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Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton (D) won Illinois’s marquee Senate primary on Tuesday, defeating two House lawmakers and all but assuring she’ll succeed Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) in the upper chamber.  Voters in Illinois headed to the polls to weigh in on primary races that underscored Democratic divides, drew significant outside spending, advanced one former lawmaker’s comeback bid and, in Statton’s race, posed a key test…

Former Rep. Melissa Bean (D-Ill.) is projected to win the Democratic primary for Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi’s (D-Ill.) seat, as she eyes a congressional comeback, according to Decision Desk HQ. Bean represented a previous iteration of the Chicago-area 8th Congressional District until she lost a bid for a fourth House term in 2010. In Tuesday’s primary,

Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss is projected to win the Democratic primary for Rep. Jan Schakowsky’s (D-Ill.) seat in a contest that was largely defined by candidates’ support for Israel, according to Decision Desk HQ. Biss, who enjoyed Schakowsky’s endorsement in the race, defeated Illinois state Sen. Laura Fine (D) and progressive influencer Kat Abughazaleh, among

Cook County Commissioner Donna Miller was projected to win the Democratic primary for Rep. Robin Kelly’s (D-Ill.) seat, ending former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.’s (D-Ill.) comeback bid, according to Decision Desk HQ.  Miller won out in a crowded field for the state’s 2nd Congressional District, a safely blue seat in the Chicago area, with notable

World Central Kitchen (WCK) has provided over 8,000 free meals to Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers amid a partial government shutdown affecting the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).  The shutdown is stretching into a fifth week as lawmakers in Congress continue to negotiate a funding package for the department, which includes funds for TSA. The…

Joe Kent’s resignation from the National Counterterrorism Center over objections to the U.S. war in Iran is putting a spotlight on divisions in the GOP and President Trump’s MAGA coalition. Until Kent’s resignation on Tuesday, criticism of Trump’s foreign policy moves and strikes in Iran had largely come from the usual GOP congressional gadflies, or…

Five Illinois Democrats are retiring from the House in 2026, with candidates duking it out for the party’s nod in primary elections on Tuesday. Democratic Reps. Jan Schakowsky, Robin Kelly, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Jesus “Chuy” Garcia and Danny Davis are leaving Congress. Both Kelly and Krishnamoorthi are vying to replace retiring Sen. Dick Durbin (D) this…