It’s becoming clearer and clearer that the one thing most likely to keep Darren Bailey from being elected Governor in November is Darren Bailey.
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If you think Darren Bailey is an anti-Semite for the way he stumbled through a Facebook video 5 years ago, you’re really letting your partisanship show.
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Feeling "some kinda way" about the selection and ultimate election of Rep. Lisa Hernandez (D-Cicero) as the new chairperson for the Democratic Party of Illinois.
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The epic collapse of Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin’s campaign for Governor, which was buoyed by $50 million from billionaire Ken Griffin, goes down as one of the more disastrous campaigns in Illinois politics in recent memory.
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I live exactly 15 miles from the spot where a gunman started shooting over an Independence Day parade in Highland Park yesterday morning.
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If Illinois Republicans ever want to be competitive in statewide elections, they need to understand what it takes to win.
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Richard Irvin’s campaign may not have actually turned the lights out at their Aurora or downtown Chicago campaign offices, but it sure looks like folks are headed for the doors.
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A look at five legislative races with no incumbent.
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I had maybe ten texts after the debate from people wanting to know who I thought “won” the debate.
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I’m a little bit of a skeptic about the value of debates.
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After watching both debates Tuesday, we had some thoughts.
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I stopped Irvin before he left the room and asked if he had a moment. He said “absolutely,” before a staffer cut him off, grabbing him by the shoulder saying “no, we can’t.”
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His campaign team may not agree, but I don’t have a problem with Richard Irvin. On paper, there are really great things about his potential candidacy for governor.
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It’s an election year. Tensions are high. The Governor knows crime is the Achilles' heel of his path to re-election. Governor Pritzker also likes his rhetoric and he wants to fire up Democratic voters.
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The Senate followed up on Wednesday’s House action passing a $2.7 billion expenditure of federal bailout dollars to shore up the state’s unemployment insurance fund.
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Terry Cosgrove, the President and CEO of PersonalPAC, announced last week he’s retiring after the 2022 cycle. Outsiders probably don’t know who he is.
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Last week, news broke that many of us thought would never come: Mike Madigan has actually (finally) been indicted.
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A handful of Republicans are trying to make a statement by getting themselves kicked off the House floor for refusing to wear a face covering in accordance with House rules.
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Anyone involved in billionaire Ken Griffin’s statewide slate just isn’t talking.
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There are two lasting takeaways from the court ruling upholding the Democrat-drawn legislative maps.
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