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Democratic Turnout Surges, While GOP Turnout Drops in IL Primary

1.92 million people voted in yesterday’s Primary Election, after nearly a year of full-fledged campaigning from candidates on both sides of the aisle. Overall, turnout this year was the highest for a gubernatorial Primary Election since 2002. Democratic turnout increased by…

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Top Primary Races: “Cost Per Vote”

In many of the most contentious Primary Election races, results remained too close to call for hours. As the dust settles this morning, we’ve taken a look at how much money candidates raised for each vote they received in key…

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Governor’s Race: Fundraising Breakdown

As we enter the final week of the 2018 Primary Election in Illinois, candidates in the heated race for Illinois Governor are kicking their campaigns into high gear. Throughout the election, fundraising and spending have been major topics of contention…

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Marie Newman Out-Raises Incumbent Lipinski 2 to 1

Lipinski Edges Newman by Just Over $100,000 in Spending   Congressional candidates filed their Pre-Election reports last night, giving us insight into their fundraising and spending patterns heading into the March 20th Primary Election contest. In the first two months…

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Transparency: Required for Fair Property Tax Assessments

A robust commitment to transparency is critical for improving the property tax assessment process in Cook County, which puts an unfair burden on low-income homeowners. The Assessor’s Office claims to be operating in line with Best Practices recommendations from a national…

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Illinois Must Make Changes to Protect Early Voting

Legal challenges regarding ballot status for a few candidates are causing Early Voting delays across Illinois Delays are being handled differently in each election jurisdiction, creating the potential for voter disenfranchisement and confusion State officials should be prepared to make important changes…

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Marie Newman Out-Raised Congressman Lipinski in 4th Quarter

Roskam leads the fundraising game with $577,106 raised last quarter, but Sean Casten made a considerable showing with $336,694. Casten contributed $250,000 to his own campaign during that time period, accounting for 74% of his total funds raised. Mazeski raised $266,677,…

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