Politics and Elections

City election officials on Tuesday afternoon planned to file a motion in Cook County Court that would allow three polling places to stay open an hour later – until 8 p.m. – due to late starts in the morning.

Before a February Chicago City Council meeting, Alderman Jason Ervin (28^th) abruptly took the press podium outside council chambers and called on state Rep. Derrick Smith (D-Chicago) and Smith’s primary challenger, Eddie Winters, to both drop out of the Democratic primary election for Illinois House 10th District representative.