Election 2024 Guide
WCBU is covering races in the upcoming March 19 Illinois primary and Nov. 5 general election. They include contests for the Illinois General Assembly, county referendums, and U.S. House of Representatives, as well as the presidential election.
Early voting and voting-by-mail options for the March 19 primary election is open. Visit the Illinois State Board of Elections website or the website of your local election authority for more information:
There are also a number of upcoming candidate forums hosted by the League of Women Voters Greater Peoria for various races. Click here for a roundup of those events.
Latest News
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Tazewell County Board vice chairman Mike Harris is expected to keep his seat as a District 3 representative, barring a recount. -
Former mayor of Dixon Li Arellano has won the Republican primary for the 37th State Senate seat. -
The voting process begins 40 days before election day with early voting and mail-in ballots. Elizabeth Gannon of the Peoria Election Commission said this year they had 10,000 mail-in ballots go out the first day of voting. -
Three Republicans are vying in the March primary to replace retiring state senator Win Stoller in the solid red 37th district. -
Joe McGraw, left, and Scott Crowl are running in the 17th Congressional District Republican primary March 19. The winner will face Democrat Eric Sorensen in November. -
The Tremont Community Unit School District 702 is looking to raise funding for education, as bonds for a 2007 high school addition project expire. -
It is not yet decided if former President Donald Trump will remain on the primary ballot in Illinois after a Cook County judge ruled he should be removed. -
Metamora voters are set to decide on whether to raise the maximum annual property tax rate for education in Metamora Grade School District 1. -
Tazewell County Auditor Brett Grimm is now the only candidate for the position of Tazewell County Board chairman. -
Several positions across county government in Peoria and Tazewell Counties are headed for competitive elections next year.
