As always, whenever there’s an election, the Gazette covers it, so here is your 2010 Primary election coverage.

Elections heat up in three Chicago Congressional Districts

Three Congressional Districts in this community feature competitive races in the Feb. 2 primary.

Budget, education, and crime top issues in State Rep races

The State of Illinois’s budget deficit, education, and gun violence top the list of concerns for many of the Democratic candidates running for state representative in the 2nd, 4th, 5th, 9th, and 10th State Legislative Districts.

Four to be elected for County Board from this community

Four districts in this community will elect candidates for the Cook County Board in the Feb. 2 primary to represent the Democratic Party in the November election.

Mondragon challenges Munoz for State Senate

The race for the Democratic nomination for state senator of the 1st District is pitting former police officer and long-term incumbent Antonio Munoz against Adolfo Mondragon, a lawyer and Yale graduate from Brighton Park.

Unopposed candidates look forward to November election

A number of candidates are unopposed in the Feb. 2 primary and therefore already are looking forward to the next election.

Gazette Endorsements: Follow the money

The State of Illinois’s backlog of unpaid bills continues to get worse, having passed the $12 billion mark. Who gets hurt? The people who can least afford it, of course.

Gazette Endorsements

Here are Gazette’s endorsements for the 2010 primary elections…