Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Voters cast their in-person early ballot for the 2024 general election. (Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images) The midterm elections ...

Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton (D) won Illinois’s marquee Senate primary on Tuesday, defeating two House lawmakers and all but assuring she’ll succeed Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) in the upper chamber. Voters ...

Democratic voters itching for a new direction during the 2026 primary season took advantage of a rare opportunity to significantly reshape the national party by backing a new generation of faces in ...

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The former state party chair will begin the general election as a significant underdog in a heavily Democratic state. By Tim Balk Don Tracy, a Republican former state party chair who casts himself a ...

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Virtually all of the different battles simmering inside the Democratic Party this year are on display in Tuesday’s primaries in Illinois, where retirements by key House Democrats and the state’s ...

In-person voting for the Illinois primary elections takes place Tuesday, March 17 and several significant races will be listed on the ballot. Voting can be complicated, so here's a straightforward ...

The 2026 Illinois primary election is Tuesday, March 17, and early voting is open and going strong across the state and the city of Chicago. Whether you're planning to get to the polls on the last day ...

Of the dozens of political races Illinois voters will decide Tuesday, the most competitive don’t feature incumbents. Rather than running for another six years in the U.S. Senate, veteran Democratic ...

The Illinois primary election is on March 17, with early voting already underway. Gov. JB Pritzker is seeking a third term, while several Republicans are vying to challenge him. A competitive ...