Election Day 2023: Is there an election in Chicago or Illinois today?

In many states, including Indiana, Tuesday, Nov. 7 is Election Day. But what about Illinois, or Chicago?

Not this year.

Illinois will not be among the first states to cast ballots in the 2024 election cycle, but it will share a date with at least four other states in the primary calendar.

According to the Federal Election Commission, Illinois’ primary elections for both Democrats and Republicans will take place on March 19, 2024.

Arizona, Florida, Kansas and Ohio will all hold their primaries on that date, and Pennsylvania is currently exploring moving their primary to March 19 as well, according to reports.

In terms of what will be on the ballot, the presidential primaries for both parties will take center stage, with President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump the current favorites to secure nominations in the two parties.

While this is an off-year in the Senate election calendar, all 17 members of Illinois’ House of Representatives delegation will be up for reelection, and will face primary tests on March 19.

All members of the Illinois House will also be on the ballot for their primaries, as will 20 of the state’s 59 state senators.

Following the primaries, Illinois’ next election will come on Nov. 5, 2024.

When is Chicago's next election?

According to the Chicago Board of Elections 2024 Election Calendar, the next time Chicago residents will hit the polls will be March 19, 2024, for the General Primary Election. Following the primaries will be the General Election, on Nov. 5. 2024.

During the primary election in March, voters will elect congressmen, state senators in several districts, judges, the State's Attorney of Cook County and more.

Where are Elections taking place today?

Several states will participate in Tuesday’s off-year general election that will determine the next governor in two states and provide insight into how abortion rights are shaping American politics.

Voters in Kentucky will decide whether to give a second term to Gov. Andy Beshear, a Democrat running in a heavily Republican state. In Mississippi, Republican Gov. Tate Reeves is seeking reelection against a cousin of rock ’n’ roll legend Elvis Presley.

In those races and others across the country, access to abortion has been a frequent topic in campaign debates. Ohio voters will decide on a constitutional amendment supported by abortion rights groups and both Democrats and Republicans have campaigned for control of Virginia’s legislature by arguing the other party is wrong on abortion.

Here’s a look at Tuesday’s major races.

Kentucky governor

Beshear seeks a second term in a heavily Republican state Donald Trump carried twice. The GOP nominee is Daniel Cameron, who succeeded Beshear as state attorney general.

Beshear has called the state’s restrictive abortion law “extremist” for not allowing exceptions in cases of rape and incest. He also vetoed a proposal banning abortions after 15 weeks. Cameron says he supports the state law and that as governor he would sign a bill amending it to allow rape and incest exceptions. But at times he has had difficulty clarifying what exceptions he favors.

Beshear, the son of former two-term Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear, was first elected in 2019 when he defeated GOP incumbent Matt Bevin by less than half a percentage point. Cameron is a former aide to U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and endorsed by Trump. If elected, he would become the first Black Republican governor since Reconstruction.

Ohio constitutional amendment on abortion

Ohio voters will decide whether to amend the state Constitution to protect access to abortion services.

The measure would establish the right to “make and carry out one’s own reproductive decisions” on matters including abortion, contraception and fertility treatment. It would also allow for abortions to be banned once it has been established that the fetus can survive outside of the womb, unless a physician determines that continuing with the pregnancy would endanger the patient’s “life or health.”

In August, voters rejected a measure that would have made it more difficult to approve Tuesday’s abortion proposal. That contest was seen as a proxy fight on reproductive rights and received national attention.

Mayors

In Houston, 17 candidates are vying to replace term-limited Mayor Sylvester Turner. Notable hopefuls include U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee and state Sen. John Whitmire, both Democrats.

In Uvalde, Texas, where a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School last year, the candidates for mayor are former news reporter Kimberly Mata-Rubio, whose daughter was killed in the shooting, former mayor Cody Smith and elementary school teacher Veronica Martinez.

In Bridgeport, Connecticut, Mayor Joe Ganim is seeking an eighth term, but on Wednesday, a state judge made the unusual move of ordering a re-do of the September Democratic primary after evidence surfaced of possible ballot stuffing. The date for the new primary has not been set but will take place after Tuesday’s general election. AP will tabulate vote results of the Tuesday election but will not declare a winner until the legal challenges have been resolved.

In Derby, Connecticut, incumbent Mayor Richard Dziekan is running as an independent for a fourth term after losing the Republican primary to alderman Gino DiGiovanni, Jr., who was charged by federal prosecutors in August with illegally entering the U.S. Capitol during the riot on Jan. 6, 2021.

In Indianapolis, Indiana, Democratic mayor Joe Hogsett and Republican challenger and businessman Jefferson Shreve will face off.