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State Comptroller Susana Mendoza has endorsed her preferred choice of a successor, Lake County Treasurer Holly Kim, and as the clock ticks toward the March 17 primary, Mendoza is taking a few not-so-subtle shots at Governor JB Pritzker’s influence in the race.
Politics in the United States have changed dramatically since the middle of the first Obama administration, but Melissa Bean is back in the arena, hoping to regain her old seat in Congress.
A war of words has broken out over former Sen. Darren Bailey’s electability and appeal from a top contender as well as a radio host and political consultant who once supported Bailey and now rakes in cash advising for a top rival.
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State Comptroller Susana Mendoza has endorsed her preferred choice of a successor, Lake County Treasurer Holly Kim, and as the clock ticks toward the March 17 primary, Mendoza is taking a few not-so-subtle shots at Governor JB Pritzker’s influence in the race.
Politics in the United States have changed dramatically since the middle of the first Obama administration, but Melissa Bean is back in the arena, hoping to regain her old seat in Congress.
A war of words has broken out over former Sen. Darren Bailey’s electability and appeal from a top contender as well as a radio host and political consultant who once supported Bailey and now rakes in cash advising for a top rival.
In their final face off on camera before next week’s general election, the three major Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate took aim more at Donald Trump’s military action in Iran and less at each other.
GOP gubernatorial candidate Dabrowski is trying to make an electability argument to Republicans, trying to convince voters he’s the only potential GOP nominee that can beat JB Pritzker in November.
In the crowded Democratic primary for Illinois’ 9th Congressional District seat, it can be difficult to parse where the candidates differ on their approach to health care policy.
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Governor JB Pritzker presented his eight state budget proposal to the General Assembly Wednesday. Here are ten thoughts on what the Governor had to say.
Governor JB Pritzker is set to give his eighth combined State of the State and budget address Wednesday to a joint session of the General Assembly. Here’s what he should say.
We’ve spent a lot of time over the past few days talking with insiders and operatives and elected officials about conditions on the ground for the state’s major congressional primaries.
Democrats who control the legislature are laser focused on their message this spring. They say (correctly) that cost of living, or affordability, is the cornerstone issue of the legislative session.
I think Governor Pritzker is playing the conundrum surrounding a Chicago Bears stadium project mostly the right way.
What bothers me the most about the solution to bailing out Chicago area mass transit is how shameless Democrats are in swiping money from road money dedicated for downstate roads and bridges.