Judicial recommendations
U.S. House
Illinois House of Representatives
Linked below are responses from congressional, legislative and county candidates to Chicago Sun-Times Editorial Board questionnaires. The Board made endorsements in contested races based on these questionnaires as well as interviews with candidates and research by the Board. Read our endorsements for U.S. Senate; Congress: Districts 1-6, District 8, Districts 7-14; the Illinois Senate, including the 2nd District; the Illinois House, including the 26th District; Cook County state's attorney; MWRD; Cook County Circuit Court clerk. and U.S. President (Dem, GOP). A ✔ indicates an endorsed candidate.
Marco Rubio
John Kasich ✔
Donald Trump
Rand Paul
Mike Huckabee
Rick Santorum
Illinois Comptroller
28th District
Democrat
Laura Murphy
Republican
Mel Thillens
29th District
Democrat
Julie A. Morrison
Republican
Benjamin Salzberg
31st District
Democrat
Melinda Bush
Republican
Michael Amrozowicz
32nd District
Republican
Pamela Althoff
40th District
Democrat
Toi W. Hutchinson
41st District
Republican
Christine Radogno
43rd District
Democrat
Pat McGuire
49th District
Democrat
Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant
Republican
Michelle Smith
Republican
Jeb Bush
Ben Carson
Chris Christie
Ted Cruz
Carly Fiorina
Jim Gilmore
Republican
Democrat
Democrat
Mariyana Spyropoulos ✔
Barbara McGowan
Josina Morita ✔
Joseph Daniel Cook
Kevin McDevitt
R. Cary Capparelli ✔
U.S. President
6th District
Republican
Peter J. Roskam Gordon "Jay" Kinzler
Democrat
Robert Marshall
Amanda Howland ✔
7th District
Democrat
8th District
Democrat
Raja Krishnamoorthi ✔ Deborah H. Bullwinkel
Michael Noland
Republican
Peter "Pete" DiCianni
9th District
Democrat
Republican
Joan McCarthy Lasonde
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
Green
Karen Roothaan
George Milkowski
Michael Smith
Democrat
1st District
Democrat
Bobby L. Rush ✔
Howard B. Brookins Jr.
O. Patrick Brutus
Republican
Jimmy Lee Tillman II August "O'Neill" Deuser
2nd District
Democrat
Robin Kelly ✔
Marcus Lewis
Charles Rayburn
Dorian C.L. Myrickes
Republican
John F. Morrow
3rd District
Democrat
Dan Lipinski
4th District
Democrat
Luis V. Gutiérrez ✔
Javier Salas
5th District
Democrat
Mike Quigley
Green
2016 primary election questionnaires
1st District
Democrat
Antonio "Tony" Munoz
2nd District
Democrat
4th District
Democrat
Kimberly A. Lightford
5th District
Democrat
Patricia Van Pelt ✔
Robert "Bob" Fioretti
7th District
Democrat
Heather A. Steans
8th District
Democrat
Ira I. Silverstein
10th District
Democrat
John G. Mulroe
11th District
Democrat
Martin A. Sandoval
13th District
Democrat
Kwame Raoul
14th District
Democrat
Emil Jones III
10th District
Republican
Democrat
Brad Schneider
Nancy Rotering ✔
11th District
Democrat
Republican
Tonia Khouri
Nick Stella ✔
Herman B. White
14th District
Republican
Democrat
Jesse Maggitt
Jim Walz ✔
John Hosta
16th District
Republican
Adam Kinzinger
(Three 6-year terms)
Republican
Leslie Geissler Munger
26th District
Democrat
Christian L. Mitchell ✔
Jhatayn "Jay" Travis
27th District
Democrat
Monique D. Davis
28th District
Democrat
Robert "Bob" Rita
29th District
Democrat
Thaddeus Jones ✔
Kenneth "Kenny" Williams
Wilbur "Will" Tillman
30th District
Democrat
William "Will" Davis
31st District
Democrat
Mary E. Flowers
32nd District
Democrat
Andre Thapedi
33rd District
Democrat
Marcus C. Evans Jr.
34th District
Democrat
Elgie R. Sims Jr.
35th District
Democrat
Frances Ann Hurley
Republican
Victor Horne
36th District
Democrat
Kelly M. Burke
37th District
Republican
Margo McDermed
38th District
Democrat
Al Riley
39th District
Democrat
Will Guzzardi
40th District
Democrat
Jaime M. Andrade Jr.
