Judy Biggert currently serves in Congress, Bill Foster did but was ousted by Randy Hultgren.Now, thanks to the political redistricting of maps by Democrats, the "new" 11th Congressional District is different geography.Foster defeated Juan Thomas and Ji... »
The results from Tuesday's contests are in. Here are the races The Chicago Reporter was watching: President of The United States Mitt Romney won Illinois, with 47 percent of the vote. Rick Santorum, the closest challenger, came away with 35 percent. Mo... »
News links: Chicago Tribune Mary Jane Theis, a temporary appointment to the Illinois Supreme Court, won the Democratic nomination yesterday to be one of three Cook County judges on the state's seven-member high court. Theis won 49 percent of »
Illinois not only elects its Supreme Court justices, the contenders go through the same process as candidates for state legislature or city council – party primaries that include “slating” by the Cook County Democratic Party, fundraising, big-name poli... »
One of the tales we Chicago political geek-types like to tell is of the 1986 Democratic primary elections when gubernatorial nominee Adlai Stevenson III wound up having his chances of victory sabotaged by being tagged with a lieutenant governor running... »
Here's a roundup of election news that was on The Chicago Reporter's political radar this week: This election cycle, Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's camp finds itself doing something it usually doesn't have to do: campaign. This week, Madigan'... »
Seen your favorite television program interrupted by ads from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce lately? "What’s up with that," we found ourselves wondering aloud. Well, the chamber this month launched a $10 million “voter education” campaign backing 20 cand... »
Joliet Catholic graduate Coby Fleener from Stanford is the No. 1-rated tight end in the nation entering the 2012 NFL draft. The questions are whether he will be selected in Round 1, and by whom. »
