WTTW’s 2023 Voter Guide is your comprehensive library of resources for the Chicago municipal election on Feb. 28. You will find candidate profiles, searchable by race or candidate; responses to localized candidate questionnaires; a map of Chicago searchable by wards; and links to ongoing political coverage from WTTW News. Find your polling location for voting on election day.
Find full results for all the races in Chicago's municipal election.
Candidates with questions about the Voter Guide can email [email protected].
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WTTW News Explains: Why Are Chicago Elections Nonpartisan?
When Chicagoans go to the polls to vote for mayor, there’s a crucial piece of information missing from their ballots: the candidates’ political parties.
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WTTW News Explains: What Happens to Your Ballot After You Vote?
After you cast your ballot on Election Day, the paper record of your vote is just beginning a months-long journey. We explain how ballots are counted, checked and stored in Chicago.
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WTTW News Election Coverage
Johnson, Vallas Both Talk a Green Game. Here’s a Look at the Candidates’ Environmental Plans
Much of the focus has been on the mayoral candidates’ public safety plans, but whoever emerges victorious on April 4 will also inherit environmental and climate-related challenges.
Push to Expand Voting Rights in US for Those Held in Jails
Detainees awaiting trial or serving misdemeanor sentences retain the right to vote, but face barriers to exercising it in many parts of the U.S. Cook County Jail, with more than 5,500 inmates and detainees, is one of the largest jails in the nation.
Latest Poll Shows Chicago Mayor’s Race Too Close to Call
The race for Chicago mayor enters its final stretch. Political speechwriter, debate strategist and senior lecturer at Northwestern University Jason DeSanto breaks down the latest developments in a tightening race.
Vallas Promises ‘Hundreds’ Will Rejoin Chicago Police Department, Others Say There’s No Evidence to Support That Hope
Efforts by the leaders of large cities across the country to bring back officers amid a nationwide staffing crunch have fallen short, and experts on policing told WTTW News there is no evidence that Chicago will prove to be any different.
Johnson or Vallas: Chicago’s Next Mayor Will Oversee CPS During Transformative Period
An elected school board. A new teachers union contract. The end of a moratorium on school closures. Those are among the biggest education hurdles Chicago’s next mayor will have to navigate over the next four years
Spotlight Politics: Chicago Mayoral Candidates Make Their Case
With less than two weeks before Election Day, the candidates for Chicago mayor are still making their case to voters. Our politics team weighs in on that story and more.
Public Safety Remains in Spotlight as Vallas, Johnson Spar at Debate
The race for Chicago mayor continues to focus nearly entirely on the crime and violence that both candidates agree threaten the city’s economic vitality. They offered wildly different solutions to the seemingly intractable problem.
Early Voting Starts Monday Across Chicago in Runoffs for Mayor, City Council
Fueled by changes made during the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of votes cast by mail soared by nearly 20% in the 2023 election as compared to the 2019 election, according to data from the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners.
Jesús ‘Chuy’ García Backs Johnson for Mayor, As Progressives Start to Close Ranks Against Vallas
Jesús “Chuy” García’s endorsement is designed to unite the city’s progressives behind Brandon Johnson, a critical part of Johnson’s path to defeating Paul Vallas, who has consolidated Chicago’s conservative political establishment under his banner.
Bernie Sanders Backs Johnson for Mayor, as Firefighters Union, 5 Black Alderpeople Endorse Vallas
Sanders said he backed Johnson because the Cook County commissioner “understands the struggle of working people.”
