Who will win the Iowa Caucus on Feb. 3? At this point, no one knows, not even the mathy folks at fivethirtyeight.  Voters finally will have their say, and in Iowa, that means caucuses. Your pals at GPAD will be at the Northwest Suburban offices, following the coverage. Illinois won't vote until St. Patrick's Day. So Monday night, we'll see what results our corny neighbors come up with. Palatine Township Democratic Committeeman Matt Flamm will be on hand to share his expertise from when he campaigned for President Barack Obama. Sign up here!

We voters in Cook County have tough choices to make on March 17 for the Illinois Supreme Court and for the Appellate Court. So we invited as many of the candidates for each court who could make it for a challenging discussion about implied bias, race and justice.

In the summer of 2018, I received a postcard from a nice, random Democrat in California, urging me to vote in the midterms. It was so cheery! It connected