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Latest reporting from the Elections desk.
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Daniel Biss resigned as Evanston's mayor Sunday night after more than five years, with Ald. Clare Kelly stepping in as mayor pro tem and a special election set for early 2027 to choose his permanent replacement.
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Cook County Circuit Judge Jonathan Clark Green faces a retention vote on the Nov. 3, 2026, general election ballot, asking voters whether he should remain on the bench.
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Cook County Circuit Court Judge John G. Mulroe faces a retention vote on Nov. 3, 2026. A former state senator and assistant state's attorney, Mulroe has been rated qualified by all fourteen bar associations that evaluated him.
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Cook County Circuit Court Judge Krista D. Butler faces a retention vote on the Nov. 3, 2026, general election ballot after first winning election to the bench in 2020.
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Cook County Circuit Court Judge John J. Mahoney, first elected in 2014, appears on the Nov. 3, 2026, ballot for a retention vote after narrowly surviving his 2020 retention with the slimmest margin in 30 years.
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Cook County Circuit Court Judge Julie Bess Aimen, first sworn in December 2020 after election from the 9th subcircuit, faces a retention vote on Nov. 3, 2026, with recommendations from all evaluating bar associations.
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Cook County Circuit Court Judge Judith C. Rice, presiding judge of the Domestic Violence Division, faces a retention vote on Nov. 3, 2026, after more than a decade on the bench.
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Judge John Michael Allegretti, a Cook County Circuit Court judge since 2014, faces a nonpartisan retention vote on Nov. 3, 2026, after a career spanning government legal roles, private practice and teaching.
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Gerardo Tristan Jr., a Cook County Circuit Court judge since 2019, faces a nonpartisan retention vote on Nov. 3, 2026.
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Judge Erin Haggerty Antonietti, who has served on the Cook County Circuit Court's 3rd Subcircuit since 2019, faces a nonpartisan retention vote on Nov. 3, 2026.
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Cook County Circuit Court Judge Jamie Guerra Dickler faces a nonpartisan retention vote in the 2026 general election after serving on the bench since 2020.
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Cook County Circuit Court Judge Jill Rose Quinn, the first openly transgender circuit court judge in Illinois, faces a retention vote on Nov. 3, 2026.