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

Florida’s Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the state’s current congressional redistricting map, rejecting a challenge over the elimination of a majority-Black district in north Florida ...

The “presidential lean” of a state can, over time, help us quantify its political trajectory.— Much of the Heartland and Midwest has come to lean more to the GOP over the past two decades, though the ...

Using the term coined by Lewis, "Good Trouble" refers to the act of coming together peacefully to challenge injustice and ...

If Texas gerrymanders its House seats to boost Republicans, Newsom threatens to do the same for Democrats. But it's not in the governor's power after voters created a nonpartisan commission.

Catch up on the political news of the past week in the latest At the Races newsletter, including redistricting and campaign ...

President Donald Trump and other Republicans have long criticized states that take weeks to count their ballots after ...

It's Election Day in Illinois. Here's what to know about voting in Madison County. By Karla Vasquez Mejia, Karla.Vasquez@hearst.com April 1, 2025 Polls opening and closing Registration ...

Early voting is now open in all counties ahead of the April 1 election. Election officials in Kane and Lake counties had made polling sites available at limited locations earlier this month, while ...

Some residents of rural Illinois and Oregon are hoping to ditch their states and either join neighboring ones or create whole new states.

Less than 20 counties in Illinois will hold a Consolidated Municipal Primary Election next week. This primary is sometimes used to narrow down candidates for a non-partisan office, like in a ...