Election 2026

Illinois has joined other states in a legal challenge against the president's order.

Candidates respond to questions on school funding, education policy, in State Fair appearances

The Democratic and Republican nominees for governor appeared separately at the same event this week.

JB Pritzker and Republicans Darren Bailey and Don Tracy participated in a candidate forum about agriculture policy on Monday on an Illinois farm.

The story of the last two decades isn't one of Americans steadily moving left or right. It's the story of voters repeatedly searching for candidates who promise to challenge a political system they increasingly believe has stopped working for the average American, yet failing to find anyone who can rise to that challenge.

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias enters the race as a presumed frontrunner, with a political target on his back after raising $22 million from business leaders and building trade unions.

Budzinski’s comments come following a report from the Election Assistance Commission arguing that the party should center issues that concern working-class voters if it wants working-class votes.

Democrat Sam Cahnman is collecting signatures for a petition that would allow county residents to vote on the power to remove sheriffs and other county officers.

Something unusual is happening in this year's elections.