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U.S. Rep. Sean Casten speaks with attendees during a town hall at John A. Logan College in Carterville, Illinois, on April 13, 2025. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

In ruby red southern Illinois, Democrat Sean Casten looks to win over rural voters

April 14, 2025 at 11:09 a.m.

U.S. Rep. Sean Casten's trip is in line with national Democratic efforts to host 'town halls' in Republican districts.

The Illinois Supreme Court said Republicans waited too long to contest the 2021 redrawing of state legislative districts. Republicans had challenged the redrawing of districts by Democrats that occurred following the 2020 federal census, arguing the mapping effort was unconstitutional political gerrymandering that limited voters’ choices. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Democratic-led Illinois Supreme Court rejects GOP challenge to legislative maps that kept Democrats in control

April 9, 2025 at 5:45 p.m.

Democratic majority on Illinois Supreme Court said Republicans waited too long to argue 2021 redrawing was unconstitutional political gerrymandering.

Cook County GOP Chair Sean Morrison, right, hosts a get-out-the-vote fundraiser at Carmine’s Rosemont on Sept. 24, 2024. (Tess Crowley/baiduhai)

Sean Morrison stepping down as Cook County GOP chair

April 5, 2025 at 4:03 p.m.

Sean Morrison, a Cook County Board member from Palos Park, is resigning after nine years as heard of the county GOP.

Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin speaks with supporters after conceding to challenger John Laesch during a watch party at his election headquarters on April 1, 2025, in Aurora. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Illinois GOP suffered major election losses in suburbs that are critical for its rebuilding effort

April 3, 2025 at 10:33 a.m.

Reflecting voter angst over President Donald Trump, Democrats scored major election victories in suburbs critical for rebuilding the state GOP.

Election judges prepare to count mail-in ballots by running them through a scanner on March 25, 2024, at the Chicago Board of Elections. President Donald Trump’s recent executive order goes after one significant aspect of Illinois election law, a 2015 statute that requires the counting of mail-in ballots that are postmarked or voter-signed and certified by Election Day and arrive within the following 14 days. Illinois is among about 20 states that allow post-Election Day vote counting. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Illinois Democrats vow to defend state elections law against Trump’s executive order

March 26, 2025 at 5:52 p.m.

Illinois Democrats are vowing to defend state elections law against Donald Trump's sweeping executive order, which includes a crackdown on voting by non citizens.

Andrew Boutros (Andrew Collings/Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP)

Andrew Boutros, a former fed and ‘go-getter,’ on cusp of being named interim US attorney in Chicago

March 25, 2025 at 4:18 p.m.

Veteran Chicago lawyer and former federal prosecutor Andrew Boutros is expected to be appointed by the Trump administration as interim U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, sources told...

Gov. JB Pritzker speaks about the results of the election alongside Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton on Nov. 7, 2024, at Illinois state government offices in Chicago. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Amid Donald Trump 2.0, Gov. JB Pritzker ponders running for third term and his national ambitions

March 24, 2025 at 7:28 p.m.

With less than a year before the March 2026 primary, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker must soon decide if he will seek a rare third term as governor.

A pro-Israel supporter, left, confronts U.S. Rep. Sean Casten while disrupting a town hall at American Legion Post 80, March 19, 2025, in Downers Grove. After this protester and several pro-Palestinian protesters interrupted Casten, the town hall was shut down by the Downers Grove police. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

US Rep. Sean Casten’s town hall cut short amid protests over Israel and Gaza

March 20, 2025 at 4:40 p.m.

Police cut short a town hall in Downers Grove following Palestinian-Israeli protests and Democratic US Rep. Sean Casten.

Rahm Emanuel, former Chicago mayor and most recently the U.S. ambassador to Japan, addresses attendees at The Economic Club of Chicago luncheon at the Fairmont Hotel on March 3, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Rahm Emanuel won’t rule out another run for Chicago mayor, but says city and Democratic Party need work

March 3, 2025 at 6:08 p.m.

Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel kept the door open to another bid for office but said the city and the Democratic Party have a lot of work to do.

DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick in a cell block that houses participants in the in county jail's gang-cessation and jobs program, Feb. 17, 2022, in Wheaton. (Charles Rex Arbogast/AP)

DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick seeking GOP bid for Illinois governor in 2026

February 27, 2025 at 3:56 p.m.

Republican DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick said he won't seek a third term and will instead run for Illinois governor next year.

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