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The candidates for Illinois’ 6th Congressional District seat disagree on whether there should be a legal right to an abortion — but they both oppose a federal ban.
Democratic U.S. Rep. Bill Foster of Naperville and Republican challenger Jerry Evans of Warrenville disagree about whether abortion should be legal across America.
As they face each other in a second consecutive general election, two Villa Park residents running for the 46th District state House seat are again comparing their different motivations for seeking the office.
During a recent interview with the Daily Herald on various issues, the two rivals for the 45th District state House seat chose their top priorities as the reasons voters should send them to Springfield.
Republican incumbent state Rep. Amy Grant of Wheaton is being challenged again by her crosstown Democratic rival Jackie Williamson
Twin City Conservatives will host its monthly meeting at 8:30 a.m. Sept. 28 at A’s Kitchen in Rock Falls.
Meet the candidates from 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29, at Democrat Headquarters, 804 First Ave., Rock Falls.
Republican congressional candidate Niki Conforti on Monday defended GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump and running mate JD Vance for perpetuating debunked claims that immigrants are eating pets and wild animals in an Ohio town.
An indictment filed Wednesday alleges a media company linked to six conservative influencers — including well-known personalities Tim Pool, Dave Rubin and Benny Johnson — was secretly funded by Russian state media employees
The Republican head of the McHenry County Board recently told the crowd at a pro-Trump rally that McHenry is the last collar county around Chicago whose voters still predominantly back the GOP. That's a big shift in recent years in collar counties long previously red.
The theme of the week at the Democratic National Convention was freedom, one local delegate said. “It’s been an amazing week,” Lee County Democrats member Sarah Bingaman said. “It’s been magnificent, frankly.”
How Kamala Harris won loyal supporters in Illinois
Harris' vision for the country has leaned heavily on Biden plans, to the point of not rewriting those plans even after Biden dropped out
Former Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger is now a member of Republicans for Harris, a group that includes dozens of notable former GOP officeholders who now openly oppose the reelection of Donald Trump
A Will County lawsuit claims a New Lenox Township trustee subjected a woman to doxing and defamation with a fake post published on a Republican Facebook group.
Robert F. Kennedy said Friday he is suspending his independent presidential bid and is backing Donald Trump.
With Illinois already a reliable Democratic state, at least as far as the presidential race is concerned, state party chair Lisa Hernandez said the state party has plans to make strategic investments outside of Illinois
Kamala Harris has summoned Americans to reject political divisions and instead chart what she called a “new way forward.”
Moving abortion rights in particular out of the silo of “social issues” is what Anne Caprara – Governor JB Pritzker’s chief of staff and a longtime Democratic strategist – sees as a path forward for the party
The Democratic National Convention’s third night showcased a familiar former president in Bill Clinton and introduced more Americans to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz accepted his party’s nomination for vice president Wednesday night, using his Democratic National Convention address to thank the packed arena for “bringing the joy” to an election
In a red-carpet event, actor Dennis Quaid attends the premier of the movie "Reagan" Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024, at The Dixon: Historic Theater. In the film, Quaid portrays Dixon native and 40th President Ronald Reagan.
In the more than seven years since he declared his candidacy for governor, JB Pritzker has not shied away from pouring cash into not only his own election bids but campaigns up and down the ballot
Warning of a difficult fight ahead, former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama have called on the nation to embrace Kamala Harris in urgent messages to the Democratic National Convention that were at times both hopeful and ominous
Illinois delegates to the Democratic National Convention focused their attention Tuesday on reproductive rights, which some leaders say could eclipse the economy as a defining issue of the 2024 election campaign
DuPage County Board Chairman Deborah Conroy said Democratic women also now make up an overwhelming majority of state representatives and senators representing DuPage in Springfield
Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama are returning to the city they once called home to take the stage in support of Harris’ nomination
President Joe Biden has delivered his valedictory address to the Democratic National Convention, saying, “I gave my best to you.”
Gov. JB Pritzker kicked off the Illinois delegation’s Monday breakfast at a downtown hotel by thanking elected Democrats in the room “for the work that you’ve done to make this the greatest Democratic Party that Illinois has ever had and in the entire country.”
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, who is among the speakers expected to take the stage on the convention’s opening night, said on ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday that the city was prepared for the thousands of activists expected to participate in protests around the DNC
Vice President Kamala Harris is promoting a broad set of economic proposals that would offer new tax breaks and lower the cost of living for Americans
Donald Trump says he thinks he’s “entitled to personal attacks” on his Democratic rival
A poll shows that most Americans believe this year's presidential race will be crucial for the future of the country's democracy
Democratic Senate Leader Chuck Schumer is daring Republicans to vote against a bipartisan tax cut package aimed at expanding the child tax credit
State Reps. Anna Moeller and Suzanne Ness will hold a joint town hall discussion Monday, July 29 in East Dundee.
Watching the RNC on TV was one thing, but being there in person was a different experience.
Gov. JB Pritzker added his name to the growing list of influential Democrats endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris
Amid promises to “make Illinois red again,” the ILGOP’s chair-elect Kathy Salvi invoked the analogy of parenting the beleaguered party in a Wednesday speech to GOP delegates in Milwaukee for the Republican National Convention.
Issues around illegal immigration were the focus of the second night of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee
Donald Trump was celebrated Tuesday at the Republican National Convention by former rivals who just months ago leveled harsh critiques about him
One of Will County's top officials said the country’s politics has "become too polarized and we must work harder to not get pulled into the divisiveness."
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker said “it’s not unreasonable” for opinions to differ President Joe Biden's performance and political chances following the debate
The leader of a conservative think tank planning for a massive overhaul of the federal government says we are in the midst of “a second American Revolution” that will be bloodless “if the left allows it to be.”
There is no evidence Biden is willing to end his campaign. And it would be nearly impossible for Democrats to replace him unless he chooses to step aside. Here's why.
State Sen. Adriane Johnson is partnering with state Reps. Daniel Didech and Rita Mayfield to host a joint end of session recap town hall to offer residents of the 30th District an opportunity to meet, ask questions and have conversations with local officials.
Halfway through the 2024 election cycle and just a few weeks away from the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Illinois GOP Chair Don Tracy on Wednesday announced his resignation as head of the state Republican Party
With the national political conventions in Chicago and Milwaukee just weeks away, some suburban law enforcement agencies are preparing for an influx of visitors as well as protests.
Pope Francis became the first pontiff to address the Group of Seven nations on Friday, raising the promise and perils of artificial intelligence to the leaders of the world’s leading industrialized nations.
Despite the federal charges against Trump for conspiring to overturn the 2020 election, and his recent guilty verdict in an unrelated hush money trial, the Republican former president arrives Thursday emboldened
Former President Donald Trump rallied voters in the scorching heat of Las Vegas, at points telling his supporters to ask for help if needed and appearing irritable with the teleprompters that he said were not working.