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Evanstonians celebrate declared Biden victory

Residents of heavily Democratic Evanston celebrated today after learning that major news organizations had determined that with late vote counts from Pennsylvania Joe Biden will win the presidency.

By Bill Smith on November 7, 2020 - 12:57 pm

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Schakowsky: Waiting to ‘exhale’ over presidential results

"I was hoping to exhale," U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky said this afternoon as the presidential vote count dragged on.

By Jeff Hirsh on November 5, 2020 - 8:06 pm

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Local Democrats proud of Kim Foxx victory

Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx, a Democrat, withstood a well-financed campaign by Republican Pat O'Brien to win re-election by a comfortable margin. With 96 percent of precincts reporting, Foxx

By Jeff Hirsh on November 4, 2020 - 5:47 am

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Democrats sweep key Evanston races

Incumbent Democrats today easily defeated their challengers in the U.S. House and Illinois House districts that include Evanston.

By Bill Smith on November 3, 2020 - 7:12 pm

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Few lines so far for election day voting

Election day is off to a quiet start in Evanston.

By Jeff Hirsh on November 3, 2020 - 10:54 am

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Don’t forget to vote!

It's election day, and that's our voting mascot Gumby there in the photo next to an Election Cake from Hewn Bakery in Evanston.

By Bill Smith on November 3, 2020 - 9:56 am

Cook: No election day disturbances anticipated

Evanston Police Chief Demitrous Cook says the department has received no information that would suggest there will be violence at the polls here on election day. He says Evanston police

By Bill Smith on November 2, 2020 - 7:38 pm

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In person early voting declines here

Early in-person voting numbers for this presidential election were down nearly 20% in Evanston compared to 2016. However, the combination of early ballots put into drop-boxes, plus mail-in votes may

By Jeff Hirsh on November 2, 2020 - 7:11 pm

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Election night unlikely to see big surprises locally

Here in deep blue Evanston, there's unlikely to be much suspense about the outcome of key local political races Tuesday night. But to give you a refresher on how the

By Bill Smith on November 2, 2020 - 8:08 am

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Early in-person voting down slightly so far

Despite long lines at the Morton Civic Center, fewer people have voted in-person in the first three days of early voting this year than in the first three days leading

By Jeff Hirsh on October 22, 2020 - 6:35 am

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Presidential results here match rest of suburban Cook

Township and precinct level results from Tuesday's presidential primary, released late this afternoon by the Cook County Clerk's Office, show that Evanston voters gave almost the same level of support

By Bill Smith on March 21, 2020 - 10:17 pm

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Nonpartisan election referendum wins easily

Evanston voters have overwhelmingly decided to retain the city's nonpartisan election model for choosing city officials. With 34 of 50 precincts counted at 9:07 p.m., the votes on the referendum were

By Bill Smith on March 18, 2020 - 1:56 am

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Appeals court upholds objections to referendum

A three-judge panel of the state court of appeals has rejected efforts by former Gov. Pat Quinn to create a new system for adopting ordinances in Evanston. The Evanston Voter

By Bill Smith on March 17, 2020 - 2:32 am

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Judge rejects Quinn’s voter initiative arguments

Cook County Circuit Judge Maureen Kirby Thursday rejected former Gov. Pat Quinn's effort to get the proposed Evanston Voter Initiative back on the March 17 election ballot after it was kicked

By Bill Smith on February 14, 2020 - 1:32 pm

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Voter initiative plan to get court hearing

Supporters of and objectors to the proposed Evanston Voter Initiative referendum will square off at a Cook County Circuit Court hearing Thursday morning. The supporters, represented by former Gov. Pat

By Bill Smith on February 13, 2020 - 12:38 am

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Board boots referendum, Quinn vows appeal

Evanston's Electoral Board voted 2-1 this evening to remove the voter initiative petition drive from the March election ballot, but former Gov. Pat Quinn, representing the referendum supporters, vowed to

By Bill Smith on January 16, 2020 - 3:57 am

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