Elections 2020
Follow WBEZ’s coverage of races in Chicago and Illinois, plus voting updates and live results through Election Day — and beyond.
WBEZ is covering the 2020 Elections in Illinois, including key races for U.S. Congress, State’s Attorney, a major ballot referendum, and Illinois Supreme Court Justices.
Harris is the first woman, the first Black person and the first Asian American elected vice president of the United States. Her rise marks a statement about a changing nation.
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- Street closings, security checkpoints, tree trimming, flower planting — it’s going to start looking a lot like DNC!
- Judge wants Chicago gang kingpin Larry Hoover in court for his mercy bid
- The hope, the worry and the surreal that Illinois Black female Democratic delegates see in Kamala Harris’ moment
- As the DNC returns to Chicago, Illinois’ dean of the delegation, Dick Durbin, basks in the moment
- Democrats expect Republican leaders to send more buses of migrants to Chicago before the DNC
- Video shows sheriff’s deputy shoot and kill an unarmed woman in Springfield, Ill.
- Kamala Harris presidential campaign considering J.B. Pritzker as running mate