Despite a broader effort by the local GOP to fill ballot vacancies and challenge incumbents, Democratic candidates for assessor, clerk, treasurer and sheriff secured re-election with double-digit leads over Republican and Libertarian candidates at the time Preckwinkle claimed her win, according to unofficial returns.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.