With Democratic blowouts in favor of Gov. JB Pritzker, Attorney General Kwame Raoul, Comptroller-elect Margaret Croke and all other statewide officeholders, Illinois Republicans find themselves in their bleakest position in recent memory.
Democratic incumbent Gov. JB Pritzker officially announced his run for a third term as the state’s chief executive Thursday with a campaign video vowing “to protect our progress and continue solving the problems we face.”
Pritzker will make his third consecutive statewide campaign official with reelection campaign kickoff events in Chicago and Springfield.
Jury in ex-speaker’s bribery trial sees undercover videos made by prosecutors’ star witness
Former ComEd exec-turned-FBI mole testifies about no-work contracts for speaker’s allies CHICAGO – As chief lobbyist for electric utility Commonwealth Edison, Fidel Marquez had an expansive role that put him in charge of “approximately 130, 135 people.” But in June 2013, more than a year into that job, Marquez received an email about someone he
Sorensen holds on to 17th congressional seat as Trump outperforms past 2 elections Preliminary, unofficial election results show no seats in the state House or Senate have changed party hands, although a few races remained too close to call according to the Associated Press. That means Democrats will maintain supermajorities in each chamber of the
URBANA – Former Illinois Congressman Tim Johnson has died. Johnson’s former chief of staff, Mark Shelden, reported his death on his Facebook page on Tuesday morning. An obituary published on Sunday May 15 in the News-Gazette and at the Renner-Wikoff funeral home website says the 75-year-old Johnson died Monday night at Carle Foundation Hospital in