Republican pollster Trafalgar Group released a new poll Wednesday showing conservative southern Illinois Sen. Darren Bailey (R-Xenia) leading Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin by 18 points in the June 28 primary.
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Metro East Senator Rachelle Crowe resigned Wednesday to officially take office as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois.
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GOP polling firm Ogden & Fry released a poll Tuesday that gives some interesting insight into some statewide GOP races.
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It appears three Republican candidates in the primary for the newly drawn Democratic leaning 13th congressional district are positioning their campaigns for hard line conservative voters while another may be tailoring a message for the November election.
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As polling indicates conservative Sen. Darren Bailey (R-Xenia) is pulling away from the rest of the GOP field, numerous Republicans say they’re concerned Bailey won’t be able to defeat billionaire Governor JB Pritzker in November.
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After we reported late Wednesday that Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin’s campaign was pulling its TV ads in downstate Illinois beginning next week, a picture of a campaign in “chaos” is beginning to emerge.
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Sources confirm the campaign of Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin, who is running for the GOP nomination for Governor, has pulled all broadcast TV ads in downstate Illinois beginning next week.
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The Republican race for U.S. Senate has been filled with extreme rhetoric at times, but little of it has cracked into the mainstream.
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Polling firm Ogden & Fry released a detailed poll Monday laying out multiple questions on abortion.
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Radio host Dan Proft, who is running a PAC funded by billionaire Richard Uihlein, said he had a new poll for his organization showing Sen. Darren Bailey leading Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin by seven points.
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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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WLS offered all five candidates who were physically present at the debate Thursday (Jesse Sullivan was remote after testing positive for COVID-19) the opportunity to speak with assembled media.
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Richard Irvin, the Aurora Mayor and presumed frontrunner in the GOP gubernatorial race, dodged attack after attack from competitors in the June 28 primary Thursday night in the first televised debate featuring all six Republican candidates.
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There’s a new chapter being written in the battle for control of the state Democratic party.
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With just five weeks to go to the June 28 primary, we take a quick look at five incumbents fighting for their political lives in hotly contested primaries.
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I’m a little bit of a skeptic about the value of debates.
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The super tight lipped Irvin campaign released a poll yesterday showing themselves with a six point lead.
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Presumed frontrunners in the Democratic and GOP primaries for Secretary of State are being accused by challengers of dodging televised debates.
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Governor JB Pritzker’s campaign is out with a new ad today alleging some pretty heavy pay-to-play between billionaire Ken Griffin and Aurora Mayor and GOP candidate for Governor Richard Irvin.
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After watching both debates Tuesday, we had some thoughts.
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