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 ...

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 ...

Robin Kelly and Raja Krisnamoorthi  — have entered the race to the be the state’s next U.S. senator. Kelly U.S. Rep. Robin ...

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

NO MIDWEST NICE: The New York Times is out with a juicy story about the Illinois Senate race and the “deep animosity” that Lt ...

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

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

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 ...

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

Rep. Robin Kelly, who has represented parts of the south suburbs for more than a decade, is joining the race to become ...

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