The March 15 primary elections featured a number of openly LGBT candidates—with only those who were unopposed actually winning.
Kelly Cassidy. Race: Illinois state Representative (14th District)
Result: She was unopposed in the primary election—and, 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 election—and, so far, will be in the general election as well.
Jacob Meister. Race: Cook County Circuit Court Clerk
Result: Meister—despite having the backing of the Chicago Sun-Times, the Chicago NOW PAC and a large coalition of Cook County-area Latino elected officials—lost 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.