The lessons of history about second-term presidents and second-term Republicans in particular are not just the stuff of ...

In Illinois, which leading Democrats proudly dubbed “the rebar in the blue wall” just a few months ago, the results represent ...

There is an open space for a significant new, centrist political party, created by the pull of the progressive and Donald ...

The Champaign County Republican Party is left to thread an almost impossible needle: trying to win local elections with a ...

and Northwestern grad students belong to — said it was too early to say if a Republican ... In Illinois and across the ...

Rather than celebrating their victories at the polls, members of Illinois’ Democratic congressional delegation were somber ...

A prominent McLean County Republican said he thinks Democrats took control of the county board because, right now, they're ...

Republican Don Bacon has been elected to a fifth House term representing Nebraska’s Omaha-based 2nd District, following the ...

CHICAGO — Illinois isn’t following the lead of California Gov. Gavin Newson and convening a special session in the wake of President-elect Donald Trump’s win. There’s no need, given that Illinois ...

The governor is widely viewed as a possible future contender for the Democratic presidential nomination, a spot that is now ...

While the earth shook on a national political scale on Tuesday, the vote in Illinois reflected the political status quo. That’s not to say there won’t be major ramifications in Illinois politics. But ...