By Bob Seidenberg All but one member of the Evanston City Council will now face opposition in the April 1 municipal election, with candidates stepping up to wage write-in campaigns in the city clerk and Fourth Ward races. Vanessa Johnson-McCoy, in the city clerk’s race, and Margaret “Meg” Welch, vying for the Fourth Ward…
By Bob Seidenberg rseiden914@gmail.com Filing is off to a slow start for Evanston’s once-in-every four years municipal election. Twelve candidates filed petitions of candidacy on the first day of filing for next year’s election — Feb. 25, if a primary; April 1, for the General Election. Sixteen candidates filed on the first day of filing…
Are you ready to take the plunge? By Bob Seidenberg rseiden914@gmail.com Candidates interested in running in Evanston’s once-every-four-years municipal election next year can get an earlier start down that road this year with today, Tuesday, July 30, marking the first day they can begin circulating petitions to gather the number of signatures they’ll need to…