Elections are coming. Again. In Chicago and Cook County, elections never seem to end.  

The Nov. 3 midterms are just months away, when voters elect members of Congress, as well as Illinois’ legislative, statewide and county offices. 

Three months later, Chicagoans will go to the polls in the city’s Feb. 23 municipal elections to select a mayor, city clerk, treasurer and 50 aldermanic seats. 

Some politicians are so enamored with getting elected that they campaign for and accept their party’s nominations for one office, while at the same time planning, plotting and raising money for another.

I call it a double run. 

U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley is the latest to declare a double run. In the March 17 Democratic primary, voters handed Quigley the nomination to stand in November for a 10th consecutive term representing Illinois’ 5th Congressional District. On Saturday, he announced he is also running for mayor in February.  

I live in Quigley’s district. I was chatting with a neighbor the other day. “Did you know that Quigley is running for both mayor and Congress at the same time?” I asked.   

“No. He should run for one,” my neighbor replied.  

Quigley is telling voters: “Vote for me for Congress in November, and then, right after I start my next term, I want you to elect me........

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