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President
President
US Senate
U.S. Senate
U.S. Representative
U.S. Representative, 1st District
U.S. Representative, 2nd District
U.S. Representative, 3rd District
U.S. Representative, 4th District
U.S. Representative, 5th District
U.S. Representative, 6th District
U.S. Representative, 7th District
U.S. Representative, 8th District
U.S. Representative, 9th District
U.S. Representative, 10th District
U.S. Representative, 13th District
U.S. Representative, 14th District
U.S. Representative, 11th District
State Senate
State Senator, 2nd
State Senator, 3rd
State Senator, 5th
State Senator, 6th
State Senator, 7th
State Senator, 8th
State Senator, 9th
State Senator, 11th
State Senator, 12th
State Senator, 14th
State Senator, 15th
State Senator, 17th
State Senator, 18th
State Senator, 20th
State Senator, 21st
State Senator, 26th
State Senator, 27th
State Senator, 29th
State Senator, 30th
State Senator, 33rd
State Senator, 39th
State Senator, 41st
State Senator, 23rd
State Senator, 24th
State Senator, 48th
State Senator, 42nd
State Senator, 38th
State Senate
State Senator, 32nd
State Reps
Representative in General Assembly, 1st
Representative in General Assembly, 2nd
Representative in General Assembly, 3rd
Representative in General Assembly, 4th
Representative in General Assembly, 5th
Representative in General Assembly, 6th
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Representative in General Assembly, 41st
Representative in General Assembly, 43rd
Representative in General Assembly, 44th
Representative in General Assembly, 51st
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Representative in General Assembly, 65th
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Representative in General Assembly, 77th
Representative in General Assembly, 78th
Representative in General Assembly, 80th
Representative in General Assembly, 81st
Representative in General Assembly, 82nd
Representative in General Assembly, 42nd
Representative in General Assembly, 45th
Representative in General Assembly, 46th
Representative in General Assembly, 47th
Representative in General Assembly, 48th
Representative in General Assembly, 84th
Representative in General Assembly, 95th
Representative in General Assembly, 96th
Representative in General Assembly, 49th
Representative in General Assembly, 50th
Representative in General Assembly, 83rd
Representative in General Assembly, 75th
Representative in General Assembly, 79th
Representative in General Assembly, 86th
Representative in General Assembly, 60th
Representative in General Assembly, 61st
Representative in General Assembly, 62nd
Representative in General Assembly, 63rd
Representative in General Assembly, 64th
Representative in General Assembly, 85th
Judicial offices
Board of Review, 2nd District
Board of Review, 3rd District
Supreme Court Judge (vacancy of McMorrow)
Apellate Court Judge, First District (Burke vacancy)
Apellate Court Judge, First District (Campbell vacancy)
Circuit Court Judge, Full Circuit (Disko vacancy)
Circuit Court Judge, Full Circuit (Glowacki vacancy)
Circuit Court Judge, Full Circuit (Healy vacancy)
Circuit Court Judge, Full Circuit (Keehan vacancy)
Circuit Court Judge, Full Circuit (Lott vacancy)
Circuit Court Judge, Full Circuit (Montelione vacancy)
Circuit Court Judge, Full Circuit (Murphy vacancy)
Circuit Court Judge, Full Circuit (Nowicki vacancy)
Circuit Court Judge, Full Circuit (Thomas vacancy)
Cook Circuit Court Judge 1st Sub (Turkington vacancy)
Cook Circuit Court Judge 3rd Sub (Donnersberger vacancy)
Cook Circuit Court Judge 4th Sub (Shultz vacancy)
Cook Circuit Court Judge 5th Sub (Bush vacancy)
Cook Circuit Court Judge 5th Sub (Additional Judgeship A)
Cook Circuit Court Judge 6st Sub (Figueroa vacancy)
Cook Circuit Court Judge 7st Sub (Young vacancy)
Cook Circuit Court Judge 8th Sub (Sheehan vacancy)
Cook Circuit Court Judge 10th Sub (Kowalski vacancy)
Cook Circuit Court Judge 10th Sub (Morrissey vacancy)
Cook Circuit Court Judge 10th Sub (Pucinski vacancy)
