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Illinois governor’s race: Collin Corbett, an ex-GOP strategist, hopes to find votes from those in the middleOct 08, 2026 10:13 am - After Illinois Democrats trounced Republicans in the last midterm election, political consultant Collin Corbett had a message for fellow members of the GOP. Pointing to e...
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Can $1 billion power Republicans to victory in the midterms?Oct 07, 2026 9:08 am - Republicans are entering the final month of the midterm campaign increasingly anxious that the $1 billion at their disposal may not be enough to fend off sweeping losses as the party reckons with President Donald Trump's unpopularity, persistent cost concerns and the fallout from the war in Iran.
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Former Illinois House GOP leader Jim Durkin endorses Democrat JB Pritzker over Republican Darren BaileyOct 05, 2026 9:44 am - Accentuating the schisms that have helped make Republicans the superminority political party in Illinois, former Illinois House GOP leader Jim Durkin said he is endorsing Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker for a third term over Republican nominee Darren Bailey in the Nov. 3 general election.
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Republicans gather in Dallas for two-day midterm convention billed as a ‘Trump-a-Palooza’Sep 09, 2026 7:07 am - Republicans are gathering in Dallas on Wednesday for a highly unusual midterm convention, a “Trump-a-Palooza” that will put President Donald Trump at the center of this fall’s midterm elections — whether the candidates running like it or not.
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Which Chicago-area lawmakers went on foreign trips funded by special interest groups?Sep 05, 2026 9:00 am - Several congressional representatives serving the North, West and Northwest suburbs traveled abroad last year at the expense of special interest groups.
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‘Our contingency plans have contingency plans’: Officials preparing for potential changes ahead of Election DayAug 26, 2026 1:41 pm - Suburban election officials insist a U.S. Supreme Court decision that preliminarily approves President Donald Trump’s order restricting mail-in voting isn’t affecting their plans for the Nov. 3 midterms.
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Bailey implores GOP to improve turnout as campaign’s focus shifts to suburbsAug 26, 2026 12:58 pm - Darren Bailey told supporters on a downstate campaign tour this week that they won’t be seeing him again soon. Instead, he’ll be focusing his energy from now through November in Chicago and its suburbs.
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Amid Democratic scandals, Illinois Republicans hoping to flip legislative seatsAug 20, 2026 6:43 pm - Illinois Republicans are hoping to buck historic midterm election trends by focusing on affordability and Democratic scandals in the Statehouse as they seek to emerge fro...
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No Democratic National Convention repeat for Chicago in 2028Aug 20, 2026 1:19 pm - The Democratic National Convention will not return to Chicago in 2028, dashing hopes for the first United Center repeat since the Michael Jordan-era Bulls and delivering an election-year loss to Gov. JB Pritzker.
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Chicago doesn’t make the cut as Democrats narrow their list of 2028 presidential convention sitesAug 20, 2026 7:57 am - Democrats on Thursday narrowed the list of potential host cities for their 2028 presidential convention to Boston, Denver and Philadelphia as their party looks ahead to a wide-open primary to succeed President Donald Trump.
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