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Gubernatorial Republican nominee Darren Bailey, left, and incumbent Gov. JB Pritzker. (Eileen T. Meslar and Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

On final campaign weekend, Illinois Democrats rally while top Republicans stay quiet

By Rick Pearson

November 1, 2026 at 6:27 p.m.

Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate Juliana Stratton calls a Michigan Democrat’s endorsement of Republican Mike...

Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed speaks at a campaign rally, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026, in Sterling Heights, Mich. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Democrat Haley Stevens endorses GOP’s Mike Rogers in Michigan Senate race 2 days before election

By Joey Cappelletti

November 1, 2026 at 12:28 p.m.

Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed’s former opponent in the U.S. Senate primary, Haley Stevens, stunned party...

Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, hands out candy at a Halloween event outside the Big Lake Lions Club, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026, in Big Lake, Alaska. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Judge dismisses lawsuit seeking to block certification of Alaska Senate race if GOP incumbent loses

By Nicholas Riccardi

November 1, 2026 at 2:03 p.m.

A judge dismissed a Trump-backed lawsuit seeking to block certification of Alaska’s US Senate race...

JB Pritzker's Gold Coast home in 2018. (Zbigniew Bzdak/baiduhai)

State police report: Man who jumped fence into JB Pritzker’s backyard didn’t know it was governor’s home

By Dan Petrella

August 5, 2026 at 4:00 p.m.

State police released 102 pages of heavily redacted records that show a homeless man arrested...

Michigan U.S. Senate candidates, Abdul El-Sayed, left, and Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., are displayed on a television during a debate inside the spin room at WoodTV studios on Tuesday, July 7, 2026, in Grand Rapids, Mich. (AP Photo/Kristen Norman)

Takeaways from Tuesday’s elections: Democrats’ division on display in Michigan Senate race

By Mike Catalini

August 5, 2026 at 5:56 a.m.

The Democratic primary for Michigan's Senate seat hung on a razor's edge early Wednesday.

Signs are displayed outside a polling place, Tuesday, July 28, 2026, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Wisconsin judge rules that paper absentee ballots violate rights of certain disabled people

By Scott Bauer

August 4, 2026 at 3:44 p.m.

Absentee voting in Wisconsin discriminates against disabled voters, a judge ruled Tuesday, siding with groups...

Attorney Andrew Finco speaks for his client Ald. Byron Sigcho-López during an Illinois State Board of Elections hearing in Chicago, July 21, 2026, to consider ballot objections to candidates Mayra Macías and Byron Sigcho-López. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Progressive Ald. Byron Sigcho-López sues to run as independent in Illinois’ 4th Congressional District race

By Jake Sheridan

August 3, 2026 at 4:59 p.m.

The long-shot lawsuit comes after the Illinois State Board of Elections determined that Ald. Byron...

Flags sit on top of the Indiana Statehouse on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026 in Indianapolis. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Indiana state senator Chris Garten announces run for leadership position

By Alexandra Kukulka

August 3, 2026 at 1:13 p.m.

Indiana State Senator Chris Garten will run for president pro tempore of the state senate...

Mayor Brandon Johnson answers questions after announcing an expansion of the Sustainable Community Schools initiative on Aug. 3, 2026, at Malcolm X College on Chicago’s Near West Side. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson brushes off Alexi Giannoulias candidacy, says days of school closures are over

By Alice Yin

August 3, 2026 at 4:31 p.m.

Mayor Brandon Johnson launched thinly veiled attacks Monday on mayoral candidate Alexi Giannoulias and Giannoulias'...

Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, holding one of his four daughters, announces his campaign to be the next mayor of Chicago on August 2, 2026, in the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers 134 hall. (Arthur Maiorella/baiduhai)

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announces run for Chicago mayor

By Jake Sheridan

August 2, 2026 at 3:31 p.m.

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announced Sunday he will run for mayor of Chicago,...

Employees extract early voting ballots at the Cook County Clerk’s Election Operation Center in Cicero on March 12, 2026, where thousands of pieces of voting equipment are stored, tested and distributed. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Judge rules Illinois not required to turn over voter rolls to Feds

By Allison Kiehl

August 2, 2026 at 2:09 p.m.

Seven months after the lawsuit was filed by the Trump administration’s Department of Justice to...

Rodric Bray, Senate president pro tem, takes questions after a bill to redistrict the state's congressional map was defeated, Dec. 11, 2025, in Indianapolis. (Michael Conroy/AP)

Indiana Senate President Bray won’t seek re-election to leadership post

By Alexandra Kukulka

July 31, 2026 at 2:43 p.m.

Indiana Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray announced Friday he won’t seek reelection to serve...

Wisconsin U.S. Senate candidate Mandela Barnes speaks at a rally Oct. 29, 2022, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Mandela Barnes drops out of the Democratic primary for Wisconsin governor

By Scott Bauer

July 30, 2026 at 4:53 p.m.

Mandela Barnes dropped out of Democratic primary for Wisconsin governor on Thursday amid news that...