Republican Congressman-elect Joe Walsh didn't have party support, big money, name recognition or high-paid strategists. What he did have was the support of numerous grass-roots and tea party groups, most working independently of the candidate's form...

Center for History supporters could be voting for a very familiar face in the April race for Wheaton City Council. Alberta Adamson, the center's president and CEO, has been circulating petitions to appear on the ballot for one of the city's two at-...

SPRINGFIELD – Those mailers aren't flooding your mailbox, and the radio and TV commercials have mercifully stopped. For both parties, the appetite for wins and seats in the Illinois General Assembly cost millions of dollars. But what did all that mo...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Write-in ballots held the lead in the Alaska Senate race late Tuesday, a good sign potentially for Sen. Lisa Murkowski's long-shot effort to keep her job. If the trend holds, it could mean another nailbiter end to a race between...

Republican candidate for the 14th Congressional District, Randy Hultgren, had, by far, his best fundraising period in the lead up for the stretch run of the campaign. However, Hultgren's best effort continues a theme in the campaign that's seen inc...

Third quarter financial disclosure reports show Democrat for Senate Alexi Giannoulias had his biggest fundraising period yet, but still trails behind Republican opponent Mark Kirk. Giannoulias' war chest remains one-third of the size of the five-ter...

U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez, a Chicago Democrat who has been a leader in the fight for federal immigration reform, said Thursday he will not run for Chicago mayor. Gutierrez's name had circulated as a possible contender to replace retiring Mayor Richar...