Nov. 3, 2020 General Election

Candidate List and Referenda for the Nov. 3, 2020 Election

Sample ballots will be available at chicagoelections.gov/info starting in late September.

To Be Elected:
  President and Vice President of the United States
  United States Senator (statewide for a 6-year term)
  Representatives in Congress (one in each district to a 2-year term)
  State Senators (to a 2-year term) in these districts that are partially or entirely in the City of Chicago: 1, 4, 7, 10, 11, 13, 16, 28
  Representatives in the General Assembly (one in each district to a 2-year term)
  Commissioners of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (3 to be 6-year terms)
  Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County (countywide to a 4-year term)
  State's Attorney of Cook County (countywide to a 4-year term)
  Commissioner of the Board of Review of Cook County (District 1 only)
  Illinois Supreme Court, Illinois Appellate Court, Cook County Circuit and Cook County Subcircuit Judges to fill vacancies

To Be Decided:
  Proposed Fair-Tax Amendment to the Illinois Constitutional on whether to allow varying income-tax rates based on income levels
  Retention of Judges
  Three advisory (non-binding) citywide referenda on:
     - expanding broadband internet service to all communities;
     - creating a citywide plan for growth and sustainability; and,
     - whether the state should regulate assault weapons or magazines that contain large quantities of ammunition.