Republican contenders continue to add their names to the list of candidates who wish to defeat Gov. JB Pritzker and become Illinois' next governor.

I really don’t follow the party too closely, because it’s become so irrelevant,” says Jim Nowlan, a former Republican state ...

Garth Gullette, a lifelong Peoria County resident, has announced his plans to run for Congress in Illinois’ 16th Congressional District, challenging incumbent Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL) in the ...

Dr. Pamela Denise Long — Denise as she prefers to be called — is hoping to make Illinois electoral history next year by being ...

Arguably one of Illinois’ most-popular governors, Jim Edgar, 79, led with a low-key persona a meticulous focus on fiscal ...

As President Donald Trump seems to reverse himself about dispatching troops to Chicago, the Chicago Sun-Times examined ...

Catch up on the political news of the past week in the latest At the Races newsletter, including the topics of crime and campaigning.

Jim Edgar, a Charleston native who served two terms as Illinois governor and a decade as secretary of state, died Sunday at ...

Sangamon County resident Judy Bowlby announced her intent to run for Mary Miller's seat in the House of Representatives, ...

Nicole Dopler of Rapids City has announced her candidacy for State Representative for Illinois District 73. The seat has been held by Rep. Ryan Spain (R) since 2017. Dopler’s platform includes ...

Jim Edgar, the two-term Republican governor who guided Illinois through much of the 1990s with a low-key yet intense persona ...

The Democratic governor is far better known nationally after serving as his party’s 2024 vice-presidential candidate.