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Chicago, Illinois

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ZIP 60601 | Cook County

Jurisdiction

East St. Louis, Illinois

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ZIP 62201 | St. Clair County

Jurisdiction

East St. Louis, Illinois

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ZIP 62203 | St. Clair County

Jurisdiction

East St. Louis, Illinois

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ZIP 62204 | St. Clair County

Jurisdiction

East St. Louis, Illinois

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ZIP 62205 | St. Clair County

Jurisdiction

East St. Louis, Illinois

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ZIP 62206 | St. Clair County

Jurisdiction

East St. Louis, Illinois

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ZIP 62207 | St. Clair County

Jurisdiction

Fairview Heights, Illinois

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ZIP 62208 | St. Clair County

Jurisdiction

Belleville, Illinois

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ZIP 62220 | St. Clair County

Jurisdiction

Austin, Texas

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ZIP 78701 | Travis County

Jurisdiction

Donald J. Trump

Official White House messaging emphasizes border enforcement, tariff-focused economic policy, deregulation, and executive branch control over federal priorities.

President | Republican

President profile

JD Vance

Official materials present the vice president as supporting the administration's economic, immigration, and institutional priorities.

Vice President | Republican

Vice President profile

Tammy Duckworth

Her official Senate materials emphasize veterans' issues, transportation, reproductive health access, and federal support for workers and families.

U.S. Senator | Democratic

U.S. Senator profile

Dick Durbin

Official office materials emphasize judicial oversight, immigration legislation, healthcare, and consumer or worker protections.

U.S. Senator | Democratic

U.S. Senator profile

Danny K. Davis

Official materials emphasize district services, education, public health, and federal support for neighborhood development.

U.S. House Representative | Democratic

U.S. House Representative profile

J.B. Pritzker

Official state materials emphasize budget management, economic development, reproductive healthcare protections, and infrastructure or education investment.

Governor | Democratic

Governor profile

Robert Peters

Official and legislative materials emphasize criminal justice policy, housing, healthcare, and district investment.

State Senator | Democratic

State Senator profile

Kam Buckner

Official materials emphasize education, transportation, community investment, and public safety policy.

State Representative | Democratic

State Representative profile

Brandon Johnson

Official city materials emphasize neighborhood investment, public safety administration, housing, and city service delivery.

Mayor | Democratic

Mayor profile

Brendan Reilly

Official ward materials focus on neighborhood services, zoning, development, public safety, and city operations affecting downtown residents.

City Council | Nonpartisan municipal office

City Council profile

Toni Preckwinkle

Official county materials emphasize county finance, healthcare systems, justice administration, and countywide service delivery.

County Executive | Democratic

County Executive profile

Tom Dart

Official materials emphasize jail administration, court security, law enforcement responsibilities, and county public safety services.

Sheriff | Democratic

Sheriff profile

Greg Abbott

Official Texas materials emphasize border enforcement, economic development, energy production, and state control over major policy decisions.

Governor | Republican

Governor profile

John Cornyn

Official office materials emphasize judicial appointments, border policy, defense, and business or tax policy.

U.S. Senator | Republican

U.S. Senator profile

Ted Cruz

Official materials emphasize energy production, limited federal regulation, conservative judicial priorities, and border enforcement.

U.S. Senator | Republican

U.S. Senator profile

Lloyd Doggett

Official materials emphasize healthcare access, tax policy, housing, and consumer or family-focused federal policy.

U.S. House Representative | Democratic

U.S. House Representative profile

Sarah Eckhardt

Official legislative materials emphasize education, infrastructure, environmental resilience, and local government concerns.

State Senator | Democratic

State Senator profile

Sheryl Cole

Official materials emphasize education, community development, transportation, and local service priorities.

State Representative | Democratic

State Representative profile

Kirk Watson

Official city materials emphasize housing, infrastructure, homelessness response, transportation, and city service delivery.

Mayor | Nonpartisan municipal office

Mayor profile

Zo Qadri

Official district materials emphasize housing, transportation, public spaces, and neighborhood service concerns.

City Council | Nonpartisan municipal office

City Council profile

Andy Brown

Official county materials emphasize county administration, public health and justice systems, housing, and emergency preparedness.

