworth: Did not participate in Candidate Free Time
Libertarian
Kenton McMillen
Green
Scott Summers
Republican
Leslie Geissler Munger
Democratic
Susana Mendoza
Libertarian
Claire Ball
Green
Tim Curtin
U.S. House of Representatives, 1st District
Republican
August (O'Neill) Deuser: Did not participate in Candidate Free Time
Democratic
Bobby Rush: Did not participate in Candidate Free Time
U.S. House of Representatives, 2nd District
Republican
John Morrow
Democratic
Robin Kelly: Did not participate in Candidate Free Time
U.S. House of Representatives, 3rd District
Democratic
Dan Lipinski
Republican
No candidate
U.S. House of Representatives, 4th District
Democratic
Luis V. Gutierrez: Did not participate in Candidate Free Time
Republican
No candidate
U.S. House of Representatives, 5th District
Republican
Vince Kolber
Democratic
Mike Quigley: Did not participate in Candidate Free Time
Green
Rob Sherman
U.S. House of Representatives, 6th District
Republican
Peter J. Roskam
Democratic
Amanda Howland
U.S. House of Representatives, 7th District
Republican
Jeffrey A. Leef
Democratic
Danny K. Davis
U.S. House of Representatives, 8th District
Republican
Peter 'Pete' DiCianni
Democratic
Raja Krishnamoorthi: Did not participate in Candidate Free Time
U.S. House of Representatives, 9th District
Republican
Joan McCarthy Lasonde
Democratic
Janice D. Schakowsky
U.S. House of Representatives, 10th District
Republican
Robert Dold
Democratic
Brad Schneider
U.S. House of Representatives, 11th District
Democratic
Bill Foster
Republican
Tonia Khouri
U.S. House of Representatives, 14th District
Democratic
Jim Walz: Did not participate in Candidate Free Timee
Republican
Randy Hultgren
Cook County Clerk of the Circuit Court
Republican
Diane S. Shapiro
Democratic
Dorothy A. Brown
Democratic
Karen A. Yarbrough
Republican
No candidate
Republican
Christopher E.K. Pfannkuche
Democratic
Kim Foxx
Commissioner, Cook County Board of Review, 1st District
Republican
Dan Patlak
Democratic
Marty Stack
Commissioner, Cook County Board of Review, 2nd District
Democratic
Michael Cabonargi
Republican
No candidate
Commissioner, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, MWRD (6-year term)
Democratic
Barbara McGowan
Mariyana T. Spyropoulos
Josina Morita
Green
Karen Roothaan
George Milkowski
Michael Smith: Did not participate in Candidate Free Time
Republican
No candidate
Commissioner, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, MWRD (2-year term)
Democratic
Martin J. Durkan: Did not participate in Candidate Free Time
Green
Christopher Anthony
WTTW’s 2016 Voters’ Guide to the General Election is an online resource designed to inform voters about the candidates running for office in the Nov. 8 election.
Candidates were given two minutes to tell voters where they stand on the issues, why they feel they are best qualified and what they intend to do if elected or re-elected. The messages were recorded at the WTTW studios at no cost to the candidates.
The Voters’ Guide is an online version of Candidate Free Time, pioneered by WTTW in the 1992 race for U.S. Senate. This year’s Candidate Free Time is underwritten in part by the League of Women Voters of Cook County and the City Club of Chicago.
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