Note: For candidates interested in participating in the WTTW News Voter Guide for the 2024 primary election, WTTW News is including the following races: president of the United States, all 17 Congressional districts in Illinois, Cook County state’s attorney, Cook County clerk of the circuit court, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District commissioner and Illinois Supreme Court. Please contact us if you are a candidate for one of those races. The deadline to submit your candidate questionnaire is Jan. 10, 2024, at 5 p.m.
WTTW’s 2023 Voter Guide is your comprehensive library of resources for the Chicago runoff municipal election on April 4. 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.
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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
Push to Hike Taxes on Sales of Million-Dollar Homes to Fight Homelessness Faces Mounting Obstacles
The last time Chicago voters passed a binding referendum that applied to the entire city was 1885, according to city records. As supporters’ paths to the ballot have been nearly closed off, they have begun shifting the fight to the 2023 campaign for mayor and City Council.
Indicted Ald. Carrie Austin Tells Judge She is Too Ill to Stand Trial, Says She’ll Leave City Council March 1
Austin, 73, pleaded not guilty to charges that she accepted bribes from a developer and lied to FBI agents. Indicted in July 2021, Austin has never appeared in person before Judge John Kness because of her ill health and restrictions put in place to stop the spread of COVID-19.
Former Gov. Pat Quinn Announces He Will Not Run for Chicago Mayor
The former governor said he will instead focus on reform efforts designed to expand the initiative effort. Instead, Quinn said he would focus on efforts to beef up the ability of voters to reform Illinois government through the initiative and referendum process.
4 People Apply to Fill Vacant 12th Ward Chicago City Council Seat, Including Outgoing Alderperson’s Pick
The applicants include Anabel Abarca, Ald. George Cardenas’ former chief of staff and a candidate in the Feb. 28 election.
SEIU Healthcare Illinois Becomes Latest Union to Back Brandon Johnson for Mayor
The 90,000-member union that represents hospital, nursing home, home care and child care workers throughout the Midwest backed Brandon Johnson, a Cook County commissioner, four days after U.S. Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García entered the race for mayor, scrambling the contest.
Chicago Mayor’s Race Begins to Solidify — Tunney Drops Out, Quinn Plans Announcement
Ten major candidates have already launched campaigns to deny Mayor Lori Lightfoot a second term.
‘Chicagoans Are Calling Out for Help’: Jesus ‘Chuy’ García Launches Bid for Mayor of Chicago
In a video posted early Thursday morning, García said he was running for mayor because “Chicagoans are calling out for help” after suffering though a pandemic and experiencing a “racial reckoning that underscored our painful history of inequity.”
Spotlight Politics: Democrats Come Up Big in Illinois; Chicago Mayoral Race Heats Up
Gov. J.B. Pritzker has a big night as Illinois Republicans scramble to rebuild. Our politics team weighs in on that story and more.
Push to Force Chicago Public Schools CEO to Testify at City Council Committee Hearing Fails
Pedro Martinez, appointed by Mayor Lori Lightfoot in September 2021 to lead the Chicago Public Schools, has never answered questions during a City Council meeting.
SEIU Local 73 Endorses Brandon Johnson for Mayor, Joining Chicago Teachers Union
Dian Palmer, the president of SEIU Local 73, said Johnson was the “progressive candidate who will unite a multiracial, working-class coalition to unify Chicago into a city that works for all people.”