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Juliana Stratton, middle, greets Janette Wilson, left, and John Mitchell, both from Operation PUSH, outside of Ms. Biscuit in Washington Park. Stratton won the 5th District state representative Democratic nomination March 16, 2016, over incumbent Ken Dunkin.

Rauner, Madigan dig in after primary skirmishes

May 15, 2019 at 3:32 p.m.

Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner suffered some high-profile election defeats, but his allies on Wednesday pointed to a number of smaller victories as proof he can flex his political muscle —...

Rep. Bobby Rush, D-1st, celebrates as he watches election results with his staff and supporters at his campaign headquarters in Chicago on March 15, 2016.

U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush tops former ally Brookins; Kirshnamoorthi wins Democratic slot to replace Duckworth

May 15, 2019 at 3:30 p.m.

U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush, despite a sputtering start to his campaign for a 13th term, easily beat back a challenge from Ald. Howard Brookins Jr. and declared victory Tuesday night...

Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders, right, along with Jesus "Chuy" Garcia and his wife, Evelyn, visits Lou Mitchell's restaurant March 15, 2016, the day of the Illinois primary.

Sanders holds late-night rally in Loop ahead of Tuesday’s Illinois primary

May 15, 2019 at 3:30 p.m.

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders staged a late-night rally in the Loop Monday, making a final pitch to voters ahead of Tuesday's Illinois primary and declaring Chicago and Illinois "ready...

Protesters speak out during a Donald Trump campaign rally March 11, 2016, inside the UIC Pavilion.

Canceled Trump rally in Chicago reflects nation’s deep, angry political divide

June 20, 2019 at 9:22 p.m.

A nation's deep and angry political divide collided on a Chicago college campus Friday night, keeping Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump from taking the stage at a major rally just...

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders answers a question from the Rev. Jesse Jackson on March 12, 2016, at the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition headquarters in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood.

Sanders, Cruz hold quieter events in Chicago suburbs

June 23, 2019 at 2:18 a.m.

While Donald Trump's rally drew national attention with its abrupt cancellation near downtown Chicago on Friday night, Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders and Republican Ted Cruz talked familiar themes to supportive...

House Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago,

Speaker Madigan gets a challenge, for a change

May 15, 2019 at 3:28 p.m.

Jason Gonzales stands outside a polling place at a Southwest Side field house, watching for early voters who might be swayed to back him in the upcoming Democratic primary election...

Juliana Stratton chats with a resident in a third floor apartment while she campaigns door-to-door in the South Shore neighborhood as part of her primary bid to unseat state Rep. Ken Dunkin in District 5 of the Illinois House, on March 7, 2016.

Rauner, Madigan proxy war plays out in Chicago House race

May 15, 2019 at 3:28 p.m.

It's an Illinois House primary like none before it, replete with allegations of dirty campaign tactics, a nearly unheard of endorsement by a sitting president and record-setting piles of campaign...

Linebacker Napoleon Harris, No. 99 of the Minnesota Vikings, celebrates his sack against the Green Bay Packers on Nov. 9, 2008, at the Metrodome in Mineapolis, Minn.

Harris relying on football fame in upstart U.S. Senate bid

May 15, 2019 at 3:26 p.m.

State Sen. Napoleon Harris knows his south suburban district, and his district knows him. That much was obvious last week when the hulking former NFL linebacker walked into a pancake...

Gov. Bruce Rauner talks about education funding during a news conference Feb. 29, 2016, at the James R. Thompson Center in Chicago.

Rauner tries to pin blame on Madigan for university funding crisis

May 15, 2019 at 3:26 p.m.

Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner on Monday tried to blame House Speaker Michael Madigan for the financial crisis facing some Illinois public universities, contending the Democratic leader is holding up a...

People gather at a rally for Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders during a stop Feb. 25, 2016, on his Democratic presidential campaign at Chicago State University.

Bernie Sanders in Chicago: Need ‘political revolution’ against wealthy status quo

May 25, 2019 at 1:33 p.m.

Bernie Sanders brought his Democratic presidential campaign to Chicago on Thursday night, making a populist pitch to the young, working-class and minority voters to join him in a "political revolution"...

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