The March 15 primary elections featured a number of openly LGBT candidateswith only those who were unopposed actually winning.
Kelly Cassidy. Race: Illinois state Representative ( 14th District )
Result: She was unopposed in the primary electionand, so far, will be in the general election as well.
Sam Yingling. Race: Illinois state Representative ( 62nd District )
Result: Yingling was unopposed in the primary, and Republican Rod Drobinski of Wauconda is, again, Yingling's opponent for the general election. Yingling prevailed in 2014.
Greg Harris. Race: Illinois state Representative ( 13th District )
Result: He was unopposed in the primary electionand, so far, will be in the general election as well.
Jacob Meister. Race: Cook County Circuit Court Clerk
Result: Meisterdespite having the backing of the Chicago Sun-Times, the Chicago NOW PAC and a large coalition of Cook County-area Latino elected officialslost to longtime ( and controversial ) Clerk Dorothy Brown, and finished third behind Ald. Michelle Harris.
Ed Underhill. Race: Judge ( Cook-6th Subcircuit-"A" vacancy )
Result: Underhill finished last in a three-person contest against Anna Loftus and Carlos Claudio.
Deidre Baumann. Race: Judge ( Cook Circuit-Palmer Vacancy )
Result: Baumann finished last in a three-person contest against Pat Heneghan and Susana L. Ortiz.