These are the Chicago Tribune endorsements in Tuesday’s election. Endorsements are made only in contested races.
Republican candidates
U.S. SENATE
Mark Kirk
GOVERNOR
Andy McKenna
LT. GOVERNOR
Matt Murphy
COMPTROLLER
Judy Baar Topinka
U.S. HOUSE
5th District: Ashvin Lad
8th District: Dirk Beveridge
9th District: Joel Barry Pollak
10th District: Robert Dold
11th District: Adam Kinzinger
12th District: Theresa Kormos
14th District: Randy Hultgren
19th District: John Shimkus
ILLINOIS SENATE
25th District: P. Sean Michels
40th District: Adam Baumgartner
ILLINOIS HOUSE
37th District: Jeffrey Junkas
41st District: Chris Nybo
50th District: Kay Hatcher
54th District: Suzanne Bassi
56th District: Ryan Higgins
59th District: Dan Sugrue
62nd District: Sandy Cole
68th District: John Cabello
69th District: Joe Sosnowski
94th District: Rich Myers
100th District: Rich Brauer
116th District: No endorsement
COOK COUNTY
Board President:
Roger Keats
1st District Board of Review:
Sean Morrison
5th District county commissioner: No endorsement
6th District county commissioner: Sandra K. Czyznikiewicz
14th District county commissioner: Gregg Goslin
16th District county commissioner: Tony Peraica
17th District county commissioner: Elizabeth “Liz” Doody Gorman
ILLINOIS APPELLATE COURT
2nd (Callum vacancy): Ann Jorgensen; 2nd (Gilleran-Johnson vacancy): Mary Schostok
COOK COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT
McCarthy vacancy: Maureen Masterson Pulia
COLLAR COUNTIES
12th Circuit Court-1st Subcircuit (Petka vacancy): Katherine Maloney
12th Circuit Court-5th Subcircuit (“B” vacancy): Art Smigielski
16th Circuit Court (Grometer vacancy): Kevin Busch
16th Circuit Court-DeKalb County (“A” vacancy): Thomas Doherty
16th Circuit Court-Kane County (“A” vacancy): Thomas Patrick Rice
16th Circuit Court-Kendall County (“A” vacancy): Robert Pilmer
18th Circuit Court (Kilander vacancy): Brian McKillip
19th Circuit Court -5th Subcircuit (“A” vacancy): Diane Winter
DuPage County Sheriff: John Zaruba
DuPage County Board Chairman: Dan Cronin
Kane County Sheriff: Robert Russell
Kane County Treasurer: David Rickert
McHenry County Sheriff: Keith Nygren
Will County Sheriff: Paul Kaupas
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Democratic candidates
U.S. SENATE
David Hoffman
GOVERNOR
No endorsement
LT. GOVERNOR
Art Turner
COMPTROLLER
S. Raja Krishnamoorthi
U.S. HOUSE
1st District: Bobby Rush
3rd District: Dan Lipinski
7th District: Sharon Denise Dixon
10th District: Julie Hamos
18th District: Deirdre “DK” Hirner
ILLINOIS SENATE
1st District: Adolfo Mondragon
7th District: Heather Steans
10th District: John Mulroe
51st District: Amy Bliefnick
ILLINOIS HOUSE
2nd District: Josip “Joe” Trutin
4th District: Cynthia Soto
5th District: David Schroeder
9th District: Art Turner Jr.
10th District: Jonathan Goldman
11th District: Ann Williams
18th District: Edmund Moran Jr.
21st District: Terrence Collins
23rd District: Rudy Lozano Jr.
29th District: Thaddeus Jones
32nd District: Andre Thapedi
36th District: Kelly Burke
40th District: Deborah Mell
59th District: Carol Sente
60th District: Angelo Kyle
68th District: Paul Williams
71st District: Porter McNeil
81st District: John Unhoch
98th District: No endorsement
114th District: No endorsement
TREASURER
Robin Kelly
COOK COUNTY
Board President: Toni Preckwinkle
Assessor: Raymond Figueroa
Sheriff: Tom Dart
1st District county commissioner: Adekunle “Ade” B. Onayemi
2nd District county commissioner: Desiree Grode
3rd District county commissioner: Monica Torres-Linares
4th District county commissioner: Elgie Sims Jr.
5th District county commissioner: Sheila Chalmers-Currin
6th District county commissioner: Nick Valadez
7th District county commissioner: Jesus Garcia
8th District county commissioner: Javier “Xavier” Nogueras
12th District county commissioner: John Fritchey
13th District county commissioner: Larry Suffredin
16th District county commissioner: Jeffrey Tobolski
17th District county commissioner: Victor Forys
METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT
(Vote for three)
Mariyana Spyropoulos
Todd Connor
Kari Steele
ILLINOIS APPELLATE COURT
1st (McNulty vacancy): James Epstein; 1st (O’Malley vacancy): Tom Hogan
1st (South vacancy): Mary Katherine Rochford
COOK COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT
Berland vacancy: William Hooks
Bronstein vacancy: Terry MacCarthy
Dolan vacancy: Linda Pauel
Hayes vacancy: Raymond Mitchell
Kelley vacancy: John Patrick Callahan
Riley vacancy: Russell Hartigan
COOK COUNTY SUBCIRCUITS
1st (Coleman vacancy): Thaddeus Wilson
1st (Steele vacancy): Michelle Hugghis Flagg
3rd (Carmody vacancy): Steven Watkins
3rd (Darcy vacancy): Edward Harmening
3rd (“A” vacancy): Daniel Malone
9th (Otaka vacancy): Geary Kull
9th (“A” vacancy): Michael Ian Bender
11th (Riley vacancy): Ann Finley Collins
15th (Lipinski vacancy): Joan Marie Kubalanza
15th (Panichi vacancy): George Scully
15th (Phelan vacancy): John Griffin
COLLAR COUNTIES
12th Circuit Court (White vacancy): Gary Mueller
12th Circuit Court-4th Subcircuit (“A” vacancy): Carmen Goodman
16th Circuit Court-Kane County (“A” vacancy): Michael Funkey
19th Circuit Court-4th Subcircuit (“A” vacancy): Jeremy Cowen Schwartz
19th Circuit Court-6th Subcircuit (“A” vacancy): Michael Perillo Jr.
Lake County Sheriff: Douglas Roberts
Will County Sheriff: Pete Piazza
TAKE THIS WITH YOU to the voting booth on Tuesday. (Yes, that is legal.)
