Illinois will have its first new senator in a decade after voters select someone to succeed U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin. Here’s a ...

This is Illinois, which is a place of sharp elbows and rough-and-tumble politics. I can’t tell you that doesn’t seep into the ...

Illinois Republicans have no bench of experienced prospects to speak of. Because of extreme gerrymandering, the GOP has few ...

Few policy differences have emerged among the Democrats vying to replace the retiring Senator Richard J. Durbin, while Gov. JB Pritzker’s influence looms large. By Reid J. Epstein Like the new ...

Illinois Democrat Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi announced he will be running for Senate, after Sen. Dick Durbin said he won’t seek ...

After major potential Republican candidates for key U.S. Senate races in 2026 passed on running, some Republicans are split ...

NO MIDWEST NICE: The New York Times is out with a juicy story about the Illinois Senate race and the “deep ... free-for-all in a 2013 special primary for her current seat representing the ...

The Democratic contest for an Illinois Senate seat is shaping up as a test of the political power of Gov. JB Pritzker over a primary field of candidates who enter the race with deep animosity for ...

On Wednesday, a former Illinois senator and the first African American woman elected to the Senate, Carol Moseley ... won’t hurt him in a Democratic primary if she loses,” said another ...

The Illinois governor has not announced whether he will seek a third term in Springfield next year, but he also has not said ...

Democrats hope to capitalize on President Donald Trump's falling poll numbers next year, but columnist Ron Faucheux says they ...