The Brief
- Local election officials say early voting and vote-by-mail numbers are higher than expected.
- Gov. JB Pritzker made campaign stops across Illinois, urging voters to support Democrats.
- Chicago voters are choosing the city’s full school board for the first time, including its president.
CHICAGO – Midterm elections often draw fewer voters than presidential contests, but early voting and vote-by-mail numbers in Illinois are running ahead of local election officials’ expectations.
Illinois midterm election push
What we know:
Gov. JB Pritzker made several campaign stops across Illinois over the weekend, urging voters to send a message to Washington. Illinois voters are deciding 17 congressional races, choosing a U.S. senator and voting in city, county and statewide contests.
Pritzker spoke from the pulpit at Apostolic Church of God in Woodlawn and at a Democratic Party gathering in Lincoln Square.…