Illinois voters head to the polls again on November 5 for the election, with candidates appearing on the ballot for president, Congress, Illinois General Assembly, Illinois Supreme Court and local races. The Tribune Editorial Board continues its decadeslong tradition of endorsing political candidates appearing on Illinois ballots. Below are the Tribune Editorial Board‘s endorsements for the 2024 election. This list will grow as endorsements are announced. Chicago School Board We begin the Tribune Editorial Board’s endorsements for the 2024 general election with our choices for Chicago Board of Education which — improbably — looks like the hottest local race we’ll see. Read the full editorial. Metropolitan Water Reclamation District The MWRD, as it’s known, does a lot on any given day to keep our water fresh, basements dry and waterways clear. It handles more than a billion gallons of wastewater at its seven reclamation plants across Cook County. Taxpayers entrust this obscure unit of government with a budget of about $1.4 billion each year to cover these services. And, no surprise given their dominance in Cook County, Democrats have long controlled the MWRD board. Read the full editorial. Cook County  Cook County Board of Review District 3: Larry Rogers Circuit Court clerk of Cook County: Mariyana Spyropoulos Cook County clerk: Monica Gordon Cook County commissioner District 1: Tara Stamps Cook County state’s attorney: Eileen O’Neill Burke U.S. House District 1: Jonathan Jackson District 2: Robin Kelly District 3: No endorsement District 4: Jesús “Chuy” García District 5: Mike Quigley District 6: Sean Casten District 7: Danny Davis District 8: Raja Krishnamoorthi District 9: Jan Schakowsky District 10: Brad Schneider District 11: Bill Foster District 12: Mike Bost District 13: Nikki Budzinski District 14: Lauren Underwood District 17: Joe McGraw Illinois Senate District 4: Kimberly Lightford District 10: Rob Martwick District 19: Michael Hastings District 20: Jason Proctor District 25: Karina Villa District 27: Tom Schlenhardt District 31: Mary Edly-Allen District 34: Steve Stadelman District 40: Patrick Joyce District 43: Rachel Ventura District 46: Sally Owens District 49: Meg Loughran Cappel District 52: Jeff Brownfield Illinois House District 2: Laura Hruska District 5: Kimberly du Buclet District 6: Sean Dwyer District 8: La Shawn Ford District 13: Hoan Hyunh District 15: Mark Albers District 17: Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz District 18: Charles Hutchinson District 19: Lindsey LaPointe District 26: Kam Buckner District 30: Patricia Bonk District 31: Carl Kunz District 34: Nick Smith District 35: Mary Gill District 36: Rick Ryan District 39: Anthony Curran District 40: Jaime Andrade Jr. District 43: Anna Moeller District 45: Dennis Reboletti District 46: Robert Stevens District 47: Amy Grant District 48: Jennifer Sanalitro District 49: Hannah Billingsley District 50: Barbara Hernandez  District 51: Nabeela Syed District 52: Martin McLaughlin District 53: Nicole Grasse District 54: Mary Beth Canty District 57: Tracy Katz Muhl District 58: Bob Morgan District 59: Daniel Didech District 61: No endorsement District 63: Steven Reick District 65: Dan Ugaste District 66: Suzanne Ness District 67: Maurice West II District 69: Joe Sosnowski  District 70: Jeff Keicher District 72: Gregg Johnson District 74: Bradley Fritts District 75: Jed Davis District 76: Liz Bishop District 77: Norma Hernandez District 79: Jackie Haas District 80: Anthony DeLuca District 81: Anne Stava-Murray District 82: Nicole La Ha District 85: Chris Metcalfe District 86: Larry Walsh District 87: No endorsement District 91: Desi Anderson District 95: Michael Coffey Jr. District 96: No endorsement District 97: Gabby Shanahan District 104: Brandun Schweizer District 105: Dennis Tipsword Jr. District 111: Amy Elik District 112: Katie Stuart District 114: Kevin Schmidt Advisory Question – 2 – Create New Tax Bracket Voters rejected a 2020 effort by Gov. JB Pritzker to establish a graduated state income tax that would have reduced the current 4.99% flat rate on single and joint filers making under $100,000 and variously increased it on those above that level; the Chicago Teachers Union, looking for money for its members, wants the governor to try again. Naturally. We say the voters already spoke. We encouraged a ‘no’ vote on that 2020 effort saying, in part, that “the beauty of today’s flat rate is that raising it on everyone at once is much harder politically than gouging one cohort at a time. This amendment would strip taxpayers of their leverage against ever-more hikes.” Read the full editorial.