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.

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.

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.

Here is a rundown of some of the top House races to watch leading up to the March 17 primary:

Here’s a look at the contested Senate primaries on March 17th.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.