For What It's Worth

Yesterday at noon-time, Susanne Michele Groebner was reported to be clinging to a miniscule 99-vote lead over Gary William Seyring. All 225...

We have to put caveats on this. There are still votes being counted. In Illinois, mail-in votes postmarked by yesterday will be counted up...

I realize how tough it must be this morning, but I hope that Justice Tom Kilbride will not see this defeat as a personal repudiation. The T...

I know this is heresy, but I must say it anyway: In the Big Picture, the outcome of the race for the White House is really unimportant. Eve...

Capitol Fax has this statement from Illinois Supreme Court Justice Tom Kilbride: Illinois Supreme Court Justice Tom Kilbride Statement on ...

That's with 88.79% of City precincts reporting. And Judge John J. Mahoney would need 60% to be retained. But Mahoney is polling bette...

Susanne Michelle Groebner holds a narrow lead now over Gary W. Seyring in the race for the 13th Subcircuit vacancy. With 211 of 225 precinc...

With 85.98% of precincts reporting, Judge John J. Mahoney has a "yes" vote of only 58.97%. He's got a 63.72% "yes" v...

With 70% of the City vote counted now, Judge Michael Toomin has a yes vote of 60.16%. He's doing better in the suburbs.

About 60% of the votes are counted in the 12th Subcircuit, around 34% of the ballots in the 13th Subcircuit. Frank DiFranco is leading in t...

Judge Michael Toomin has a 65% yes vote in his retention bid in the suburbs, 61% in the City. For comparison purposes, former Judge Mauric...

City numbers are just starting to come in. Not seeing anything yet from the suburbs. According to Frank Calabrese, there are 134,000 mail...

I live in the 20th House District, so my mailbox has been overflowing with mailings in the Darbro-Stephens race. We've received multipl...

Supposedly, at least half of those who are going to vote in this election have already done so. But, if you have not yet voted, you may no...

Updated and bumped up for greater visibility on November 2, 2020 Updated October 14, 2020 There are only two contested judicial races on ...

She withdrew her retention bid earlier this year. It turns out there was a very good reason, and one having nothing to do with controversi...

Three things we can say for sure -- three things we can't know -- and one thing I am guessing (and hoping) to be true.... This linked ...

Blogger says it took 941 days to get from 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 page views here on FWIW. It took another 951 days to get from 2,000,000 t...

In a press release issued Friday evening, the Cook County Chief Judge's Office advised that another judge and 10 employees of the Office...

And 43rd Ward Ald. Smith offers no endorsement in the race for Cook County State's Attorney. The following are excerpts from a much lo...

FWIW readers are continuing to respond to my "pics or it didn't happen" request for palm cards -- thank you. If you have a ...

FWIW readers are responding to my "pics or it didn't happen" request for palm cards -- thank you. If you have a card to se...

FWIW readers are responding to my "pics or it didn't happen" request for palm cards -- thank you. If you have a card to sen...

People -- always named Anonymous, of course -- are offering comments to this blog about this judge being left off the palm card in that ...

It's OK to admit it: You're sick of the election, aren't you? Many of you reading this have already voted, whether by mail or a...

Chicago Votes bills itself as a "non-partisan, non-profit organization building a more inclusive democracy by putting power in the han...

Even if things were going great before the world ended this past March, things might not be so good right now. And if things weren't...

Updated October 19, 2020 to note that this presentation was recorded and can be watched online at your convenience. Today's program ...

The Soul Slate PAC is out with its general election endorsement list . Nine Cook County judges seeking retention are on the slate, Cass...

Like so many other cultural institutions in Chicago, the Polish Museum of America is currently closed on account of the Never Ending Pandem...

The Committee to Retain Michael P. Toomin is holding a virtual reception on Tuesday, October 20, at 5:30 p.m. Reservations for the event ar...

In apparent response to the recent Sun-Times editorial and two John Seasly articles, co-published by the Sun-Times and Injustice Watch (...