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J.B. Pritzker, shown Oct. 23, 2018, and his campaign have been stung by issues involving racial insensitivity, something that affects an important core Democratic constituency.

2 J.B. Pritzker aides fired after social media post shows 1 wearing a charcoal mask resembling blackface

May 15, 2019 at 5:13 p.m.

Amid heightened concerns about racial insensitivity, Democratic governor candidate J.B. Pritzker’s campaign first suspended, then fired two campaign workers over a video displayed on social media showing one of them...

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., shown in August 2018, will attend a fundraiser for U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam on Oct. 28, 2018, in Oak Brook.

Sen. Marco Rubio to visit Chicago area to help Rep. Peter Roskam raise money

May 15, 2019 at 5:13 p.m.

Former Republican presidential contender and U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida is set to hold a late-campaign fundraiser for U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam next week as he tries to fend...

Republican U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren and Democratic challenger Lauren Underwood greet at the historic Kendall County Courthouse in downtown Yorkville on Oct. 23, 2018.

Rep. Randy Hultgren, Lauren Underwood spar over pre-existing condition protections in health care law

May 15, 2019 at 5:13 p.m.

Democrat Lauren Underwood focused her attacks against Republican U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren on health care during what’s likely to be the only broadcast debate of an increasingly intense campaign for...

Democrat Sean Casten, left, and U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam, right, prepare for an Illinois 6th Congressional District election forum moderated by Carol Marin in the WTTW studios in Chicago on Oct. 22, 2018.

In 6th District, Democrat Sean Casten says remarks on Trump’s tactics he’s apologized for ‘needed to be said’

May 15, 2019 at 5:12 p.m.

Republican U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam and Democratic challenger Sean Casten clashed over federal taxes and President Donald Trump on Monday night during the final televised debate of their nationally watched...

Democratic attorney general candidate Kwame Raoul, right, and Republican candidate Erika Harold debate each other at the Union League Club on Oct. 5, 2018.

AG candidate Kwame Raoul calls lawsuit against fellow Democrat J.B. Pritzker ‘shoddily drafted’

May 15, 2019 at 5:12 p.m.

Democratic attorney general candidate Kwame Raoul on Friday said he wouldn’t judge a federal civil rights lawsuit recently filed against governor candidate J.B. Pritzker’s campaign, but also called it “shoddily...

Gubernatorial challenger J.B. Pritzker meets supporter the Rev. Sabrina Ray at a GOTV phone bank in Joliet on Oct. 17, 2018.

A key issue in Illinois governor race — Gov. Bruce Rauner, J.B. Pritzker have very different plans for state income tax

May 15, 2019 at 5:12 p.m.

In a recent radio interview, Gov. Bruce Rauner acknowledged that a major plank of rival J.B. Pritzker that he adamantly opposes — launching a graduated-rate income tax in Illinois —...

Democratic gubernatorial candidate J.B. Pritzker visits his campaign's Joliet field office on Oct. 17, 2018. Pritzker denies any discriminatory behavior by his campaign team and said he's proud of its diversity.

J.B. Pritzker campaign workers file lawsuit alleging racial discrimination; group wanted $7.5 million to settle

May 15, 2019 at 5:12 p.m.

Three weeks before Election Day, staffers who have worked for J.B. Pritzker’s campaign have filed a federal lawsuit alleging racial discrimination in their months on the job, accusations the Democratic...

The Illinois National Guard has put its cyber security experts on standby in case the state's voting systems are hacked ahead of the Nov. 6 election, officials said Oct. 16, 2018.

Election officials: Illinois National Guard will help if state election systems hacked

May 15, 2019 at 5:12 p.m.

The Illinois National Guard has put its cybersecurity experts on standby in case the state’s voting infrastructure is hacked ahead of the Nov. 6 election, officials said Wednesday. Getting the...

Gov. Bruce Rauner, left, and challenger J.B. Pritzker released their 2017 tax returns on Oct. 16, 2018. Both reported more than $50 million in taxable income.

Rauner, Pritzker each report income of more than $50 million in newly released tax returns

May 15, 2019 at 5:12 p.m.

Both Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democratic challenger J.B. Pritzker released their 2017 tax returns Tuesday, with the wealthy candidates for governor each reporting more than $50 million in taxable...

Sean Casten, a Democrat running for Illinois' 6th Congressional District, meets with members of the Alliance for Retired Americans and receives their endorsement at his campaign headquarters in Downers Grove on Oct. 10, 2018.

Trump looms large as Rep. Peter Roskam fights for his political life against Sean Casten

June 7, 2019 at 4:32 a.m.

As U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam rallied die-hard Republicans in a private room at the Wheaton Bowl’s banquet hall on Wednesday, Ed Raab was outside keeping watch over the check-in counter,...

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