Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza said Wednesday she would not run for a fourth term in 2026, leaving the door open for a possible run for mayor of Chicago.

State Rep. Amy Briel, D-Ottawa, and Republican Liz Bishop are gearing up for a potential rematch in Illinois’ 76th House ...

SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Office of Comptroller (IOC) will once again have a tent at the Illinois State Fair, offering ...

Quigley is assembling a fair-sized campaign war-chest and forming a local political action committee to spend it.

TEXAS TWO-STEP: Lone-Star Democrats are holed up in the Q Center, a high-security hotel and convention complex in St. Charles ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Friday signed pension legislation that will put Chicago on the hook for an additional $60 ...

Illinois’ 2026 political campaign season kicks off this week as candidates for federal, state and county offices fan out ...

Susana Mendoza, Illinois State Comptroller, has been hinting at the idea of running for Chicago Mayor. She stops by the WGN ...

At a union hall on Chicago’s South Side, a powerful Democratic Party organization decided who to endorse in the March 17 ...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker has spent months warning Illinoisans about the economic headwinds coming from Washington, pointing to President Donald Trump’s tariffs and federal funding cuts.

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Margaret Croke walks off stage after speaking to members of the Cook County Democratic Party on July 18 about being slated as ...