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Open season for political filings in Cook County region
A new political season began as hundreds filed petitions for county offices, judgeships, Congress and the General Assembly ahead of the March 21 primary. Key races span Cook, Will, and suburban areas with incumbents facing challengers and multiple seats up for grabs in state senate and house districts.
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Congress
General Assembly
Cook County
Republican Party
Manny Hoffman
Hazel Crest
Illinois House
Steve Brown
Michael Madigan
Chicago
James Brosnahan
D-Evergreen Park
Anne Zickus
R-Palos Hills
Gregg Durham
House
Lee Daniels
County of
DuPage
Durham
Hoffman
David E. Miller
Calumet City
U.S
Jesse Jackson Jr
Willis Harris
Dolton
William Shaw
Jackson
Shaw
Anthony Beale
Beale
Robert Shaw
Cook County Board of Tax Appeals
Harris
Renee Kosel
New Lenox
Frankfort
Darrell Sanders
Harold Murphy
D.markham
Brent Hassert
R-Lemont
Phil Mullins
D-Lockport
Phil Novak
D-Bradley
Jack McGuire
D-Joliet
Douglas George
Patrick O’malley
Palos Park
Rick Ryan
Evergreen Park
Willow Springs Village
Mary Jane Mannella
Christine Radogno
LaGrange
Radogno
Bobby Rush
Barack Obama
Donne Trotter
Edward Petka
Plainfield
GOP
Aurelia Pucinski
North Side
Patrick Levar
Joe Moore
Water Reclamation District
Patricia Young
Richard Devine
Eugene Moore
Water Reclamation Board
Harry “Bus” Yourell
Oak Lawn
Jim Harris
Phoenix
Lynn Carmody
Lemont
Nadine Zapolsky
Zsa Popielarczyk
Will County
Homer Township
Dave Donahue
Lockport
Steve Weber
Mokena
Dinah Lennon Archambeault
Joliet
James A. Blackburn Jr
Edward Ronkowski
Sandra Ellinger
Patricia Trebe
Ronald Svara
Carol J. O’grad
Frank D. Stewart
Margie Gavin Woods
Dorothy Jean Henderson
Henry Travis
Joseph M. Babich
Walter G. Adamic
Richard L “Dick” Budde
James Glasgow
County Board
Lawrence Troutman
Illinois State Board of Elections
Elections.state
Mes.net
Wilkirk
Diane Ross
Jim Hook