Chicago Election Returns: Mayor, Alderman

• Where does the race for Chicago mayor stand? Analysts weigh in.

  

• Ballot drop off, voter registration at Soldier Field during Bears game

  

• Colorado among 6 states that will have federal election monitors

  

• Issue at Joliet Refinery contributing to high gas prices

  

• Suspicious letter draws hazmat response at Kluczynski Federal Building in downtown Chicago Friday morning

  

• Early voting in North Texas this weekend: When and where to cast a ballot

  

• Republican incumbent Mike Lawler and Democrat Cait Conley vie for NY-17 seat in northern suburbs

  

• New clues emerge for the source of mystery Texas mass mailers on transgender issues