County Executive | Democratic

County Executive profile

Sally Hernandez

Official office materials emphasize community safety, jail operations, emergency response support, and law enforcement administration.

Sheriff | Democratic

Sheriff profile

Mike Bost

Official House materials describe a focus on constituent services, veterans, agriculture, and southwestern Illinois priorities.

U.S. House Representative | Republican

U.S. House Representative profile

Christopher Belt

His official legislative biography and record emphasize education, public safety, and Metro East constituent service.

State Senator | Democratic

State Senator profile

Kevin Schmidt

The official legislative profile and bill record provide the current public record for his district work and positions.

State Representative | Republican

State Representative profile

Charles R. Powell III

The city's official communications emphasize municipal services, public safety, and neighborhood improvement priorities.

Mayor | Nonpartisan local office

Mayor profile

Mark Kern

The chairman's public materials emphasize county services, jobs, and economic development.

County Executive | Democratic

County Executive profile

Richard (Rick) Watson

The sheriff's official office materials describe county law-enforcement and public-safety responsibilities.

Sheriff | Nonpartisan local office

Sheriff profile

Jennifer (Jenny) Gain Meyer

The city's official biography describes a collaborative public-service approach and local community priorities.

Mayor | Nonpartisan

Mayor profile

Mark Kupsky

The city directory identifies the mayor; policy positions require additional official statements.

Mayor | Nonpartisan

Mayor profile

President

The president leads the federal executive branch. The office signs or vetoes bills, directs executive agencies, nominates many senior officials and judges, and represents the country in major national and international matters.

The elected leader of the federal executive branch.

Office

Vice President

The vice president serves as the first successor to the president and also acts as president of the Senate. The role can include executive assignments and public advocacy on behalf of the administration.

The vice president is first in line to the presidency and presides over the Senate.

Office

U.S. Senator

Each state has two U.S. senators. Senators vote on federal laws, oversee executive branch nominations, approve treaties, and represent statewide concerns in Congress.

A senator represents the whole state in the U.S. Senate.

Office

U.S. Senator

Each state has two U.S. senators. Senators vote on federal laws, oversee executive branch nominations, approve treaties, and represent statewide concerns in Congress.

A senator represents the whole state in the U.S. Senate.

Office

U.S. House Representative

A U.S. House representative serves one congressional district and helps write federal laws. House members often focus on district casework, local needs, and national legislation.

A House member represents one congressional district.

Office

Governor

The governor leads state government. The office signs or vetoes state bills, proposes budgets, oversees state agencies, and often leads during emergencies.

The governor is the chief executive of a state.

Office

State Senator

State senators help write state laws, approve budgets, and represent districts in a state's upper legislative chamber. Their exact powers vary by state constitution and legislative rules.

A state senator represents one district in a state's upper legislative chamber.

Office

State Representative

State representatives or assembly members help write and vote on state laws, work on budgets, and represent district concerns in the legislature.

A state representative serves a district in a state's lower legislative chamber.

Office

Mayor

The mayor often leads city government, proposes city priorities, and oversees departments or services. Exact power depends on the city's structure, such as strong-mayor or council-manager systems.

A mayor usually leads a city or town government.

Office

City Council

A city council usually passes ordinances, approves budgets, and represents neighborhoods or districts. Powers vary by charter and state law.

A city council is the local legislative body for a city or town.

Office

County Executive

County executive roles vary widely. In some places the office runs county departments and proposes county budgets. In others, county leadership is shared with boards or commissions.

A county executive or similar leader oversees county government operations.

Office

Sheriff

Sheriffs handle county public safety duties that differ by state and county. Responsibilities may include patrol, jail operations, court security, warrant service, or civil process.

A sheriff leads a county sheriff's office where that office exists.

Office

School Board

School boards set district policy, oversee budgets, and hire or supervise district leadership in many school systems. Structures differ sharply by state and district.

A school board helps govern a local public school district.

Office

President

The president influences federal agencies, military decisions, foreign policy, and national priorities.

The elected leader of the executive branch of the U.S. government.

Federal Government

Governor

Governors affect schools, transportation, public safety, state agencies, and emergency response.

The elected leader of a state government.

State Government

State Legislature

State lawmakers shape school rules, taxes, criminal law, healthcare policy, and election administration.

