Election Day campaign stuff
Tuesday, Nov 3, 2026 - Posted by Isabel Miller
* CBS Chicago…
Candidates were seen greeting voters at Shoesmith School on 50th Street in the Hyde Park/Kenwood area on Tuesday morning.
Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias and Governor JB Pritzker were seen shaking hands and talking with voters as they went to the polls.
Republican Darren Bailey will meet with voters at the Palatine, Illinois, train station.
* The traditional stop at Manny’s…
* President Trump posted another get-out-the-vote message backing Darren Bailey. Still no mention of US Senate candidate Don Tracy on the list…
* Subscribers have known about this outside spending for weeks. WBEZ…
Republicans are not expected to make a dent in Democrats’ supermajority in the Illinois General Assembly, but a multi-million-dollar suburban legislative race has turned into a fiery, closely watched contest in the lead-up to Election Day Tuesday.
In that race, state Rep. Nabeela Syed, a Democrat from Inverness, is challenging incumbent Republican Darby Hills of Barrington Hills for the Illinois Senate 26th District seat.
The $6.5 million raised makes it one of the most expensive contests in the history of the General Assembly, said Alisa Kaplan, executive director of Reform for Illinois. […]
Syed received at least $4.7 million in contributions, much of it from her party, while Hills has raised $1.8 million, said Kaplan, whose organization runs the Illinois Sunshine Database. […]
Separate from Hills’ own fundraising, a political action committee called the Strong Independent Leadership Committee formed last month to oppose Syed. It’s stated purpose is “ensuring only strong, independent leaders are elected by opposing extreme candidates,” according to a state filing.
Vince Foglia of North Barrington formed the political committee and contributed $500,000 to it.
* The US Department of Justice lists six Illinois jurisdictions for election monitoring today: Chicago and Cook, Champaign, Sangamon, St. Clair and Madison counties…
* ABC Chicago…
In the Logan Square neighborhood in the First Ward, the I-Team has found some Election Day issues already
Three precincts vote at the voting location on Rockwell and there were long lines outside early Tuesday and inside long lines as well after facing some issues.
Precinct 6 was OK, but voters for Precinct 5 were not able to vote at all as they ran out of ballots and electronic machine not working.
In Precinct 4, voters can only vote electronically.
The I-Team has heard have had 2 techs out to try to fix the electronic machine for the 5th precinct and have not yet been able to fix it.
* More…
- Candy Dogood - Tuesday, Nov 3, 26 @ 1:24 pm:
I could go for a traditional stop at Manny’s right now.