With few contests, Morton Grove voting appears light

Election judges Tuesday at several precincts said they were seeing a slow, though steady stream of voters as Morton Grove residents went to the polls to elect a new mayor.

Election Day polls are closed

It’s Election Day. Voters will be choosing among candidates for village, library, park district, school and township boards, and, in some cases, village leaders and referendums. Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.

DiMaria defeats Staackmann in Morton Grove mayoral primary

MORTON GROVE — Dan DiMaria stood on a chair in a room at the Bringer Inn, crowded with supporters who spilled out into the main bar, thanking them for his victory in Tuesday’s Action Party primary election.

The crowd included members of the party as …

Mayoral primary on ballot Tuesday, Feb. 26

Morton Grove voters Tuesday will be choosing a candidate to run on the Action Party slate in April. Mayor Dan Staackmann is seeking his second term at the post and is being challenged by Trustee Dan DiMaria.

Q&A with mayoral candidate Dan DiMaria

With Dan Staackmann and Dan DiMaria facing off in next week’s primary election, the Morton Grove Champion sent questionnaires to both candidates, asking them their opinion on major issues in town.

Q&A with mayoral candidate Dan Staackmann

With Dan Staackmann and Dan DiMaria facing off in next week’s primary election, the Morton Grove Champion sent questionnaires to both candidates, asking them their opinion on major issues in town.

Morton Grove’s Action Party facing rare challenges from within

MORTON GROVE — In its decades of control over village government, the Morton Grove Action Party has rarely been challenged successfully.

Challenge filed against District 67 School Board candidate

MORTON GROVE — One of five candidates who filed for the April School Board election in Golf Elementary District 67 is challenging the petitions of another candidate.

Richard Toth, an incumbent board member seeking reelection on April 9, has filed an objection to petitions filed …

How much did it cost Tea Party GOPer Joe Walsh to lose? About $70 a vote

If money “buys” a vote for a candidate, then ultimately the tens of millions of dollars poured into Illinois congressional races failed to pay off. Outside groups plowed $43 million into the top six U.S. House races in the Land of Lincoln on top of individual campaign spending. However, in the three top Chicago-area congressional races, those who spent the most money — or had the most spent on their behalf — lost.

Schakowsky scores eighth term in Congress

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Democrat Jan Schakowsky will return for an eighth term as Illinois’ 9th District congresswoman after defeating Republican challenger Tim Wolfe by a wide margin in Tuesday’s election.

With all 538 precincts reporting, Schakowsky had 186,594 votes to Wolfe’s 95,289.

Speaking briefly to supporters at …

Lang poised to beat challenger

Long-standing State Rep. Lou Lang (D-16th) Tuesday faced his first opponent in years and was on his way to soundly defeating Republican Vincent Romano in a district that includes parts of Skokie, Lincolnwood, Morton Grove and Rogers Park in Chicago

Lang captured more than 68 …

District 67 voters reject tax hike, approve bond sale

MORTON GROVE — Golf Elementary School District 67 School Board President Meryl Gale promised the district again will seek a tax hike after voters Tuesday turned down a measure that would have provided the district with more than $1 million in new revenue.

Voting running smoothly, at least in suburbs

A steady and significant number of voters have turned out to polling places in Cook County, but rain this afternoon and evening could hurt voter turnout. Very few voters waited in line Tuesday but crowds were steady until after 9 a.m. when it began to …

Wolfe challenges Schakowsky in 9th

Democrat Jan Schakowsky is seeking her eighth term as Illinois’ 9th District congresswoman, but she faces an Election Day challenger in accountant Tim Wolfe.

Incumbent Lang faces newcomer Romano in 16th House

Republican Vincent Romano, who is taking on 25-year Democratic incumbent Lou Lang for the Illinois 16th District House seat Nov. 6, talks about running against “the Democrat Madigan Machine.”