‘Blue Wave’ Swamps Two Cook County Board Republicans
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle ran unopposed, but pushed hard to try to oust three Republicans.
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle ran unopposed, but pushed hard to try to oust three Republicans.
The 32-year-old, who worked in the Obama administration, won in a district that had been an exurban Republican bastion for decades.
After tight race, 6th District begins a new era with Democrat Sean Casten.
The Democratic State Senator will be the next Attorney General of Illinois, beating out Republican Erika Harold in Tuesday’s election.
Republican Mike Braun beat incumbent Sen. Joe Donnelly on Tuesday night in the hotly contested Indiana Senate race.
In one of the most expensive governor’s races in history, Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner suffered a resounding defeat to Democrat JB Pritzker.
The Democrat is asking for a 4-year term as Illinois comptroller. But WBEZ got her announcement video for a 2019 mayoral run.
On Tuesday, voters in the western suburb could be the first in Illinois to reverse an official decision to allow video gambling.
The truth about diversity inside the Rauner administration and a look at how Pritzker has handled his own stumbles when it comes to race.
Rauner defended himself after a WBEZ investigation found relatively few people of color in the top ranks of his Republican administration.