Rick Pearson has been the Tribune’s chief political reporter since 1998, after joining the paper a decade earlier as a state government correspondent. He’s covered Illinois and national politics for more than four decades, including seven presidential races and seven governors. He appears frequently on local and national TV and radio broadcasts.
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump swept to easy victories Tuesday in Illinois’ presidential primaries, racking up additional national convention delegates on top of those collected from earlier...
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that states including Illinois lack the authority to remove former President Donald Trump from the ballot under the 14th Amendment.
A Cook County judge ruled that former President Donald Trump’s name should be struck from the March 19 Illinois Republican primary ballot because he engaged in insurrection.