Cook Circuit Court Judge 12th Sub (Devlin vacancy)
Cook Circuit Court Judge 13th Sub (Ryan vacancy)
Cook Circuit Court Judge 13th Sub (Tobin vacancy)
Cook Circuit Court Judge 14th Sub (Henry vacancy)
Cook Circuit Court Judge 14th Sub (Reyna vacancy)
Cook Circuit Court Judge 15th Sub (Additional Judgeship A)
Judge 19th Circuit (Judgeship A 1st)
Judge 19th Circuit (Judgeship A 2nd)
Circuit AA (1 Subcircuit)
Circuit AA (2 Subcircuit)
18th Judicial Circuit (Duncan)
18th Judicial Circuit (Moy)
Circuit Court Judge (12 Judicial Circuit, 2nd Subcircuit, Additional judgeship A)
Circuit Court Judge (12 Judicial Circuit, 3rd Subcircuit, Additional judgeship A)
Circuit Court Judge (12 Judicial Circuit, 4th Subcircuit, Additional judgeship A)
County offices
Metropolitan Water Reclamation Commissioner
State's Attorney, Cook
Recorder, Cook
Clerk of Circuit Court, Cook
Circuit Court Clerk, DuPage
Auditor, DuPage
Coroner, DuPage
Recorder, DuPage
Circuit Court Clerk, Lake
Coroner, Lake
Recorder, Lake
State's Attorney, Lake
Circuit Court Clerk, Will
Recorder, Will
State's Attorney, Will
Auditor, Will
Coroner, Will
Chief Executive Officer, Will
Circuit Court Clerk, Kane
Recorder, Kane
State's Attorney, Kane
Auditor, Kane
Coroner, Kane
Board Chairman, Kane
State's Attorney, DuPage
Auditor, McHenry
Circuit Clerk, McHenry
Coroner, McHenry
Recorder, McHenry
State's Attorney, McHenry
Referenda
Barrington Park District
Berwyn Township Limit Federal Funding
Berwyn Township Renewable Energy
Evanston Real Estate Transfer Tax
Hazel Crest Park District Additional Police
Hazel Crest Park District Lease Pool
McCook 911 Improvements
Riverside Township Renewable Energy
SD 104 Increase Limiting Rate
SD 122 Increase Limiting Rate
SD 159 Increase Limiting Rate
SD 160 Issue Bonds
SD 234 Increase Limiting Rate
SD 81 Increase Limiting Rate
SD 81 Issue Bonds
South Palos Sanitary Issue Bonds
Deer Park Sales Tax
Hazel Crest Merge Park District
Hazel Crest Re-Open Pool
Hinsdale Public Utilities
Maywood Bond Issue
Maywood Camera Light Enforcement
Maywood Limit Liquor Licenses
Merrionette Park Home Rule
Merrionette Park Issue Bonds
Midlothian Home Rule
Du Page County
Itasca Library Bonds
Villa Park Home Rule
Addison Township O'Hare Expansion
Addison Public Transit
Addison Expand Programs
Winfield Tax Increase
Lisle Refuse Program
Addison Park District Bond Issue
Fox Valley Park District Bonds
Lombard Park District Bonds
St. Charles Park District Bonds
Winfield Fire Protection Extension
Winfield Fire Trustee Election
Fountaindale Library District Bonds
School District 200 Bonds
School District 203 Bonds
School District 63 Limiting Rate
School District 89 Bonds
School District 180 Limiting Rate
Deer Park Sales Tax
Fox River Grove Facility Funding
Hainesville Retirement Fund
Volo Home Rule
Ela Township Refuse Program
Newport Township Town Hall
Barrington Park District Bond Issue
Wauconda Park District Bond Issue
Fox Lake Library District Bond Issue
School District 38 Bond Issue
School District 75 Bond Issue
School District 124 Bond Issue
Antioch Township Fire Protection Limiting Rate
Fox River Grove Facility Funding
School District 165 Limiting Rate
Hebron Township Tax Levy
Fox Lake Library District Bond Issue
McHenry Nunda Library District Limiting Rate
Spring Grove Fire District Limiting Rate
Union Fire District Elect Trustees
Crete Township Inter-Modal Development
Lockport Township Park District Bond Issue
School District 33C
School District 201
School District 203
School District 207-U
School District 205
Homer Fire Protection District
New Lenox Fire Protection Distrcit
Northwest Homer Fire Protection District
Troy Fire Protection District
North Aurora Fire District
Sugar Grove Public Library
School District 302
Virgil Township
Campton Hills
Cook Veterans Affairs Referendum
Fox Valley Park District Bond Issue
Other
Winnetka Village Trustee
Lake Forest Alderman, Ward 1
Lake Forest Alderman, Ward 2
Lake Forest Alderman, Ward 3
Lake Forest Alderman, Ward 4


Using our voter guide
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