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Meghan Ryan casts her votes in the Center on Halsted in the 44th Ward on primary election day on March 17, 2020, in Chicago.

Former Vice President Joe Biden wins Illinois Democratic presidential primary, dealing another blow to Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders

March 31, 2020 at 8:59 p.m.

Former Vice President Joe Biden rolled to a convincing victory in the Illinois Democratic presidential primary Tuesday night in a contest that unfolded amid the outbreak of a dangerous disease...

Chris Henao casts his ballot while wearing a mask amid coronavirus concerns at an early voting site in the Loop on March 16, 2020.

An Illinois primary like no other: Low turnout, poll worker shortage expected amid coronavirus

March 16, 2020 at 11:15 p.m.

Illinoisans readied for a primary Election Day like no other Tuesday, with fear of the spread of coronavirus raising concerns of low turnout and too few poll workers as government...

Former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders take part in a Democratic presidential debate March 15, 2020, at the CNN bureau in Washington, D.C.

Inside how the coronavirus changed the final days of Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders’ campaigns to win Illinois

April 1, 2020 at 9:41 a.m.

Standing in front of an Illinois flag in Wilmington, Delaware, Joe Biden began the opening remarks during his virtual town hall ahead of Tuesday's Illinois primary, but stopped mid-sentence when...

Democratice presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders takes the stage during a campaign rally at Grant Park in Chicago on March 7, 2020.

Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders cancel Illinois campaign rallies amid coronavirus concerns

March 11, 2020 at 4:14 p.m.

Former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders both have canceled campaign rallies planned for Illinois amid ongoing concerns about the spread of coronavirus in the state. The...

Lisa Aldhahiri wears a voting receipt sticker on her cheek while listening to presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders during a brief campaign stop outside the Canfield Community Center, March 10, 2020, in Dearborn Heights, Michigan.

In 2016, Bernie Sanders won a huge upset in Michigan. On Tuesday, he’ll need another to chase down Joe Biden.

March 10, 2020 at 7:42 a.m.

Throughout his 2020 presidential campaign, Bernie Sanders has been careful not to overemphasize the significance of any one state in his second quest for a political revolution, often saying winning...

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden attends services Feb. 23, 2020, at the Royal Missionary Baptist Church in North Charleston, South Carolina.

2020 Illinois Democratic presidential candidate endorsements

March 11, 2020 at 10:39 p.m.

As the 2020 presidential race heats up in Illinois ahead of the March 17 Democratic primary, we're tracking the key endorsements announced by the candidates. Some endorsements carry more weight...

Sterling Heights Mayor Michael C. Taylor waits for his children Clara from left, Hudson and Theodore to order lunch at a diner.

Democrats’ path to the White House runs through places like Michigan’s Macomb County, where a Republican mayor has ditched Donald Trump for Joe Biden

March 10, 2020 at 10:52 a.m.

Michael Taylor grew up Republican with parents who always have voted Republican and still do. In college, he took pleasure in drawing the wrath of liberal students while writing a...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, center, joins Chicago Teachers Union supporters, including CTU president Jesse Sharkey, left, at Oscar DePriest Elementary School in Chicago on Oct. 22, 2019.

Elizabeth Warren is dropping out of Democratic race for president, so who will get her votes? It’s complicated.

March 24, 2020 at 1:20 p.m.

In what turned out to be the final rally of her presidential campaign, Elizabeth Warren had some advice for more than 2,000 voters jammed into a giant shed at Detroit's...

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn speaks at the First in the South Dinner on Feb. 24, 2020, in Charleston, S.C.

Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar ends her presidential campaign, backs Joe Biden in effort to unite moderates

March 2, 2020 at 9:45 p.m.

Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar ended her campaign for president Monday and endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden, as the party's moderate wing has started to unite in a bid to...

Pete Buttigieg leads his supporters on a walk Nov. 1, 2019, to the Democratic Party Liberty and Justice Dinner in Des Moines, Iowa.

Pete Buttigieg rocketed from political obscurity to a Democratic front-runner, but failure to connect with black voters doomed his bid for president

March 2, 2020 at 9:39 p.m.

After an improbable rise from openly gay, millennial mayor of a midsize Midwestern city with a hard-to-pronounce last name to winner of the Iowa caucuses, Pete Buttigieg ended his astonishing...

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