These are the Chicago Tribune’s endorsements in Tuesday’s primary elections.
Endorsements are made only in contested races.
REPUBLICANS
GOVERNOR
Ron Gidwitz
LT. GOVERNOR
Steven J. Rauschenberger
U.S. HOUSE
2nd District
Robert Belin
3rd District
Ray Wardingley
8th District
David McSweeney
9th District
Michael P. Shannon
13th District
Judy Biggert
17th District
Jim Mowen
ILLINOIS SENATE
27th District
Rita L. Mullins
31st District
Suzanne D. Simpson
48th District
Randall M. “Randy” Hultgren
ILLINOIS HOUSE
45th District
Franco Coladipietro
52nd District
Mark H. Beaubien Jr.
53rd District
Sidney H. Mathias
55th District
Pamela Joy Fenner
56th District
Paul Froehlich
62nd District
Sandy Cole
75th District
Jason Briscoe
81st District
Rene Kosel
82nd District
Jim Durkin
95th District
Mike Fortner
COOK COUNTY BOARD
District 9
Peter N. Silvestri
District 15
Timothy O. Schneider
COOK COUNTY COURT SUBCIRCUITS
12th subcircuit
(Madden vacancy)
Don R. Sampen
12th subcircuit
(Siebel vacancy)
Steve Goebel
12th subcircuit
(“A” vacancy)
Richard D. Schwind
13th subcircuit
(Bierman vacancy)
Cary J. Collins
15th subcircuit
(Nowinski vacancy)
Anthony C. Scrementi
DEMOCRATS
GOVERNOR
No endorsement
TREASURER
Paul Mangieri
U.S. HOUSE
1st District
Bobby L. Rush
3rd District
Daniel William Lipinski
5th District
Rahm Emanuel
6th District
L. Tammy Duckworth
7th District
Danny K. Davis
10th District
Daniel J. Seals
12th District
No endorsement
13th District
Bill Reedy
14th District
Jonathon “John” Laesch
19th District
Danny L. Stover
ILLINOIS SENATE
1st District
Oscar Torres
4th District
Kimberly A. Lightford
12th District
Eduardo “Eddie” Garza
33rd District
Dan Kotowski
36th District
Mike Jacobs
39th District
Don Harmon
46th District
David Koehler
ILLINOIS HOUSE
2nd District
Francisco Rodriguez
3rd District
William “Willie” Delgado
6th District
Esther Golar
7th District
Emanuel “Chris” Welch
8th District
La Shawn K. Ford
24th District
Roberto Garcia
25th District
Barbara Flynn Currie
26th District
Lovana S. “Lou” Jones
28th District
Robert “Bob” Rita
29th District
David E. Miller
33rd District
Marlow H. Colvin
40th District
Richard T. Bradley
53rd District
No endorsement
91st District
Michael K. Smith
99th District
Chuck Redpath
ILLINOIS APPELLATE COURT
1st
(Hartigan vacancy)
Deborah Mary Dooling
1st
(Hartman vacancy)
David Anthony Erickson
3rd
(Slater vacancy)
Tom O’Neal
5th
(Maag vacancy)
Bruce Stewart
COOK COUNTY BOARD
President
Forrest Claypool
Sheriff
Tom Dart
5th District
Dian M. Powell
6th District
N. Keith Chambers
7th District
Leonard “Len” Dominguez
9th District
No endorsement
METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT
Debra Shore
Terrence O’Brien
Lewis W. Powell III
COOK COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT
Burr vacancy
Ann Collins Dole
Jaffe vacancy
Michael J. Howlett Jr.
Nudelman vacancy
James Patrick Murphy
Schiller vacancy
Thomas J. Byrne
Travis vacancy
Martha Mills
COOK COUNTY COURT SUBCIRCUITS
1st subcircuit
(Crooks vacancy)
Carl Anthony Walker
2nd subcircuit
(“A” vacancy)
Michael Stuttley
5th subcircuit
(Greene-Thapedi vacancy)
Diane M. Shelley
6th subcircuit
(Jorzak vacancy)
Ramon Ocasio III
7th subcircuit
(“A” vacancy)
Carol M. Howard
10th subcircuit
(Golniewicz vacancy)
Brian Grossman
11th subcircuit
(“A” vacancy)
Mary Colleen Roberts
15th subcircuit
(Nowinski vacancy)
Thomas Anthony Gibbons
Endorsements in the collar counties
These are the Chicago Tribune’s endorsements in Tuesday’s primary elections for contested races in DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will Counties. All candidates are Republican unless noted as Democratic (D).
DUPAGE COUNTY SHERIFF
John E. Zaruba
DUPAGE COUNTY TREASURER
Robert Heap
KANE COUNTY SHERIFF
Ignacio “Joe” Pena
LAKE COUNTY SHERIFF
Mark C. Curran Jr. (D)
WILL COUNTY SHERIFF
Theodore Rizo (D)
WILL COUNTY TREASURER
Michael F. Turk (D)
12TH CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE
1st subcircuit
(“A” vacancy)
Diane M. Para
16TH CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE
Kane, Kendall, DeKalb Counties
(Nottolini vacancy)
Thomas E. Mueller
19TH CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE
Lake, McHenry Counties
(“B” vacancy)
Valerie Boettle Ceckowski
