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Newly filed campaign finance records show Republican Darren Bailey entered the final month before the Nov. 3 election with $431,787 in cash on hand, a disadvantage of better than 100 to 1 to the $44.4 million that the self-funding Gov.

Republican Christine McGovern and former 35th District Rep. Frances Hurley face each other in a race to replace for former Sen. Bill Cunningham in the 18th District. The district includes sections of Alsip,

For many of our readers, the notion of flipping the venerable Dick Durbin’s seat in the United State Senate to a Republican at the very moment when Donald Trump has capriciously abandoned his support for the brave people of Ukraine and climbed into a diesel-filled waterbed with the dangerous Russian dictator Vladimir Putin,

With U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Illinois) stepping down at the end of his term following a failed bid for the Senate, former U.S. Rep. Melissa Bean is looking to return to the seat she once held for six years.

Cook County transformed 27 suburban high schools into early voting sites for a “Teen Takeover for Democracy” event Thursday.

Patty García, U.S. Rep. Jesus "Chuy" Garcia's former chief of staff, faces independent candidate and Lyons Mayor Chris Getty, Republican candidate Lupe Castillo and Ed Hershey, the Working Class Party candidate,