Election Central is live

Welcome to election season; the March 20 primary is less than two months away.

Sure, there is a presidential primary that will be on the Republican ballot, but that’s not the most important part of the March primary.

There are a number of local contested primaries in March, especially on the Republican ballot. Local races are far more important than the presidential election because they often involve people who will make decisions on policy and taxes that will play a part in your life nearly everyday.

The local contested primaries are:

• County Board District 1, Republican (please note that this race is contested because two candidates filed as write-ins with the clerk’s office)

• County Board District 6, Democrat

• County Board District 11, Republican

• County Board District 12, Republican

• DeKalb County State’s Attorney, Republican

• Illinois State Representative 90th District, Republican

• Illinois State Senate 35th District, Republican

• U.S. Representative 14th District, Democrat

• U.S. Representative 16th District, Republican

As always, it is our goal to educate you on the issues, the candidates and where those candidates stand on the issues. Starting next week, our print coverage of local races begins.

But available now to you is our Election Central website. Election Central features candidate profiles, candidate questionnaires and stories regarding the candidates and the races. As stories are published in the Daily Chronicle and at Daily-Chronicle.com, they will be warehoused at Election Central.

Election Central will be live throughout the primary election season and will be home to election results on election night.

Find it at Daily-Chronicle.com/election and bookmark it today.