The last day of petition filing for Illinois’ March 2024 primary election has seen two hopefuls added to the list of congressional candidates seeking to serve the North, West or Northwest suburbs.

Illinois primaries traditionally are held in March. But the General Assembly delayed the 2022 primary until June to give officials more time to incorporate 2020 census data into mandatory redistricting plans.

The first day of candidate filing for Illinois’ March 2024 primary election revealed potential interparty contests in five suburban congressional districts.

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Downers Grove Mayor Bob Barnett talks with supporters as poll results come in at Emmett's Brewing on Tuesday, April 4,2023 in Downers Grove.

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Voters turned out for the Consolidated Election at the Downers Grove Township offices polling place on Tuesday, April 4, 2023.

Several Democratic legislators are grateful attack ads they said were designed to scare voters about the SAFE-T Act did not lead to a red wave for Republicans.

DuPage County election workers will be prohibited from using vote-by-mail applications to verify signatures on mail-in ballots still to be counted, a judge ruled Tuesday.

Four years after Democrats made significant gains in the region, several of the collar counties turned a darker shade of blue on Tuesday.

In races up and down the Nov. 8 ballot, Illinois Democrats seized and campaigned on the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision in June, overturning the 49-year-old Roe v. Wade ruling, saying only they could protect women’s rights.