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Everything you need to know about Evanston’s April 6 election Tuesday marks the culmination of a controversial and contentious election season that began in November and has the potential to bring in an entirely new City Council. There are 30 combined candidates vying for aldermanic, city clerk and school board seats. Polling places across the city will be open Tuesday from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Residents can find their polling locations through the Cook County Clerk’s Office website. Find more voting information here.  The ballot will include nine aldermanic races, a city clerk race and two ...

Evanston Now Evanston's 4th and 8th Wards will definitely each get a new alderman soon. (Shutterstock.com) Evanston’s 4th and 8th Wards will definitely get a new alderman soon. Final results from the February primary show Alderman Don Wilson, 4th Ward, and Alderman Ann Rainey, 8th Ward, will each be replaced by a challenger. In Ward 4, Jonathan Nieuwsma was first in the primary, Diane Goldring second, and Wilson third, 56 votes behind Goldring. In Ward 8, Current City Clerk Devon Reid came in first, Matthew Mitchell second, and Rainey, the senior alderman with nine terms, was...

Evanston RoundTable Open Search Evanston RoundTable’s free daily and weekend email newsletters – sign up now! Maybe later, thanks. Early voting for the April 6 General Election begins March 22. As with the Feb. 23 primary election, voters can cast their ballots in person in Room G300 of the Morton Civic Center, 2100 Ridge Ave., through April 5. Eight of the City’s nine wards have contested elections, with incumbents in six of them seeking re-election. Two candidates are vying for the position of City Clerk. In the School Board races, eight candidates have filed for the four open po...

A 6th Ward resident said he was removed from a virtual Tuesday 1st Ward meeting after attempting to ask Ald. Judy Fiske (1st) a question about a Council vote regarding the Robert Crown Community Center. At the start of the meeting, Fiske said, “There is a political campaign going on, so we’re not going to talk politics tonight.” When 6th Ward resident Mike Vasilko asked about Robert Crown’s contractor not paying a penalty for failing to meet a local employment threshold based on a vote Fiske joined, Fiske said she would not engage in a political conversation. She also said Vasilko sho...

Evanston Now Candidate says bad info from city clerk cost her a chance to run A former candidate for Evanston City Council says incorrect information given to her by City Clerk Devon Reid has prevented her from running as a write-in candidate in April's election. Devon Reid and Rebeca Mendoza. A former candidate for Evanston City Council says incorrect information given to her by City Clerk Devon Reid has prevented her from running as a write-in candidate in April’s election. Rebeca Mendoza was going to run for 5th Ward alderman. She tells Evanston Now that she co...