Two of the state’s most influential Democrats avoided a potentially awkward and embarrassing primary this week when Senate President Don Harmon backed off plans to run for the Democratic Party of Illinois’ State Central Committee.
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Congressman Jesus “Chuy” Garcia (D-Chicago) will not run for re-election and will withdraw from the 2026 ballot after his Chief of Staff filed petitions to run for his seat Monday.
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Suburban businessman Rick Heidner appears to have easily cleared the 5,000 signature minimum to get on the Republican ballot for Governor.
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Republicans didn’t field a candidate against State Treasurer Mike Frerichs before the close of Monday’s petition filing period.
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Governor JB Pritzker said Monday he and his office are “still examining” the “Medical Aid in Dying” legislation passed in the Senate late Thursday in the final hours of the fall veto session.
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Rep. Marty Moylan (D-Des Plaines) confirmed Monday he plans to resign from the House and won’t seek re-election in 2026.
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After two years heading the Illinois Chamber of Commerce, Lou Sandoval is out.
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Petition filing for non-presidential and delegate candidates began at 8:00am. We’ll update races below throughout the day.
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After the conclusion of a marathon second week of the fall veto session, House Speaker Chris Welch tells The Illinoize Democrats had a goal to “get some big things done while we were [in Springfield.]”
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“If they manage to revive this thing, it’ll rate up there with the story of Lazarus.”
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An energy package placing storage, and not supply, at the center of the legislation advanced out of the House Wednesday night on a mostly party-line vote with Republicans and Democrats arguing over how to reduce skyrocketing electric rates for businesses and consumers.
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House Democrats dropped a 1,000-page transit bailout bill Tuesday night that raises $1.5 billion in taxes to fund the beleaguered mass transit agencies in the northeast corner of the state.
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Since the tragic death of former senator and gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey’s son, daughter-in-law, and two of his grandchildren in a helicopter crash last week, questions about the future of Bailey’s campaign have persisted.
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After months of speculation and negotiations, House Democrats dropped a 1,000 page mass transit reform and funding bill that includes more than $1.5 billion in tax increases.
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After House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries put the screws to legislative Democrats Monday pushing for a mid-decade redistricting of the state’s congressional district, the push, for now at least, was in vain.
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As of late as last week, House Speaker Chris Welch and Senate President Don Harmon said there was “no plan” to redraw Illinois’ already gerrymandered congressional maps to squeeze out another Democrat-leaning seat.
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As energy bills spiked this summer, both Republicans and Democrats seem aligned in the belief that energy prices need to come down.
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Suburban businessman Rick Heidner has managed to launch a campaign for governor with no public announcement, no social media, no website, no platform, no media interviews, and never showing the candidate's face in public.
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Gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey’s son, Zach, his daughter-in-law, Kelsey, and two of their young children, Vada Rose, 12, and Samuel, 7, were killed in a helicopter crash in Montana yesterday, according to the campaign.
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A story from D.C. newsletter Punchbowl Tuesday claiming Illinois Democrats are moving forward with mid-decade redistricting raised eyebrows among many statehouse types because, it came as a surprise that few were aware of.
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