Harish I. Patel ✔
41st District
Republican
Grant Wehrli
42nd District
Republican
Jeanne M. Ives
Democrat
Kathleen V. Carrier
43th District
Democrat
Anna Moeller
44th District
Democrat
Fred Crespo
45th District
Republican
Christine Jennifer Winger
Democrat
Cynthia Borbas
46th District
Democrat
Deb Conroy
Republican
Heidi Holan
47th District
Republican
Patricia R. "Patti" Bellock
48th District
Republican
Peter Breen
49th District
Republican
Mike Fortner
50th District
Republican
Keith R. Wheeler
51st District
Republican
Nick Sauer
52nd District
Republican
David McSweeney
53rd District
Republican
David Harris
1st District
Democrat
Daniel J. Burke
2nd District
Democrat
Alexander "Alex" Acevedo
Theresa Mah ✔
3rd District
Democrat
Luis Arroyo
4th District
Democrat
Cynthia Soto ✔
Robert "Bob Z" Zwolinski
5th District
Democrat
Kenneth "Ken" Dunkin
Juliana Stratton ✔
6th District
Democrat
Sonya Marie Harper
Genita C. Robinson ✔
Darryl D. Smith
Kenyatta Nicole Vaughn
7th District
Democrat
Emanuel "Chris" Welch ✔
Chris Harris
8th District
Democrat
La Shawn K. Ford
9th District
Democrat
Arthur Turner
10th District
Democrat
Melissa Conyears
Republican
Mark Spognardi
11th District
Democrat
Ann M. Williams
Republican
Gary Mandell
12th District
Democrat
Sara Feigenholtz
Republican
Gene Witt
13th District
Democrat
Gregory Harris
14th District
Democrat
Kelly M. Cassidy
15th District
Democrat
Republican
Jonathan Edelman
16th District
Democrat
Lou Lang
17th District
Democrat
Laura Fine
18th District
Democrat
Robyn Gabel
Republican
Jessica Tucker
19th District
Democrat
Robert Martwick
20th District
Republican
Michael P. McAuliffe
Democrat
Merry Marwig
21st District
Democrat
Silvana Tabares
22nd District
Democrat
Michael Madigan
Jason Gonzales
Joe G. Barboza
Grasiela Rodriguez
23rd District
Democrat
Michael J. Zalewski
24th District
Democrat
Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez
Republican
25th District
Democrat
Barbara Flynn Currie
Illinois State Senate
U.S. Senate
Chicago Sun-Times Editorial Board
Cook County
Susana Mendoza
Democrat
Hillary Clinton ✔
Bernie Sanders
Willie L. Wilson
Roque "Rocky" de la Fuente
Martin J. O'Malley
Larry "Lawrence" Cohen
16th District
Democrat
Jacqueline "Jacqui" Collins
17th District
Democrat
Donne E. Trotter
19th District
Democrat
Michael E. Hastings ✔
McStephen O.A. "Max" Solomon
20th District
Democrat
Iris Y. Martinez
22nd District
Democrat
Steve Caramelli
Cristina Castro ✔
23rd District
Democrat
Thomas Cullerton
Republican
Seth Lewis
25th District
Republican
Democrat
Corinne M. Pierog
26th District
Republican
Casey Urlacher
Dan McConchie
Martin McLaughlin ✔
Recorder of Deeds
Democrat
Karen Yarbrough
Board of Review
1st District
Republican
Dan Patlak
2nd District
Democrat
Michael Cabonargi
54th District
Republican
Tom Morrison
55th District
Democrat
Martin J. Moylan
Republican
Dan Gott
56th District
Democrat
Michelle Mussman
Republican
57th District
Democrat
Elaine Nekritz
58th District
Democrat
Scott Drury
59th District
Democrat
Carol A. Sente
Republican
Dawn Abernathy
60th District
Democrat
Rita Mayfield
Republican
Robert L. Ochsner
61st District
Republican
Sheri Jesiel
Democrat
Nick Ciko
62nd District
Democrat
Sam Yingling
Republican
Rod Drobinski
63rd District
Democrat
Jack D. Franks
Republican
Steven Reick
Jeffery Lichte
64th District
Republican
Barbara Wheeler
65th District
Republican
Steven A. Andersson
66th District
Republican
Carolyn Schofield ✔
Dan Wilbrandt
Allen Skillicorn
Paul Serwatka
Democrat
Nancy Zettler
75th District
Republican
John D. Anthony
Democrat
Martha J. Shugart
77th District
Republican
Anthony Airdo
Democrat
Kathleen Willis
78th District
Democrat
Camille Lilly
80th District
Democrat
Anthony DeLuca
81st District
Republican
Ron Sandack
Democrat
Greg Hose
82nd District
Republican
Jim Durkin
83rd District
Democrat
Linda Chapa LaVia
84th District
Democrat
Stephanie A. Kifowit
Republican
Mike Strick
85th District
Democrat
Emily McAsey
97th District
Republican
Mark Batinick
98th District
Democrat
Natalie A. Manley