The state lawmaking body, usually split into a senate and house or assembly.

State Government

Voting

Voting shapes who writes laws, who runs agencies and courts, and how public money is spent.

The process citizens use to choose leaders and decide some public issues.

Civic Action

Taxes

Taxes affect your paycheck, purchases, property costs, and the services available in your community.

Money collected by government to pay for public services.

Economics

Crime and Public Safety

Public safety decisions affect daily life, but crime statistics can be delayed, incomplete, or shaped by reporting differences.

Local crime and safety information should be read with context and care.

Community

Electoral College

Presidential elections are shaped by state-by-state electoral votes rather than only the national popular vote.

The system used to elect the president and vice president through state-based electoral votes.

Voting

Policy Voting

Policy voting helps connect elections to wages, taxes, housing, education, healthcare, and other real-world issues.

Choosing candidates or ballot options based on issues rather than only party or personality.

Voting

Wages

Wages affect housing, food, transportation, debt, and whether people can keep up with rising costs.

Pay is shaped by labor markets, law, inflation, bargaining power, and local cost of living.

Economics

Power Dynamics

Understanding power helps explain why some ideas become law quickly while others stall or get redirected.

Power in public life comes from laws, institutions, money, courts, agencies, public opinion, and organized groups.

Power

Live Debates

People often hear slogans first. A structured debate view can separate arguments, evidence, disagreement, and common ground.

Structured debate views help people compare arguments on public issues without turning the app into chaos.

Debates

Military-Industrial Complex

Defense spending shapes budgets, jobs, research, contracts, foreign policy, and local economies.

The relationship between the military, contractors, Congress, budgets, technology, and national security policy.

Military

New Technologies

New technologies can create benefits and risks faster than government rules or public understanding can keep up.

Emerging technologies can change work, privacy, security, medicine, transportation, and government response.

Technology

Artificial Intelligence

AI can improve services and automate tasks, but it can also raise concerns about bias, labor disruption, misinformation, privacy, and accountability.

AI affects jobs, privacy, elections, education, healthcare, policing, and government services.

Artificial Intelligence

Culture & Society

Civic engagement and local identity reflect the diverse roots, stories, and public institutions that bind communities together.

Culture, community, public life, and civic traditions shape the American experience across states and regions.

Culture

Government & Civic Institutions

Understanding constitutional powers, executive agencies, and lawmaking enables citizens to hold elected officials accountable.

The structure, powers, and separation of branches across federal, state, and local governments.

Federal Government

Economy, Fiscal Health & Public Budget

Economic policy affects purchasing power, interest rates, job opportunities, and public funding for essential services.

Inflation, employment, national debt, tax revenue, and public investments that sustain civic infrastructure.

Economics

Bill

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A bill is a proposed law that has not yet been enacted.

Glossary

Law

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A law is a rule enacted by a government and backed by legal authority.

Glossary

Ordinance

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An ordinance is a law or rule passed by a local government such as a city or county.

Glossary

Amendment

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An amendment is a formal change to a bill, law, or constitution.

Glossary

Veto

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A veto is the formal rejection of a bill by an executive such as a president or governor.

Glossary

Executive Order

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An executive order is a written directive issued by an executive official to manage government operations within legal limits.

Glossary

Committee

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A committee is a smaller group within a legislative body that studies issues, holds hearings, and reviews bills.

Glossary

District

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A district is a geographic area used to assign representation, services, or elections.

Glossary

Primary Election

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A primary election is a contest used to choose party nominees before a general election.

Glossary

General Election

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A general election is the main election in which voters choose among final candidates for office.

Glossary

County

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A county is a regional local government unit that often sits between state government and city or town government.

Glossary

Municipality

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A municipality is a city, town, or similar local government entity.

Glossary

State Legislature

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A state legislature is the lawmaking body of a state, usually made up of a senate and a house or assembly.

Glossary

Appropriation

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An appropriation is government authorization to spend money for a specific purpose.

Glossary

Budget Deficit

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A budget deficit happens when a government spends more money than it brings in during a period of time.

Glossary

Public Debt

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Public debt is the total borrowed money a government still owes.

Glossary

Tax Levy

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A tax levy is the formal imposition or collection of a tax by a government.

