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Latest reporting from the Elections desk.
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Beth McElroy Kirkwood, a Democrat appointed to the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Board in 2024, is running for a full term in the Nov. 3, 2026, general election on a platform of expanded green infrastructure and flood reduction.
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Cook County Circuit Court Judge Teresa Molina-Gonzalez, the first Puerto Rican judge to hold a countywide judicial seat in Cook County, faces a retention vote on Nov. 3, 2026.
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Cook County Circuit Court Judge Thomas M. Cushing, appointed in 2019, faces a retention vote on Nov. 3, 2026. All 13 bar associations unanimously recommended him for retention.
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Democrat Kwame Raoul, the 42nd attorney general of Illinois, is running for a third term in the Nov. 3, 2026, general election against Republican Robert W. Fioretti.
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Robert W. Fioretti, a Republican attorney and former Chicago alderman, is running for Illinois attorney general against incumbent Kwame Raoul in the Nov. 3, 2026, general election. Fioretti says he would revisit the SAFE-T Act and use the office to fight public corruption.
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More than 700 Evanston voters cast ballots on the first day of early voting at Robert Crown Community Center on Monday, Oct. 19, with the site open daily through Nov. 2 ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm election.
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Cook County Circuit Court Judge Perla Tirado, who has served on the 14th Subcircuit bench since 2020, faces a retention vote in the Nov. 3, 2026 general election.
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Cook County Circuit Court Judge Patrick Kevin Coughlin, who has served on the bench since 2014, faces a retention vote on the Nov. 3, 2026, ballot and describes his judicial philosophy as one of restraint.
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Circuit Court Judge Patricia M. Fallon, appointed to the Cook County bench in 2019, faces a retention vote on Nov. 3, 2026, after a career spanning labor law, the Cook County State's Attorney's Office and the Recorder of Deeds Office.
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Cook County Circuit Court Judge Pamela Reaves-Harris faces a retention vote on Nov. 3, 2026, after serving on the bench since December 2020 in the Housing Section at the Daley Center.
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Libertarian candidate Nico Tsatsoulis is running for Cook County Assessor in the Nov. 3, 2026, general election against Democrat Pat Hynes, campaigning on a proposal to cap property taxes at 1% of purchase value.
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Judge Patricia O'Brien Sheahan, who has served on the Cook County Circuit Court since 2014, faces a nonpartisan retention vote in the 2026 Illinois General Election.