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Buckner on Bears "Deadline," PILOT Bill Unlikely to Move This Week
Buckner on Bears "Deadline," PILOT Bill Unlikely to Move This Week

Recent reports have quoted Arlington Heights Mayor Jim Tinaglia that the Chicago Bears have set a deadline of the end of March for the Illinois General Assembly to act on a property tax break bill for “megaprojects” to convince the team to build a new stadium in Arlington Heights instead of Indiana.

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NewsPatrick PfingstenMarch 24, 2026
Time for the Illinois GOP to Change or Die
Time for the Illinois GOP to Change or Die

If Tuesday’s results for Republicans in the primary election, especially in statewide races, shows anything, it shows the GOP is in the worst position it has ever been to win in Illinois.

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OpinionPatrick PfingstenMarch 20, 2026
Croke Wins Democratic Comptroller Primary
Croke Wins Democratic Comptroller Primary

Rep. Margaret Croke (D-Chicago), buoyed by the endorsement and cash of Gov. JB Pritzker, was declared the winner of the Democratic primary for State Comptroller Thursday.

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NewsPatrick PfingstenMarch 20, 2026
Amid Uncertain Future, Benton Loses Central Committee Race
Amid Uncertain Future, Benton Loses Central Committee Race

Rep. Harry Benton (D-Plainfield), who was removed from the House Democratic Caucus last month following accusations of sexual harassment, lost his bid to join the Democratic State Central Committee Tuesday.

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NewsPatrick PfingstenMarch 20, 2026
Stratton Wins Senate Race, Capping Stunning Comeback
Stratton Wins Senate Race, Capping Stunning Comeback

In one of the most stunning reversals of fortune in recent Illinois political history, Lt. Governor Juliana Stratton overcame a monthslong head start from her main opponent to capture the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate Tuesday.

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NewsPatrick PfingstenMarch 18, 2026
It's Pritzker vs. Bailey, Part Deux
It's Pritzker vs. Bailey, Part Deux

Former State Senator Darren Bailey, who lost the 2022 race for Governor to JB Pritzker by around 13 points, is back for round two.

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NewsPatrick PfingstenMarch 18, 2026
Miller, Ford, Bean, Biss Win Open Democratic House Seats
Miller, Ford, Bean, Biss Win Open Democratic House Seats

Four contested, expensive, sometimes controversial, and sometimes nasty Democratic primaries for open House seats in the suburbs were settled Tuesday night.

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NewsPatrick PfingstenMarch 18, 2026
Hammond, Andrade Lose Primaries
Hammond, Andrade Lose Primaries

After more than 15 years serving in the Illinois House, Rep. Norine Hammond (R-Macomb) was soundly defeated for re-election Tuesday by a Freedom Caucus-backed insurgent who prevailed in a nasty, bitter western Illinois primary.

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NewsPatrick PfingstenMarch 18, 2026
Legislative Primary Results
Legislative Primary Results

Here’s a rundown of some high profile open legislative races Tuesday night.

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NewsPatrick PfingstenMarch 18, 2026
Three Incumbent Legislators on Upset Watch
Three Incumbent Legislators on Upset Watch

As voters head to the polls Tuesday, at least three incumbent state lawmakers are on upset watch.

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NewsPatrick PfingstenMarch 17, 2026
Democrat Insiders Split on Senate Primary
Democrat Insiders Split on Senate Primary

You think you don’t know how the Democratic Senate race is going to turn out? You aren’t alone.

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NewsPatrick PfingstenMarch 17, 2026
Jesse Jackson, Jr: "Those Mistakes Will Never Happen Again"
Jesse Jackson, Jr: "Those Mistakes Will Never Happen Again"

Jesse Jackson, Jr. was political royalty on Chicago’s south side. The son of the late civil rights icon Jesse Jackson, Sr., elected to Congress at the age of 30 in 1995, it all came crashing down in 2012.

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NewsPatrick PfingstenMarch 13, 2026
Pritzker Tours Tornado Ravaged Kankakee County
Pritzker Tours Tornado Ravaged Kankakee County

Governor JB Pritzker said Thursday nearly 500 “structures” had been damaged by massive storms and an EF-3 tornado that struck Kankakee County Tuesday evening.

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NewsPatrick PfingstenMarch 13, 2026
Mendoza Dings Pritzker for Playing in "Independent" Comptroller Race
Mendoza Dings Pritzker for Playing in "Independent" Comptroller Race

State Comptroller Susana Mendoza has endorsed her preferred choice of a successor, Lake County Treasurer Holly Kim, and as the clock ticks toward the March 17 primary, Mendoza is taking a few not-so-subtle shots at Governor JB Pritzker’s influence in the race.

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NewsPatrick PfingstenMarch 11, 2026
Bean: "We Need Grown Ups in the Room"
Bean: "We Need Grown Ups in the Room"

Politics in the United States have changed dramatically since the middle of the first Obama administration, but Melissa Bean is back in the arena, hoping to regain her old seat in Congress.

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NewsPatrick PfingstenMarch 11, 2026
GOP War of Words Spices Up Final Days of Gubernatorial Primary
GOP War of Words Spices Up Final Days of Gubernatorial Primary

A war of words has broken out over former Sen. Darren Bailey’s electability and appeal from a top contender as well as a radio host and political consultant who once supported Bailey and now rakes in cash advising for a top rival.

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NewsPatrick PfingstenMarch 10, 2026
In Final Debate, Senate Democratic Candidates Oppose Iran War
In Final Debate, Senate Democratic Candidates Oppose Iran War

In their final face off on camera before next week’s general election, the three major Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate took aim more at Donald Trump’s military action in Iran and less at each other.

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NewsPatrick PfingstenMarch 10, 2026
As GOP Race Approaches Final Week, Dabrowski Claims Bailey Can't Win in November
As GOP Race Approaches Final Week, Dabrowski Claims Bailey Can't Win in November

GOP gubernatorial candidate Dabrowski is trying to make an electability argument to Republicans, trying to convince voters he’s the only potential GOP nominee that can beat JB Pritzker in November.

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NewsPatrick PfingstenMarch 6, 2026
Health Care Separates 9th Congressional District Hopefuls
Health Care Separates 9th Congressional District Hopefuls

In the crowded Democratic primary for Illinois’ 9th Congressional District seat, it can be difficult to parse where the candidates differ on their approach to health care policy.

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NewsLeigh GiangrecoMarch 4, 2026
Bill Clinton Epstein Files Testimony Implicates Pritzker, Spokesman Recants
Bill Clinton Epstein Files Testimony Implicates Pritzker, Spokesman Recants

In a video being pushed heavily by Republicans around the state and country, former President Bill Clinton appears to have drawn Governor JB Pritzker into the ongoing scandal surrounding disgraced financier and child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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NewsPatrick PfingstenMarch 3, 2026
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