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The 2023 Chicago elections took place in two rounds on February 28, 2023, and April 4, 2023. Elections were held for Mayor of Chicago, City Clerk of Chicago, City Treasurer of Chicago, all 50 members of the Chicago City Council, and 66 members of the newly created police District Councils. [1][2] The elections were administered by the Chicago ...
The Chicago Board of Education election will take place on November 5, 2024, alongside the statewide general elections. This will be the first ever election to the Board, which has been an appointed body since is formation in 1837. [1] The election was planned after the state passed a law in 2021 that would create an elected school board.
The 2023 Chicago mayoral election was held on February 28, 2023, to elect the mayor of Chicago, Illinois. With no candidate receiving a majority of votes in the initial round of the election, a runoff election was held on April 4. This two-round election took place alongside other 2023 Chicago elections, including races for City Council, city ...
The district was established in 1994, when the board transitioned from holding elections in individual districts, as opposed to the previous practice of having two multi-member districts districts: one for ten members from the city of Chicago and another for seven members from suburban Cook County. [1]
The potentially suppressed turnout of election-day voting as a result of virus concerns was partially offset by high in-person early voting and mail-in ballot numbers. [6] 339,000 people cast early votes, a record number, with Chicago seeing 172,000, and the rest of Cook County seeing 167,000 early votes, a record for each jurisdiction. [6]
Brandon Johnson (born March 27, 1976) [1] is an American educator and politician who has served as the 57th Mayor of Chicago since 2023. [2][3][4] A member of the Democratic Party, Johnson previously served on the Cook County Board of Commissioners from 2018 to 2023, representing the 1st district. Johnson was first elected to the Cook County ...
Chicago's incorporation as a city in 1837 eliminated such a model in favor of a common council elected from wards and a separate office of mayor who was elected at large. [1] From 1838 through 1860, mayoral elections were held on the first Tuesday of March. [2] From 1861 through 1867 they were held on the first Monday in April. [2]
The City of Chicago has held elections to its City Council since its incorporation in 1837. Elections were held annually from 1837 through 1921, biennially from 1923 through 1933, and quadrennially starting in 1935. From 1851 through 1922 the Council was staggered and half of it was chosen at each election, but before 1851 and since 1923 the ...