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 ...

Some politicos are wondering whether Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker's potential 2028 bid will be diminished if his chosen ...

House Democrats Raja Krishnamoorthi and Robin Kelly have already announced their intentions to run for Senate next year to ...

Illinois will have its first new senator in ... Dick Durbin, who has held the seat since 1997. The election is expected to be hotly contested, with statewide officeholders and congressional ...

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 ...

After major potential candidates for U.S. Senate races in 2026 passed on running, some Republicans wonder if they're ...

The battle to replace Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin in Illinois is intensifying with Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi on Wednesday ...

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 ...

Democratic Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi of Illinois announced Wednesday morning that he is running for Senate in 2026.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker with Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton in Chicago in 2023. (Charles Rex Arbogast / AP file) ...

NO MIDWEST NICE: The New York Times is out with a juicy story about the Illinois Senate race and the “deep animosity” that Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton and Congress members Robin Kelly and Raja ...

“If this race goes down ... On Wednesday, a former Illinois senator and the first African American woman elected to the Senate, Carol Moseley Braun, announced she too backed Stratton.