Articles filed under 6th Congressional District
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Community members come out for annual Bike the Ridge ride in EvanstonNov 10, 2022 5:00 am - While Mother Nature dazzled us with her fall palette, Chicago area biking boasted its own collage of recent activity with community rides, trail development and an e-bik...
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No red wave here: Democratic congressional candidates won big in the suburbsNov 09, 2022 12:00 am - Despite projections of a red wave that would push Republicans into office in Illinois and across the country, Democrats - nearly all of them incumbents - swept all eight...
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'Kindness and decency': Casten defeats Pekau in 6th Congressional raceNov 08, 2022 6:00 pm - In what had been predicted to be a tight race, Democratic U.S. Rep. Sean Casten of Downers Grove defeated Republican challenger Keith Pekau for a third term Tuesday. Wit...
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Illinois U.S. House races feed into Washington power balanceNov 08, 2022 12:00 am - Tuesday's U.S. House race in Illinois' newly redrawn 17th district could be key to whether Democrats hang on to their slim majority in the U.S. House, as rookies battle ...
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Why three suburban congressional races have been among the hottest in the stateNov 04, 2022 5:30 am - Three suburban showdowns have been among Illinois' most hotly contested congressional races ahead of Tuesday's election. In the 6th District, 11th District and 14th Dist...
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Biden, McCarthy in Rosemont stump for their parties' candidatesNov 04, 2022 1:00 am - President Joe Biden said Friday in Rosemont he was feeling "really good" about Democrats' chances in the midterm elections, even as he traveled to the Chicago area to su...
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Uihlein-funded super PAC dumping cash into local congressional racesNov 01, 2022 1:00 am - A political action committee largely funded by conservative Lake Forest billionaire Richard Uihlein dumped at least $526,580 into five Chicago-area congressional races l...
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GOP House leader coming to Oak Brook this week for Pekau fundraiserOct 31, 2022 1:00 am - U.S. House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy will stump for suburban congressional candidate Keith Pekau on Friday. McCarthy, of California, will visit Oak Brook just fou...
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Nancy Pelosi hears about providers' fears about reproductive rights at Downers Grove eventOct 21, 2022 1:00 am - Scared patients. Long waits for procedures. Doctors afraid of prosecution for how they treat patients. Panelists on a discussion Friday about abortion and other reproduc...
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Rep. Casten calls for federal decriminalization of possessing small amounts of cannabisOct 20, 2022 5:30 am - Following the lead of Illinois and other states, Democratic U.S. Rep. Sean Casten of Downers Grove supports federally decriminalizing small amounts of cannabis. "We shou...