Chicago School Board Elections 2026

The four candidates talked about budgets, school closures, and even their own past controversies.

Revuluri was the first of the race’s four candidates to announce a bid for board president.

As Chicagoans prepare to elect its school board, first-generation Chicago Public Schools’ alum Froylan Suarez is voting to advocate for more bilingual resources for immigrant families like his.

Illinois Families for Public Schools is also calling for school screen time limits and the appointment of a new chief privacy officer for Chicago Public Schools.

Says he will not drop out over past domestic abuse allegations

The incumbent school board member cited “special interests prepared to spend millions of dollars” as a reason for bowing out.

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Dominguez is backed by the Chicago Teachers Union.

The firms tied to former Ald. Isaac “Ike” Carothers and former Blagojevich administration official Bamani Obadele have gotten campaign business from Gov. JB Pritzker and in the hotly contested race for Chicago School Board president.

Two incumbents and two would-be board members survived efforts to throw out their signature petitions, and one other candidate was kicked off the ballot.

Angel Gutierrez and Ellen Rosenfeld, who both faced challengers in 2024, are running unopposed this year. A mixture of politics and lack of awareness about the school board could explain why voters have been left with fewer choices.

It’s likely Johnson’s last appointment as 30 years of mayoral control ends in Chicago. Anderson is currently a candidate in the upcoming Nov. 3 election when voters will pick all 21 school board members.

The Chicago Board of Election Commissioners voted to remove one candidate from the school board race.

The complaint, filed on behalf of challenger Sendhil Revuluri, claims Dominguez didn’t file campaign expenses or contributions as required, even though he’s held a fundraising event and created campaign materials.

SEIU Illinois State Council is backing 15 candidates, 10 of whom are running against candidates backed by the Chicago Teachers Union. The endorsements highlight a growing rift between the two groups.

With attorney Victor Henderson loaning $500,000 to his own campaign, the race to lead the city’s first fully elected school board has no donation limits. Super PACs gearing up to get involved in the board elections haven’t started spending big yet.

The Chicago Board of Election Commissioners voted to remove five candidates from the school board race. Five others are confirmed to be on the ballot this November.

The politically powerful Chicago Teachers Union announced a slate of endorsements for the city’s first fully elected school board Monday. The union has less campaign cash than other entities, but its tens of thousands of members can help get out the vote.