Standing in a union hall after talking to a group of volunteers as they headed out to knock on doors the Saturday before the election, Democratic Rep. Katie Stuart looks comfortable and confident to hold off a Republican challenge for the fourth time.
Read MoreInstead of barnstorming with local Democrats or putting the full court press on the campaign trail Saturday, freshman Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski was hosting an official congressional event Saturday in Edwardsville discussing prescription drug prices with a group of independent pharmacists.
Read MoreOn a sunny Saturday afternoon three days before Election Day, former Rep. LaToya Greenwood knocked on doors in Mascoutah, a city of around 9,000 in St. Clair County that overwhelmingly supported Donald Trump in the 2020 election.
Read MoreRep. Jackie Haas walks out of a Kankakee-area coffee shop Friday afternoon between a constituent meeting and heading out to knock on doors with four days before the November 5 election.
Read MoreRep. Brandun Schweizer (R-Danville) was knocking on doors in a small Vermilion County town Friday trying to encourage Republican voters in the GOP-heavy community to turn out on or before Election Day.
Read MoreThe financial advantages of House Democrats over their Republican opponents has been well documented, but in the final two weeks of the campaign, the difference is even more staggering.
Read MoreWhen political observers last saw Dr. Dave Nayak, he was finishing third in the Democratic primary this spring in the 20th Senate District on the north side of Chicago, the most Democratic district in the entire state.
Read MoreWith under a week to go until Election Day, we opened up the contact list on our phone filled with current and former lawmakers, lobbyists, media folks, strategists, staffers and more to ask them for their predictions for the November 5 election.
Read MoreIf there’s a race that may be indicative of the leftward shift of the suburbs, it could be the battle for a state House seat in a wealthy, but diverse, far northwestern suburban district.
Read MoreSenate Republicans have pulled out of the only contested Senate race in the state, multiple sources tell The Illinoize, leaving no competitive races for the Senate in the lead-in to the November 5 election.
Read MoreWhen Democrats gerrymandered the legislative maps in 2021, they drew a new district connecting Democrat-leaning precincts in Peoria and Bloomington-Normal.
Read MoreOne of the most watched legislative races in the Chicago suburbs in 2024 is in a district that was the most narrowly decided two years ago.
Read MoreAs the final stretch to the November 5 election closes in, House Democrats enjoy a gigantic financial advantage over superminority Republicans in their attempt to grow their already record 78-40 majority.
Read MoreTwo years ago, one of the most shocking electoral surprises came in the Metro East, when unknown, underfunded Millstadt chiropractor Kevin Schmidt defeated incumbent Rep. LaToya Greenwood in the traditionally Democratic, East St. Louis-based district.
Read MoreGovernor JB Pritzker has begun to put his thumb on the scales of legislative races across the state, sending a late cash infusion to House and Senate Democrats up and down the state.
Read MoreIn 2022, Sen. Patrick Joyce (D-Essex) won his re-election campaign against political newcomer Philip Nagel by about ten points.
Read MoreAs jury selection begins in the corruption trial of longtime former House Speaker Michael Madigan, it isn’t yet clear if Republican campaigns will return to one of their favorite messaging villains for the final four weeks of the fall campaign.
Read MoreIn a narrow path for Republicans to gain any seats in the Illinois House this fall, they need candidates who can outperform the party in recent election cycles and “steal” a seat or two, as one GOP operative described it to us last week.
Read MoreThe Illinois Department of Corrections appears to have met a judge’s order to remove all prisoners from the Stateville Correctional Center near Joliet.
Read MoreCourt filings indicate a former Democratic State Senator-turned-lobbyist from Chicago’s west side and a longtime GOP insider and lobbyist were paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in profit sharing by a state vendor.
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