Election Day is less than 60 days away, and the two major party candidates ... polling results, political affiliation of the electorate, and historical voting patterns, Illinois is one of ...

“Things are better in Indiana than they are in Illinois,” Baldwin said. ”Rural Illinois counties align more with Indiana’s policies as far as political and cultural issues.” ...

In other counties ... a veteran of the political wars. He ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate in 1996 and secretary of state in 1998. Kathy Salvi calls Illinois and her party in a state of ...

LAKE FOREST, Illinois ... making the party a competitive bulwark against strongly Democratic Chicago in many statewide races, says Constance A. Mixon, a political scientist at Elmhurst University ...

Enough people are noticing in Illinois that some counties want to secede from the Land of Lincoln and join a state that isn’t ruled by public unions and their political yes-men. In November ...

Perennial Republican congressional candidate James Marter of Oswego may soon have competition for his party’s nomination in ...

The Democratic National Committee’s ultimatum to activist and vice chair David Hogg — demanding neutrality from party officers ... the risks of enforcing political conformity.

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana lawmakers have passed a bill to invite Illinois counties ... Indiana Democratic Party Chair Mike Schmuhl said in a statement. "This legislative session should be about Hoosiers ...