With Alderperson Walter Burnett Jr. hoping to see his 29-year-old son, Walter III, appointed to his seat, we're taking a look ...

Democratic U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky's decision to retire from the 9th District at the end of this year at age 81 has paved the path for a crowded field of Gen Z and millennial candidates. Why it ...

Sorry, political wise men: "Dummymander" is not a thing — the plan to create more GOP seats will probably work ...

No Republican, meanwhile, has won statewide office since Rauner in 2014, and few have come especially close. This puts the ...

Republican State Representative Wayne Rosenthal says he will seek re-election next year. Rosenthal is from Morrisonville and ...

Politicians still have time to throw their hats into one of the rings, but here are the top candidates for several US House districts next year in Illinois.

MACOMB, Ill. — Norine Hammond, R-Macomb, officially announced her campaign for reelection to the Illinois House of Representatives.

State Rep. Maurice West, chairman of the House Ethics & Elections Committee, waits before Gov. JB Pritzker delivered his annual budget address on Feb. 19, 2025, at the Illinois Capitol in Springfield.

The Illinois State Board of Elections asked a federal appeals court to suspend a lower judge’s order amending ballot access requirements for third-party candidates this election cycle.