Rep. Norine Hammond (R-Macomb) entered the House in 2010 following the death of former Rep. Rich Myers. She faced a primary challenge in 2018, but has mostly slid through to re-election without significant challengers. Until 2026.
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A Republican candidate for Governor is suing a Democratic downstate County Clerk after the candidate’s name was misspelled on printed ballots.
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Governor JB Pritzker proposed a Fiscal Year 2027 budget in Springfield Wednesday, and Republicans spent much of Tuesday criticizing supermajority Democrats.
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Governor JB Pritzker is set to give his eighth combined State of the State and budget address Wednesday to a joint session of the General Assembly. Here’s what he should say.
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Sen. Neil Anderson (R-Andalusia) has resigned from Senate Republican leadership following a dust-up in the caucus over a bill that criminalizes abortion.
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An effort to revive a ballot initiative to remove redistricting from the hands of politicians will not appear on the ballot in November as organizers are suspending their campaign due to a lack of fundraising.
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When suburban businessman Rick Heidner jumped into the GOP primary for Governor late last fall, putting together a last minute ballot collection operation, talk from Heidner’s camp centered around the resources he was willing to invest in his own campaign.
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In an expected move, Gov. JB Pritzker Monday endorsed Rep. Margaret Croke (D-Chicago), a former Pritzker staffer, for the Democratic nomination for State Comptroller.
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Monday marked a new firestorm in Chicago media over the long running saga over a new Chicago Bears stadium, but it appears the uproar was much ado about nothing.
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Here is a rundown of some of the top House races to watch leading up to the March 17 primary:
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Here’s a look at the contested Senate primaries on March 17th.
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When polling shows you trailing by double digits with six weeks to go before election day, one would think a candidate may start to try to point out dramatic differences between themselves and the frontrunner.
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We’ve spent a lot of time over the past few days talking with insiders and operatives and elected officials about conditions on the ground for the state’s major congressional primaries.
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With just days to go before early voting begins in parts of the state for the March 17 primary, Lt. Governor Juliana Stratton faces a moment in which she needs to change the narrative in the race.
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Ask any Republican insider or operative, and they’ll tell you for a GOP candidate to be competitive against Gov. JB Pritzker this fall, they have to begin to make inroads with moderate suburban voters that have left the party in droves in the Trump era.
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Democrats who control the legislature are laser focused on their message this spring. They say (correctly) that cost of living, or affordability, is the cornerstone issue of the legislative session.
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The Pritzker administration is holding back around $500 million in spending in the current fiscal year after asking agency heads to hold back 4% of their total appropriations last fall.
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Rep. Steve Reick (R-Woodstock), a potentially endangered House Republican, appears to have been saved from major Democratic competition after his opponent was quietly removed from the ballot over an unpaid campaign finance fine of $85.
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For much of the ongoing saga over the construction of a new stadium for the Chicago Bears, Governor JB Pritzker has been consistent in messaging a few things.
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I think Governor Pritzker is playing the conundrum surrounding a Chicago Bears stadium project mostly the right way.
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