Several Democratic legislators are grateful attack ads they said were designed to scare voters about the SAFE-T Act did not lead to a red wave for Republicans.

DuPage County election workers will be prohibited from using vote-by-mail applications to verify signatures on mail-in ballots still to be counted, a judge ruled Tuesday.

Four years after Democrats made significant gains in the region, several of the collar counties turned a darker shade of blue on Tuesday.

In races up and down the Nov. 8 ballot, Illinois Democrats seized and campaigned on the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision in June, overturning the 49-year-old Roe v. Wade ruling, saying only they could protect women’s rights.

Illinois House Minority Leader Jim Durkin, a Western Springs Republican, has announced he’s giving up his party leadership position.

Democratic U.S. Rep. Bill Foster of Naperville claimed victory Tuesday in a snug race to keep his 11th District seat Tuesday night.

State Rep. Deb Conroy is poised to become the first woman to lead the DuPage County Board, an office held only by Republican men for generations.

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U.S. Rep. Sean Casten celebrated with supporters at the Chicagoland Laborers' Distrcit Council in Burr Ridge after unofficial election results showed his victory over challenger Keith Pekau on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022.

Democrats struggled to retain control of the DuPage County Board with several of the races for the 18 board seats still too close to call late Tuesday.