Articles filed under Political Parties
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Editorial: Illinois GOP needs to seek middle groundNov 10, 2022 12:00 am - In the summer of 2019, as eager crowds in southern Illinois were attending public forums to hear how Cook County could be pushed out of Illinois and become its own state...
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Syed's defeat of Bos in 51st House District bucked trend of incumbent victories in Northwest suburbsNov 09, 2022 12:00 am - Among the Illinois House and Senate races in the Northwest suburbs, voters Tuesday largely favored incumbents - most of them Democrats - but there was a notable exceptio...
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How the suburbs fit into J.B. Pritzker's decisive win - and what's next (president?)Nov 09, 2022 12:00 am - With the state House and Senate firmly under Democratic control and a second term as governor locked up, is Gov. J.B. Pritzker aiming higher? "There's no plan to do any...
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After victory, Underwood campaign spokesman blasts Republicans, pundits in profane tweetsNov 09, 2022 12:00 am - Hours after U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood won a third term representing Illinois' 14th District, a spokesman for the Naperville Democrat's campaign posted a tweet in which ...
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'Disappointed with these results': Durkin leaves Illinois House GOP leadership postNov 09, 2022 12:00 am - Illinois House Minority Leader Jim Durkin, a Western Springs Republican, has announced he's giving up his party leadership position. He made the decision after Tuesday's...
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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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Schakowsky appears headed back to CongressNov 08, 2022 6:00 pm - Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct punctuation errors. The vote totals are updated, too. Following a campaign that didn't have much in the way of...
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Cunningham leads Kane County clerk raceNov 08, 2022 6:00 pm - Kane County Clerk John "Jack" Cunningham appears to have won his bid for a seventh term, according to unofficial results. With all precincts counted, Republican Cunningh...
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Pappas holds comfortable lead in treasurer's race; Kaegi leading Libertarian opponentNov 08, 2022 6:00 pm - Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas, who has held the office since 1998, appears headed for another term. With 70% of the vote counted, Pappas garnered 937,788 votes, whi...
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Mendoza leading in bid to be re-elected state comptrollerNov 08, 2022 6:00 pm - Incumbent state Comptroller Susana Mendoza of Chicago jumped out to a substantial lead in her bid to be reelected, according to early, unofficial results. The Associated...