The secretary of state job has been a precursor to higher office in Illinois politics, with former governors George Ryan and Jim Edgar both serving as secretary of state. Another former ...

Former Illinois Treasurer and Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias is back for another race, seeking to jump into the Secretary of State’s office this fall. Local Food & Drink 30 mins ago ...

Former State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias (D) has been elected Illinois Secretary of State, according to the Associated Press. With 65% of votes counted, Giannoulias received 56.3% of the vote as ...

In a state notorious for rough and tumble politics, Jesse White has had lasting appeal. NPR's Scott Simon talks with White, the longtime Illinois secretary of state who is retiring at the age of 88.

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Libertarian Jon Stewart, a former pro wrestler who now runs a Chicago auto dealer, also is running for secretary of state. More from CBS News Illinois Secretary of State awards $1.3 million to ...

With 1.3 million votes counted in Illinois, Giannoulias had garnered 58% of the total as of 9:45 p.m., according to unofficial results. Giannoulias, 46, is a Democrat from Chicago. He served as ...

More than 210 Republicans who questioned the 2020 election have won seats in the U.S. House and Senate and in state races for governor, secretary of state and attorney general, according to ...

Mr. White, 88, is retiring as Illinois secretary of state after a career that took him from the pews of Martin Luther King Jr.’s church to statewide office.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias is championing a bipartisan bill to raise the mandatory drivers test age from 75 to 87.

Former Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, who lost his 1994 bid for secretary of state to Ryan, said the two were political adversaries. But he complimented Ryan’s stance on the death penalty moratorium.

Former IL State Trooper Matt Mitchell caused a fatal crash on I ... The former Illinois State Trooper who pleaded guilty to vehicular manslaughter of ... the secretary of state scheduled 11,574 ...