Sen. Emil Jones III will face Republican Brian Skala in his first contested general election since he was elected in 2008.

The Tribune editorial board’s tradition of making political endorsements is a cornerstone of this newspaper’s history.

Republican Frederick Walls is challenging state Sen. Elgie Sims, a Democrat from Chicago, for the 17th Senate District.

Newly filed campaign finance records show Republican Darren Bailey entered the final month before the Nov. 3 election with $431,787 in cash on hand, a disadvantage of better than 100 to 1 to the $44.4 million that the self-funding Gov.

With U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Illinois) stepping down at the end of his term following a failed bid for the Senate, former U.S. Rep. Melissa Bean is looking to return to the seat she once held for six years.

Republican Christine McGovern and former 35th District Rep. Frances Hurley face each other in a race to replace for former Sen. Bill Cunningham in the 18th District. The district includes sections of Alsip,

For many of our readers, the notion of flipping the venerable Dick Durbin’s seat in the United State Senate to a Republican at the very moment when Donald Trump has capriciously abandoned his support for the brave people of Ukraine and climbed into a diesel-filled waterbed with the dangerous Russian dictator Vladimir Putin,