Glossary

Bond

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A bond is borrowed money raised by a government that is repaid over time with interest.

Glossary

Judicial Retention

Use the glossary when a civic term is unfamiliar or easy to misread.

Judicial retention is an election in which voters decide whether a judge should stay in office.

Glossary

Congress.gov

Primary federal legislative source for members, bills, committees, and congressional activity.

No (public open data with DEMO_KEY, key optional for higher limits) key | Members of Congress, Bills, Committees

Federal politicians and laws source

Open States

Broad state legislature coverage for lawmakers, state bills, and chambers across the country.

No (public open data & bulk downloads, key optional for live API) key | State representatives, State senators, State bills

State politicians and laws source

USPS Developer APIs

Postal validation and city/state lookup for ZIP codes, addresses, and ZIP+4 handling.

No (public ZIP code & city/state crosswalk tables) key | ZIP validation, Address standardization, City/state lookup

Location and ZIP validation source

Google Civic

Fast lookup source for elections, divisions, and representative data tied to an address.

No (public election calendar & division tables) key | Elections, Divisions, Representatives

Elections source

FEC / OpenFEC

Official campaign finance data for donations, committees, filings, and election spending.

No (public bulk data downloads & DEMO_KEY) key | Donations, Committees, Campaign spending

Campaign money source

Census API

Core federal demographic source for population, income, poverty, and household context.

No (public open access up to 500 requests/day) key | Population, Income, Poverty

Demographics source

Census Geocoder / TIGERweb

Boundary and location services for translating an address into counties, tracts, and districts.

No key | Address lookup, County mapping, District mapping

Geography source

Treasury FiscalData

Treasury source for debt, interest, and other federal finance series.

No key | Debt totals, Interest costs, Federal finance

U.S. debt source

USAspending

Federal grants, contracts, and agency spending data for tracing where public money goes.

No key | Grants, Contracts, Agency spending

Federal spending source

BLS

Labor and inflation indicators such as CPI, unemployment, and wage trends.

No (public API v1, optional key for v2) key | CPI, Unemployment, Wages

Jobs and inflation source

BEA

Economic accounts for GDP, personal income, and related macroeconomic context.

No (public data tables & sample key) key | GDP, Personal income, Regional income

GDP and income source

HUD User

Housing affordability and program datasets, including rent limits and ZIP crosswalk support.

No (public open datasets & crosswalk files) key | Rent limits, Income limits, ZIP crosswalks

Housing source

Federal Register

Executive orders, notices, and agency rules from the federal rulemaking pipeline.

No key | Executive orders, Agency rules, Notices

Federal rules source

GovInfo

Official government publications such as the Congressional Record, statutes, and downloadable PDFs.

No (public bulk sitemaps & DEMO_KEY) key | Congressional Record, Statutes, PDF documents

Official docs source

Regulations.gov

Federal rulemaking dockets, public comments, and document packages tied to regulations.

No (public v4 API with DEMO_KEY) key | Dockets, Comments, Rules

Regulations source

CourtListener

Court opinions, judge profiles, and federal court records for legal context.

No (public search API & bulk downloads) key | Opinions, Judges, Court records

Court data source

CDC / Socrata

Public health datasets that can add local and national health context where useful.

No (public open data catalog) key | Public health datasets, Health indicators, Trend tables

Health source

EPA Envirofacts

Environmental facility and compliance data for air, water, land, and local exposure context.

No key | Facilities, Air data, Water and land data

Environment source

College Scorecard

College cost, debt, completion, and earnings data for education comparisons.

No (public open data files & API) key | College cost, Debt, Earnings

Education source

Danny K. Davis

This record is a campaign registration and should not be treated as ballot-qualified without another source.

U.S. House Representative | Democratic | Registered campaign

Candidate

J.B. Pritzker

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Governor | Democratic | Filed

Candidate

Robert Peters

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State Senator | Democratic | Filed

Candidate

John Cornyn

This record is a campaign registration and should not be treated as ballot-qualified without another source.

U.S. Senator | Republican | Registered campaign

Candidate

Lloyd Doggett

This record is a campaign registration and should not be treated as ballot-qualified without another source.

U.S. House Representative | Democratic | Registered campaign

Candidate

Greg Abbott

Open the candidate page to see contest, ballot status, sources, and campaign links.

