Omar Salem, Mya Wilkins (Kellogg ’06) and Sergio Hernandez Jr. won the three open positions on the Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Board of Education Tuesday in a tight five-way race. Salem, a teacher in the department of special education at Niles North High School and a member of the city’s Equity and.
Evanston voters elected Monique Parsons, Liz Rolewicz and Leah Piekarz to serve four-year terms on the Evanston Township High School District 202 Board of Education on Tuesday. Current school board member Mirah Anti won a two-year term. Three incumbents and two newcomers vied for four positions on the board. Of the 9,962 ballots cast, incumbent.
Ald. Krissie Harris (2nd) will continue to serve as Evanston’s 2nd Ward Councilmember after winning Tuesday’s election. She received 696 votes –– 54.25% of the total –– according to the Cook County Clerk’s Office. Her opponents, Darlene Cannon and Patricia Gregory, received 39.91% and 5.85% of the vote, respectively. A fifth-generation Evanston resident, Harris has.
Cook County Board Commissioner for the 1st District Brandon Johnson won the Chicago mayoral runoff at 51.42% of the vote with 99% of precincts reporting Tuesday night, with former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas trailing at 48.58%. The election was predicted to be tight. A poll conducted by political consulting firm Victory Research, forecasted.
Elle Ullum lost her job in 2020, shortly after the COVID-19 pandemic began. A single mother, Ullum said she relied on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to provide for her and her child. “We got enough money (for food), but that doesn’t pay for toilet paper, diapers or menstrual products,” Ullum said. “The benefits are.