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Radiance Ward

Democratic · Illinois · 2026

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Circuit Court, Cook County, 1st Subcircuit, Vacancy of Hon. BalanoffIllinois · 2026Cook County sample ballot
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Radiance Ward is a trial attorney with 17 years of public-sector legal experience, per her campaign site. She holds a J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law (2007) and a B.A. from Vanderbilt University (2004), and also teaches as a law professor, per her campaign site.

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