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It all comes down to this. With just hours left to win the support of voters, the two leading candidates for governor were making their final pitches to win votes Tuesday morning, greeting potential voters face-to-face.
One of the most hotly-contested Congressional races in the country has been in the 10th District of Illinois, which encompasses most of Lake County, and part of northern Cook County.
"There is an intent to try to disrupt the orderly administration of the election," Chicago Board of Election Commissioners Chairman Langdon Neal said.
With polls showing a tight race, the two major candidates for governor of Illinois launched a whirlwind day of campaigning on Monday to fire up their voters on the eve of Election Day.
President Barack Obama was in Chicago on Monday, with a focus on rallying fellow Democrats to cast their ballots in the race for governor.
With three weeks to Election Day and just two days until the gubernatorial debate on CBS 2, both candidates for the state's highest office are thinking about how to score points in their last face-to-face meeting.
Governor Pat Quinn has signed a law that makes it easier for many Illinois residents to vote, reports WBBM's John Cody.
Tomorrow is election day, and for some candidates weather has played a role in how they could go about getting their messages out, reports WBBM's Bernie Tafoya.
Will County Clerk Nancy Schultz Vootz says every off election year she gets hundreds of calls about why the polls are closed.
Brian Urlacher might still be looking for a new job, but his younger brother just found one.
On election day, CBS 2's Mai Martinez found some voters in Frankfort, IL who say someone is trying to shame them into voting.
There are not a lot of big names getting voters excited but the race for mayor in south suburban Dixmoor has an interesting twist worth noting.
A letter that went out to some people in the southwest suburbs ahead of today's elections has sparked outrage from local residents and officials.
A polling place in Lincoln Heights was forced to close because of a nearby fire, according to a release from the Cook County Clerk's office.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson on Saturday said that President Obama's reelection was "a great victory," but that it would be incomplete with a reconstruction of urban America and an investment in the communities where the blacks who voted overwhelmingly for the president live.
Election Day 2012 coverage updated continuously throughout the day and night.
Today, Republicans feel a combination of confusion, disbelief, and anger as to how a slim majority of Americans can possibly want four more years of the Obama administration in the White House. To many, it seems inconceivable that people want to take a chance on more of the same.
Obama plays basketball and Romney campaigns on Election Day
A few election judges in Chicago had to be removed from their polling places today.
While Mitt Romney talks about binders full of women, Democrats have ballots full of women.
Unfortunately, political poll after political poll reveals that the presidential election of 2012 has much to do – in fact, more to do – with the race of the presidential candidate than most anything else.
Tomorrow's voter turnout in and around Chicago might not be a record, but officials expect it will be substantial.
From Florida and Ohio early vote disasters with long lines to power outages in Connecticut, New Jersey and New York there are doubts that some people will have the opportunity to participate in this election.
President Obama has arrived in Chicago, to once again spend Election Day in his hometown.
On Friday, President Barack Obama told his supporters at a campaign rally – inside a public high school, no less – to vote for revenge!
