Election 2026

Federal minimum wage rate injects new division into race

The Sun-Times, WBEZ and the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics and International House hosted the first live-broadcast debate of the biggest race on the March 17 ballot.

Trump administration seeks sensitive voter data in Illinois, 21 other states

New poll shows Bailey holds commanding lead in four-person primary

Incumbent Democrat Nikki Budzinski has two primary opponents. Two Republicans are seeking their party's nomination.

5 Democrats are seeking to replace outgoing Comptroller Susana Mendoza

The decision came after ‘a lot of prayer and reflection,’ Bailey told his supporters

Durbin was among 8 Democratic senators to back plan to reopen federal government

"We're watching what Indiana does," Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said at an unrelated event in Alton on Wednesday. "We may have to react to that."

Gubernatorial, congressional contests draw big fields for the March primaries