Local Election Guide 2025: Candidate profiles and interviews, election information, voting resources and more

Time to rock the vote.

The Record North Shore’s Local Election Guide is a tool meant to empower and equip you so you can vote with confidence in local municipal elections. This page also can act as a post-election resource for you to get to know your elected officials and what they stand for.

Early voting began Monday, March 17, and Election Day is Tuesday, April 1.

Before you head to the polls, you can learn about your candidates, local races and other ballot items with the information provided below — highlighted by exclusive one-on-one interviews with candidates in five contested elections.

With questions, concerns, suggestions or anything else, please contact Editor in Chief Joe Coughlin at joe@therecordns.org.

THE RECORD’S CANDIDATE RESEARCH

Contested Races

• Wilmette Village Board (4 candidates, 3 seats): Profiles | Interviews

• Highland Park City Council 2-year (3 candidates, 1 seat): Profiles | Interviews

• Winnetka Public Schools District 36 School Board (4 candidates, 3 seats): Profiles | Interviews

• Winnetka Park Board (6 candidates, 3 seats): Profiles | Interviews (Coming March 17)

• Northfield Village President (2 candidates, 1 seat): Profiles | Interviews (Coming March 18)

• Northfield Village Board (4 candidates, 3 seats): Profiles | Interviews (Coming March 18)

• Wilmette Park Board (6 candidates, 3 seats): Profiles | Interviews (Coming March 19)

• Park District of Highland Park Board 6-year (3 candidates, 2 seats): Profiles | Interviews (Coming March 19)

• North Shore District 112 Board of Ed (7 candidates, 4 seats): Profiles | Interviews (Via League of Women Voters)

• Avoca District 37 School Board (6 candidates, 3 seats): Profiles | Interviews (Via Avoca Caucus)

• Oakton Community College Board of Trustees (6 candidates, 3 seats): Profiles

Uncontested Races

New Trier District 203 Board of Education: Profiles | Glencoe Village (president, board): Profiles

Highland Park City Council (4-year seats): Profiles | Kenilworth Village (president, clerk, trustees): Profiles

MORE CANDIDATE RESEARCH: (League of Women Voters Forums)

Highland Park: Park Board | City Council | North Shore School District 112 School Board

Wilmette: Park Board | Village Board | Avoca District 37 School Board

Winnetka: Park Board | District 36 School Board

Northfield: Village Board

VOTING RESOURCES

EARLY VOTING (through March 31): Cook County | Lake County
>> Local Sites: Centennial Ice Rinks, 2300 Old Glenview Road, Wilmette | Glenview Village Hall, 2500 Lake Ave. | Northbrook Village Hall, 1225 Cedar Lane. | Highland Park Public Library, 494 Laurel Ave. | Deerspring Pool, 200 Deerfield Road, Deerfield.
>> Hours: Cook County — 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday | Lake County — 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday

• Find Your Polling Place: Cook County | Lake County

• Register To Vote: Cook County — only in-person at any early-voting site or your polling site | Lake County — only in-person at any early-voting site or your polling site

• Work At The Polls: Cook County | Lake County

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