Tensions appear to be rising in many top Republican circles around the state as the party struggles to recruit top tier candidates for statewide offices in 2026 and much of the ire is being directed at the Illinois Republican Party apparatus and chair Kathy Salvi.
Read MoreIf you read Beth Hundsorfer’s reporting in Capitol News Illinois last week about the failure of DCFS and its contracting agency, Lutheran Child and Family Services, in the death of 18-year-old Mackenzi Felmlee last year, you were likely incensed. I sure was.
Read MoreWith a thin field of Republican contenders for Governor emerging before the start of petition circulation next week, former Illinois Republican Party Chairman Don Tracy says he is considering launching a run for the state’s top office next year.
Read MoreGovernor JB Pritzker Monday defended the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) as the agency has refused to release further information and claimed it couldn’t start its own internal investigation into the death of an 18-year-old Metro East girl last year.
Read MoreGovernor JB Pritzker got an off the wall question yesterday, but one he could have easily just knocked out of the park with partisan talking points.
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Read MoreRep. Dan Ugaste (R-Geneva), who had been considering a run for Governor in 2026, announced Wednesday he would not run for the state’s top office and would seek re-election to the House.
Read MoreCandidates are filing campaign finance paperwork ahead of the 2026 election cycle.
Read MoreWhile Illinois Republicans have struggled to find top tier candidates for Governor and U.S. Senate in 2026, little has been made so far about what Republicans may step into down ballot races next year.
Read MoreThree open congressional seats and the possibility of a fourth have led to growing fields that some political experts predict could cause “chaos” primary races next spring.
Read MoreDemocrats around the state are publicly and privately praising Governor JB Pritzker’s announcement Tuesday he’s selected former State Representative and former Deputy Governor Christian Mitchell as his running mate next year.
Read MoreWith one month before petition circulation begins for the 2026 election, sources say Senate Republicans are honing in on two Democratic seats as potential pickup opportunities.
Read MoreGovernor JB Pritzker may just want to go ahead and pick a running mate already.
Read MoreGovernor JB Pritzker announced his campaign for a third term in office Thursday, citing his successes of his first six-and-a-half years in office without laying out priorities for a third term.
Read MoreA third party poll of a potential Republican primary race between appointed Sen. Darby Hills (R-Barrington Hills) and Rep. Martin McLaughlin (R-Barrington Hills), shows a potential problem for the appointed incumbent.
Read MoreAs Governor JB Pritzker embarks on a campaign for a third term Thursday, he’s widely considered an odds-on favorite to become the first Governor to win a third full term since Jim Thompson nearly 40 years ago.
Read MoreMultiple Democratic sources tell The Illinoize Governor JB Pritzker will announce his campaign for a third term this Thursday.
Read MoreLt. Governor Juliana Stratton, one of the top Democrats seeking a seat in the U.S. Sente next year, says she fears the “Big, Beautiful Bill” tax and spending legislation under consideration in the Senate is most “dangerous” for its potential cuts to Medicaid.
Read MoreMultiple Republican sources say former RNC National Committeeman Richard Porter is likely to enter the U.S. Senate race in the coming weeks, giving Republicans potentially their best chance to win a Senate race in the state in sixteen years.
Read MoreGovernor JB Pritzker signed the Fiscal Year 2026 budget into law Monday, spending $55.2 billion, an increase of $2 billion over the current fiscal year and a $15 billion increase since Pritzker took office in 2019.
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