elections
Hinsdale voters embrace electrical aggregation to lower bills
Hinsdale voters were overwhelmingly in favor of a referendum proposal Tuesday for electrical aggregation, which could lower their energy bills. Unofficial results showed DuPage County residents voting 2,269 to 649 to allow village officials to pool, or aggregate, the electric load of residents and buy …
Coolidge apparent winner for Democrats in 6th
Unofficial primary election results as of about 11 p.m. Tuesday showed Leslie Coolidge, of Barrington Hills, as the apparent winner for the Democratic nomination to run against incumbent U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam, R-6th, in November. As of 11 p.m., 559 precincts of the district’s 560 …
Zannis, DiCianni and Noonan win in District 2
In an eight-way Republican race for three District 2 seats on the DuPage County Board, Oak Brook Trustee Elaine Zannis held onto the lead throughout the night Tuesday with Elmhurst Mayor Pete DiCianni and Bloomingdale Police Department member Sean Noonan of Elmhurst trading spots for …
Dillard wins convincingly over Nybo
Incumbent Kirk Dillard of Hinsdale won a convincing decision Tuesday over state. Rep. Chris Nybo of Elmhurst in the Republican primary for state Senate in the newly drawn 24th District. With all precincts reporting in both DuPage and Cook counties, Dillard had 19,145 votes to …
DuPage polls slow, but steady
Area polling places are reporting steady turnout by voters. Though as of this afternoon voter turnout remains low, but the hope is it will pick up by evening. John Kurth and Robert Simmons, both working as election judges at the Oak Brook Golf Club, said …
Surge of interest in vote on Hinsdale electricity choice
As Hinsdale moves toward a March 20 referendum on electrical aggregation, the big question remains: will aggregation save residents money on their electrical bills? The answer is “maybe.” So says Jim Chilsen, spokesman for the Citizens Utility Board, a consumer watchdog group that fights for …
Brown, Munoz battle over who best to modernize circuit courts
Three blocks away in federal court in downtown Chicago, everything is computerized. But in the Cook County Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office, lawyers say it’s still 1960. Paper and carbon rule. Only 3 percent of cases are filed online.
Four seeking three spots in DuPage County Board GOP primary
Incumbents Brian Krajewski of Downers Grove and John Curran of Woodridge are facing two challengers in the March 20 Republican primary for three DuPage County Board District 3 representatives. The two Republican challengers are former board member Kenneth Moy of Hinsdale and Burr Ridge Mayor …
Dillard, Nybo react to governor’s budget
The two candidates running in the March 20 Republican primary for state senator in the newly-drawn 24th Senate District both are giving some kudos to Gov. Pat Quinn for putting a focus on doing something about pension reform and Medicaid during his Feb. 22 budget …
Dillard says letter not contrary to statements on Senate remap
State Sen. Kirk Dillard , R-24th of Hinsdale, said a letter he sent in July 2011 to York Township Republican precinct committeemen does not contradict his statements that it was a rhetorical question when he was asked by the Democratic Senate president if he was …
Three running to face Roskam in November
Three Democrats are in the running in the March 20 primary, hoping to represent the party in the November election against incumbent U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam, R-6th, who is running unopposed in the GOP Primary. Leslie Coolidge of Barrington Hills, Geoffrey Petzel of Lake Zurich, …
State Senate: 3 Dems fight DuPage odds for 23rd District
With decades of futility hard-wired into their political DNA, DuPage County Democrats haven’t had success sending one of their own to Springfield since cumulative voting ended in the Illinois House more than three decades ago.
Six Democrats float names for Water District
There is no shortage of candidates in this year’s Democratic primary who say they want to help keep the Chicago region’s water clean and out of your basement. Six are vying for three spots on the Democratic ballot for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. The three party-backed candidates — incumbent Debra Shore, Kari K. Steele and Patrick Daley Thompson — are squaring off against incumbent Patricia Horton, Stella B. Black and Patricia Young.
Six Democrats float names for Water District
There is no shortage of candidates in this year’s Democratic primary who say they want to help keep the Chicago region’s water clean and out of your basement. Six are vying for three spots on the Democratic ballot for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. The three party-backed candidates — incumbent Debra Shore, Kari K. Steele and Patrick Daley Thompson — are squaring off against incumbent Patricia Horton, Stella B. Black and Patricia Young.