Governor | Republican | Filed

Candidate

Sheryl Cole

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State Representative | Democratic | Filed

Candidate

Mike Bost

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U.S. House Representative | Republican | Unknown

Candidate

Christopher Belt

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State Senator | Democratic | Unknown

Candidate

Kevin Schmidt

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State Representative | Republican | Unknown

Candidate

Candidate list pending verification

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Sheriff | Nonpartisan | Unknown

Candidate

Candidate list pending verification

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Sheriff | Nonpartisan | Unknown

Candidate

Candidate list pending verification

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Sheriff | Nonpartisan | Unknown

Candidate

Candidate list pending verification

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Sheriff | Nonpartisan | Unknown

Candidate

Candidate list pending verification

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Sheriff | Nonpartisan | Unknown

Candidate

Candidate list pending verification

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Sheriff | Nonpartisan | Unknown

Candidate

Candidate list pending verification

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Sheriff | Nonpartisan | Unknown

Candidate

Mark Kupsky

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Mayor | Nonpartisan | Unknown

Candidate

Jennifer (Jenny) Gain Meyer

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Mayor | Nonpartisan | Unknown

Candidate

Charles R. Powell III

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Mayor | Nonpartisan | Unknown

Candidate

2026 Illinois General Election

Open the election page to see contests, dates, and candidate coverage for this election.

2026-11-03 | Illinois

Election

2026 Cook County and Chicago General Election

Open the election page to see contests, dates, and candidate coverage for this election.

2026-11-03 | Cook County

Election

2026 Texas General Election

Open the election page to see contests, dates, and candidate coverage for this election.

2026-11-03 | Texas

Election

2026 Travis County and Austin General Election

Open the election page to see contests, dates, and candidate coverage for this election.

2026-11-03 | Travis County

Election

2026 St. Clair County and East St. Louis General Election

Open the election page to see contests, dates, and candidate coverage for this election.

2026-11-03 | St. Clair County

Election

U.S. House District 7

Contest pages show the office, election, candidate list, source confidence, and ballot-status notes.

1 seat | Unknown

Contest

Governor of Illinois

Contest pages show the office, election, candidate list, source confidence, and ballot-status notes.

1 seat | Unknown

Contest

Illinois Senate District 13

Contest pages show the office, election, candidate list, source confidence, and ballot-status notes.

1 seat | Unknown

Contest

Chicago School Board

Contest pages show the office, election, candidate list, source confidence, and ballot-status notes.

1 seat | Unknown

Contest

U.S. Senate - Texas

Contest pages show the office, election, candidate list, source confidence, and ballot-status notes.

1 seat | Unknown

Contest

U.S. House District 37

Contest pages show the office, election, candidate list, source confidence, and ballot-status notes.

1 seat | Unknown

Contest

Governor of Texas

Contest pages show the office, election, candidate list, source confidence, and ballot-status notes.

1 seat | Unknown

Contest

Texas House District 46

Contest pages show the office, election, candidate list, source confidence, and ballot-status notes.

1 seat | Unknown

Contest

Travis County Sheriff

Contest pages show the office, election, candidate list, source confidence, and ballot-status notes.

1 seat | Unknown

Contest

U.S. House District 12

Contest pages show the office, election, candidate list, source confidence, and ballot-status notes.

1 seat | Unknown

Contest

Illinois Senate District 57

Contest pages show the office, election, candidate list, source confidence, and ballot-status notes.

1 seat | Unknown

Contest

Illinois House District 114

Contest pages show the office, election, candidate list, source confidence, and ballot-status notes.

1 seat | Unknown

Contest

St. Clair County Sheriff

Contest pages show the office, election, candidate list, source confidence, and ballot-status notes.

1 seat | Unknown

Contest

Mayor of Fairview Heights

Contest pages show the office, election, candidate list, source confidence, and ballot-status notes.

1 seat | Unknown

Contest

Mayor of Belleville

Contest pages show the office, election, candidate list, source confidence, and ballot-status notes.

1 seat | Unknown

Contest

Mayor of East St. Louis

Contest pages show the office, election, candidate list, source confidence, and ballot-status notes.

1 seat | Unknown

Contest

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