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* Did you catch the lunar eclipse?…

* A roundup to start your day…

* Sun-Times | History and hostility: Heated campaign for Illinois governor short, but not so sweet: The 19-week tangle between Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Republican state Sen. Darren Bailey was shaped by fights over abortion, political extremism, crime and the economy. Insults flew from the onset.

* Shaw Local | On Election Day, next campaign season is well underway: It’s exactly 16 weeks until the consolidated primary election on Feb. 28. Not every jurisdiction requires a primary, so you might be waiting another five weeks for the actual election. But candidates should already be working on campaign infrastructure because Nov. 21 is the first day to file nomination papers (the last day is Nov. 28).

* Sun-Times | In-person early voting overtakes mail-in ballots for first time: Election official says snail mail isn’t a sure thing to get ballots postmarked by Election Day

* SJR | On election eve, Dems champion workers’ rights; GOP warns of COVID-19 vaccine mandates: In Springfield, nearly all top-of-the-ticket Democrats met at UAW Local 137 for a get-out-the-vote rally. While each candidate had their own talking points, a common thread was promoting voters to support Amendment 1 — commonly known as the Workers’ Rights Amendment.

* Tribune | Election Day arrives in Lake County with 100k votes already cast; ‘We expect it to be … very busy’: With more than 100,000 votes cast through early and mail-in voting before polls open on Election Day in Lake County Tuesday, Democratic and Republican leaders were expressing optimism and enthusiasm about the results they hope to see when votes are counted.

* Illinois Newsroom | IL13th Congressional District candidates both expect victory: Both candidates in Illinois’ redrawn 13th congressional district say their messages are connecting with voters. Republican Regan Deering and Democratic candidate Nikki Budzinski both expect victory in Tuesday’s election.

* NBC Chicago | Pritzker Hopes for Repeat of 2018 Blowout, But Bailey, Political Experts Predict Tighter Race: However, some say, after a pandemic, a spike in crime and inflation concerns, a 16-point win would be tough to recreate. “I’d be surprised,” said political strategist Thom Serafin. “I think the race is somewhere between four and eight points right now,”

* Crain’s | Give this part of the SAFE-T Act a chance to work: Changing the law ending cash bail in Illinois—before it has even gone into effect—would undo the most promising parts of the legislation, writes an attorney with Northwestern’s law school.

* KFVS | Ill. Democrats campaign in Marion: Most of the Democratic statewide officeholders, including Governor JB Pritzker, spoke to union members in Marion.

* Center Square | Democrats campaign to keep power that Republicans say isn’t good for ‘silent majority’: Alongside other statewide Democratic office holders at a campaign stop in Springfield, incumbent Gov. J.B. Pritzker said it’s imperative voters vote. “We have to elect pro-labor, pro-choice, pro-voting rights, pro-civil rights Democrats up and down the ticket, right,” Pritzker said to a crowd.

* CBS Chicago | Gov. Pritzker spends final day of campaign drumming up support downstate: Voters outside the Chicago and the collar counties may prove crucial for Pritzker.

* Sun-Times | City Council approves Lightfoot’s $16.4 billion budget by 32-18 vote: The vote was closer than many expected and tighter than last year’s 35-15 cakewalk, which included a $76.5 million increase in the city’s property tax levy.

* Sun-Times | Sims’ air pollution tests may be botched, EPA says: Residents want to know what hazardous metals are being spewed into the air near homes and schools. They’ll have to wait to find out.

* Politico | Trump: ‘Very big announcement’ coming Nov. 15: “I’m going to be making a very big announcement on Tuesday, Nov. 15,” Trump said at an evening rally in Ohio on behalf of Republican candidates. The announcement will come at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, Trump said.

* Politico | GOP activists and candidates set stage to claim elections they lose are stolen: The advice they’re giving their voters — to vote late on Election Day — would cause the counting delays they say are suspicious.

* Tribune | Routine childhood vaccinations in Illinois dropped during the pandemic, worrying pediatricians : About 89% of Illinois kindergartners were reported as vaccinated against measles, mumps, polio, rubella, chickenpox, diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis during the 2020-2021 school year, according to Illinois State Board of Education data obtained by the Tribune through Freedom of Information Act requests. That’s down from about 94% to 96% during each of the previous four school years.

