Campaigns & Elections Category Archives: Campaigns & Elections

After utilizing Facebook throughout the election cycle, several area judicial candidates signed on to the social media site last week to send out a few final campaign messages. Regardless of whether they won or lost, the majority of candidates posted … Read More »

More than $27 million was spent on television advertising in this year’s state Supreme Court races, according to two groups that tracked the elections. Even though final fundraising totals are not yet available, Justice at Stake and the Brennan Center … Read More »

It wasn’t until just a few years ago that judicial retention races started to make front-page headlines. In 2010, Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas Kilbride faced, what was at that time, a rare occurrence for a judge running for … Read More »

Democrat Judy Cates has won the race for the Fifth District Appellate Court. The Swansea trial attorney received 52 percent of the vote in Tuesday’s election against her Republican opponent, St. Clair County Circuit Judge Stephen McGlynn, according to final … Read More »

As of about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, it was still unclear who would take home the win in the Fifth District Appellate Court race. Democrat Judy Cates beat her Republican opponent, St. Clair County Circuit Judge Stephen McGlynn, in Madison and … Read More »