Some Republican insiders around the state believe the GOP is in a place to overcome the unpopularity of President Donald Trump in Illinois, while others fear the election is shaping up to present a “doomsday” scenario for Republican legislative candidates.
Read MoreRepublican Lieutenant Governor candidate Aaron Del Mar committed felony gun crimes in a video posted on his campaign Facebook page this weekend, multiple prosecutors and experts tell The Illinoize.
Read MoreRepublican candidate for Lt. Governor Aaron Del Mar unloaded on the Illinois Republican Party infrastructure Monday, accusing the GOP of “abandoning” statewide GOP candidates.
Read MoreFour years ago, then-Sen. Darren Bailey lost the race for Governor in Cook County’s Maine Township by 18 points. But is the tide turning in his favor?
Read MoreIt appears Governor JB Pritzker and former Sen. Darren Bailey will hold one debate this fall, and it won’t be a debate at all.
Read MoreIf the Illinois State Fair political days marked the start of the fall campaign, attacks from the two campaigns for Governor Monday followed suit.
Read MoreRepublican GOP nominee Darren Bailey’s pivot to the fall campaign was distracted at the Illinois State Fair Thursday by private school curriculum, cagey answers, and dinosaurs.
Read MoreDemocrats took over the Illinois State Fair Wednesday for Governor’s Day, expressing the utmost confidence ahead of the November General Election.
Read MoreLegislative Inspector General Michael McCuskey defended his handling of the investigation into sexual harassment claims against former Rep. Harry Benton.
Read MoreFour years ago, Governor JB Pritkzer and Republican opponent Darren Bailey held two televised debates in the final month of the campaign.
Read MoreBillionaire Governor JB Pritzker has reloaded his campaign fund with another $65 million in personal dollars for the final stretch of the fall campaign.
Read MoreWhen renovations of the State Armory building, just across the street north of the Illinois State Capitol building, some 900 state employees, many from the Governor’s office and state agencies, will work in a building with a new name.
Read MoreWhile they didn’t appear on stage together Monday, both Governor JB Pritzker and Republican GOP gubernatorial nominee Darren Bailey spent much of their time Monday speaking at an ag industry event talking about the other guy.
Read MoreSpeaking for the first time since the Legislative Inspector General report revealed a third victim of sexual harassment by former Rep. Harry Benton and ensnared House Speaker Chris Welch, Governor JB Pritzker largely avoided the issue.
Read MoreSecretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, who announced he’s running for both re-election in November and Chicago Mayor next year this weekend, seemed unconcerned with the running for two posts at the same time.
Read MoreA third victim of sexual harassment has been revealed as the full Legislative Inspector General’s report into complaints regarding former Rep. Harry Benton was released Friday.
Read MoreSources say it took House Speaker Chris Welch more than two weeks from being notified of the incident involving former Rep. Harry Benton to filing a complaint with the Legislative Inspector General, which wasn’t filed until early March.
Read MoreThe Legislative Ethics Commission, a bipartisan, bicameral group of state legislators, voted unanimously Thursday to release the Legislative Inspector General’s report into sexual harassment claims against former Rep. Harry Benton.
Read MoreThe Legislative Ethics Commission, a bipartisan, bicameral group of state legislators, voted unanimously Thursday to release the Legislative Inspector General’s report into sexual harassment claims against former Rep. Harry Benton.
Read MoreGovernor JB Pritzker says indicted Rep. Carol Ammons (D-Urbana), who is accused of shifting state grants to agencies that paid her daughter and receiving kickbacks on grants and campaign dollars, should resign.
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