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The IVI-IPO supported Harold Washington in the Illinois House of Representatives and as Mayor of Chicago during the 1980s "Council Wars." On January 13, 1996 the IVI-IPO endorsed community organizer Barack Obama early in his first attempt at elected office, his first run for the Illinois Senate.
Today the Tribune Editorial Board publishes the second and final part of our statewide endorsements for the Illinois Senate. Read Part One here. District 31 This Lake County district includes all ...
Illinois House endorsements in 36th, 79th, 83rd, 88th, 99th, 105th, 107th, 110th, 116th. This marks the third and final batch of Tribune Editorial Board endorsements in the contested primaries for ...
In Illinois, if no Democratic or Republican candidates file for a certain primary election or win the primary as a write-in, the respective party committee can designate a nominee, provided the nominee files petitions within 75 days after the primary. [9] On May 1, 2024, the Illinois General Assembly voted to remove the option. [10]
The 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois were held on November 3, 2020, to elect the 18 U.S. representatives from the state of Illinois, one from each of the state's 18 congressional districts.
Article I of the by-laws of the Cook County Democratic Party states that the party exists to "attract, endorse, and support qualified Democratic candidates for office, to develop positions on issues of public importance, to advance the ideals and principles of the Democratic Party, and to seek to improve the lives of the people of Cook County through effective, efficient, and fair government."
African Americans in the Illinois General Assembly have had the longest uninterrupted presence in any state legislature in the United States, dating back to 1882. The first African American in the Illinois House of Representatives, John W. E. Thomas of Chicago, was elected in 1876, and after not being re-nominated in 1878 and 1880, returned to ...
The 7th congressional district of Illinois covers parts of Cook County, as of the 2023 redistricting that followed the 2020 census. All or parts of Broadview, Bellwood, Chicago, Forest Park, Hillside, Oak Park, La Grange Park, Maywood, and Westchester are included. Democrat Danny K. Davis has represented the district since January 1997.