The Robert Crown Community Center, 1801 Main St., is seen in October 2025. Evanston's early voting in the March 2026 primary will be held at the Robert ...

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Rod Blagojevich's pick to fill Barack Obama's U.S. Senate seat was the first African-American to be elected to statewide office in Illinois, winning the first of three terms as comptroller in 1978.