Few policy differences have emerged among the Democrats vying to replace the retiring Senator Richard J. Durbin, while Gov. JB Pritzker’s influence looms large. By Reid J. Epstein Like the new ...

The Democratic contest for an Illinois Senate seat is shaping up as a test of the political power of Gov. JB Pritzker over a primary field of candidates who enter the race with deep animosity for ...

Pritzker’s involvement — and questions over its extent — is the talk of the race ... a former Illinois senator and the first African American woman elected to the Senate, Carol Moseley ...

Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) has no plans to endorse in the race for his Illinois Senate seat, though he left the door open to backing a would-be successor in an “extreme case.” ...

Jim Vondruska/For Sun-Times Share The gloves are off in one of the most competitive Senate primary races Illinois has seen in decades. Expect Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi ...

has launched a bid to win a Senate seat held by longtime lawmaker ... Robin Kelly, D-Ill., and Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton, who has the support of Gov. JB Pritzker and Sen.

traveling to Peoria and Chicago, as well as Schaumburg, where he currently resides. The post Krishnamoorthi joins Illinois Senate race appeared first on Roll Call.

FIRST IN PLAYBOOK: Holly Kim, the two-term Lake County treasurer, is looking at running for Illinois state treasurer, if Michael Frerichs joins the Senate race. Kim Is vice chair of iPrime Trust ...

Lauren Underwood (D-IL) announced she ... she would not run for the Senate seat, deciding to focus on her work in the House instead. New Jersey’s gubernatorial race sets up test for Democratic ...