* Politico | Pollsters sweat another Election Day reckoning: Independent polls are painting a very different picture of the midterm election than the Republican-aligned firms pointing to GOP victory.

It’ll be a busy day for Pritzker. He’ll bestarting off Election Day greeting voters at the Pulaski Orange Line stop at 7 am, the 95th Street Red Line stop at 7:55 am, the Canter Middle School at 8:30 am, the Roosevelt Orange/Green/Red Line stop at 9:15 am and Walter Payton College Prep at 9:55 am.

He and MK Pritzker will vote at The Chicago History Museum at 11:05 am.

He’ll stop at Manny’s Deli for lunch and finish at the Marriott Marquis on South Prairie Avenue at 7 p.m. to watch election returns.

posted by Isabel Miller
Tuesday, Nov 8, 22 @ 8:50 am

Comments

1. I caught the tail end of the blood moon out here in the woods. Beautiful brisk morning. Early poling results in my area are Squirrels: 5, Deer: 3, Me: 0. Hoping to see a surge as the morning progresses.

   Comment by NoMoreMC Tuesday, Nov 8, 22 @ 9:32 am

2. I saw the eclipse and didn’t think it was very “blood red”. Is that a harbinger of today’s results?

   Comment by very old soil Tuesday, Nov 8, 22 @ 9:38 am

3. Re City Budget- does anyone have those votes? The clerk’s office doesnt post the votes until the next meeting. The 32-18 on the budget and 29-21 on the tax levy is interesting. Id love to see ho how each alderman voted.

   Comment by low level Tuesday, Nov 8, 22 @ 9:53 am

4. I also caught the blood moon, the “diamond ring” effect when the earth’s shadow was beginning to fall away, and then the end. A thing of wonder.
   And now on to Election Day.

   Comment by Curious citizen Tuesday, Nov 8, 22 @ 9:59 am

5. This morning marks the first time I didn’t intentionally stay up/wake up to see an eclipse.

   Comment by Candy Dogood Tuesday, Nov 8, 22 @ 10:10 am

6. I slept through the eclipse. The area I live in is historically bad for viewing such phenomena, so might as well snooze.

   Comment by Friendly Bob Adams Tuesday, Nov 8, 22 @ 10:19 am

7. Low Level, this person posted a lot of vote screenshots

   https://twitter.com/erin_hegarty/status/1589703269848604674

   Comment by Big Dipper Tuesday, Nov 8, 22 @ 10:24 am

8. Re: Center Square link

   Why do Republicans, when they are in the minority, always refer to themselves as the “silent majority?” Neither the noun, nor the adjective apply.

   Comment by H-W Tuesday, Nov 8, 22 @ 10:34 am

9. Clouds cleared out around totality. Beautiful starry sky with the eclipse. And, it’s amazing how loud cottontails can be jumping through the brush at 4:30 am. At least I hope that’s what it was;)

   Comment by Anon221 Tuesday, Nov 8, 22 @ 10:38 am

10. Re: Politico and Trump Announcement

    You heard it here first. “I intend to avoid being attacked by the legal system by announcing that I am again running for president. Everyone knows that a presidential candidates cannot be sued or arrested or tried.”

    Comment by H-W Tuesday, Nov 8, 22 @ 10:39 am

11. = Why do Republicans, when they are in the minority, always refer to themselves as the “silent majority?” =

    I’m always amused by that, since the phrase originated with Homer, and is used to describe the dead.

    Comment by JoanP Tuesday, Nov 8, 22 @ 11:07 am

12. Now very much into early voting. Would rather pick a nice day to vote than wait until the final day, and there’s a crowd and/or weather is bad. Early voting and voting ease is a great benefit to anyone, a vote in the bank.

    Comment by Grandson of Man Tuesday, Nov 8, 22 @ 11:20 am

13. Saw the last stages of the eclipse.

    Am getting a ton of spam texts. Deleted and blocking all.

    Will be relieved when election day is over.

    Comment by Huh? Tuesday, Nov 8, 22 @ 12:01 pm

14. == Low Level, this person posted a lot of vote screenshots==

    Thank you VERY much for this

    Comment by low level Tuesday, Nov 8, 22 @ 1:28 pm

15. woke up to see this beautiful site, the moon. amazing.

    Comment by Amalia Tuesday, Nov 8, 22 @ 2:46 pm

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