Gerrymandering creates a situation in which a challenge to the incumbents looks hopeless. But it isn’t, and there are other ...

Former Chicago Ald. Howard Brookins (21st) was a late entry Thursday in the field of candidates seeking the Cook County ...

The retirement of longtime Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin has set up a competitive primary for U.S. Senate in Illinois. The ...

No Republican, meanwhile, has won statewide office since Rauner in 2014, and few have come especially close. This puts the focus for replacing Mendoza on the Democratic primary process. The ...

On the Democrat side, four other candidates have filed with the FEC: Kevin Ryan, a Marine veteran and diplomat; Christopher ...

Kane County Clerk John A. Cunningham recently announced that petition packets for established party candidates running for local offices at the March 17, 2026 General Primary Election are now ...

Illinois Senator Chris Balkema is running for re-election, promising to fight for fiscal responsibility, government accountability, and support for working families in the 53rd Senate District.

GOP Rep. Michael Bost and two Republican presidential electors challenged Illinois' decision to count mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day.

According to the Illinois State Board of Elections, on April 22, election authorities shall transmit the number of vote by mail ballots which were requested, provided and counted.

Permanent vote-by-mail ballots made a difference in this election. Now Trump is taking aim at the votes counted after Election Day, columnist Rich Miller writes.