campaign finance

Primary meddling, dark money and self-funding loopholes help skew Illinois politics to favor moneyed candidates. But there are also solutions — like fighting big money with public funding of campaigns.

A conservative political group is suing to overturn the Illinois campaign law restricting so-called independent expenditure committees.The committees are…

This is part of our election-year series, Money Machines, looking at campaign spending in the 2018 election. The first article can be found here.Last…

Illinois will host what could be the most expensive race for governor in U.S. history. The huge increase in campaign spending raises a lot of questions…

Candidates in the Illinois governor’s race blew through campaign contribution limits months ago, but recently a few state House races did too.Illinois has…

This year’s campaign pits a multimillionaire incumbent against a field that includes a multibillionaire in what could be the costliest governor's race in…

With roughly three months to go until Illinois' primary election, there are seven men seeking the Democratic Party's nomination to be governor of…

Several long-serving lawmakers are retiring from the General Assembly when their terms end in January. Between now and the time they leave office,…

Democrats prevailed in statewide races, but couldn't hold on to seats in southern Illinois. Meanwhile, suburban Republicans may hold less sway in the…

This year, Illinois Republicans, backed by campaign cash from Gov. Bruce Rauner, are looking to knock some Democratic incumbents out of their seats in the…