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New Republican to run for Illinois governor as election season begins

SPRINGFIELD – More Republicans are entering races for statewide office after an initially slow start in announcing candidates for the 2026 election. Illinois Republicans held their annual events ...
Chicago MagazineOpinion

The Trump Trap Has Doomed Illinois Republicans

I really don’t follow the party too closely, because it’s become so irrelevant,” says Jim Nowlan, a former Republican state ...

Illinois quick hits: State rep. appointed circuit judge; Bailey to seek rematch with Pritzker

Justice Mary K. O’Brien and the Illinois Supreme Court have announced the appointment of state Rep. Terra Costa Howard, ...

Illinois declined to give sensitive voter data to the DOJ. Some GOP states are doing the same

As the Trump administration demands that states turn over voter data, some Republican state officials are pushing back.
Jacksonville Journal-Courier on MSN

At memorial for Jim Edgar, former Illinois governor remembered for his compassion, integrity and honesty

The late former Gov. Jim Edgar was memorialized Saturday as a man whose compassion, integrity, and honesty showed he put ...
ABC News

Holocaust denier is GOP's congressional candidate in Illinois

Marcus DiPaola/Chicago Sun-Times via AP — -- A Holocaust denier and self-described white racialist, running for Congress in Illinois, will be the Republican candidate in November's midterm ...
RiverBender.com

Ted Dabrowski, Republican Candidate for Governor, Shares Views

Ted Dabrowski, Wilmette Republican, shares his views on Illinois taxes, immigration, SAFE-T Act, education, and uniting voters for the 2026 governor race.