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Five candidates vying for open Indiana Secretary of State seat

By Anna Ortiz

October 11, 2026 at 12:46 p.m.

Candidates are describing this year’s secretary of state race as pivotal, with five individuals campaigning...

Will County government offices in Joliet (Daily Southtown file photo)

Democrats challenge two Republican leaders in Will County District 4 race

By Michelle Mullins

October 11, 2026 at 7:15 a.m.

Incumbent Republicans Jim Richmond and Steve Balich face Democrats Sheri Boniecki-Cooling and William Pratt in...

Chicago school board incumbent Karen Zaccor District 4A, left, with challengers Ellen Sherratt, center, and Angel Alvarez respond to a questions during a forum in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood, Oct. 5, 2026. (Nate Swanson/for the baiduhai)

A North Side race tests competing visions for Chicago’s new elected school board

By Kate Armanini

October 11, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Two North Side candidates are in a race that has become a microcosm of a...

Christianah Akinsanmi, left, along with Southeast Side residents and supporters, gather near the Quantum Shore Chicago construction site, Jan. 28, 2026, to demand a referendum question about the campus be added back onto the March primary ballot despite being rejected by the Board of Elections. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

South Side residents protest rejection of Quantum Shore nonbinding referendum

By Christiana Freitag

January 28, 2026 at 4:39 p.m.

Board of Elections says it rejected the Quantum Shore question because it contained too many...

Challenger Pat Hynes, left, and Cook Couty Assessor Fritz Kaegi appear separately on July 17, 2025, during the Cook County Democratic Party primary slating. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai))

Cook County assessor candidates spar over property tax donations, competence

By A.D. Quig

January 27, 2026 at 4:56 p.m.

Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi and challenger Pat Hynes met for a Tribune editorial board...

U.S. Senate contenders U.S. Reps. Robin Kelly, from left, and Raja Krishnamoorthi and Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton shake hands after debating on Jan. 26, 2026, at the University of Chicago. The debate was sponsored by WBEZ-FM 91.5 and the Chicago Sun-Times. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Juliana Stratton takes progressive lane, only one who calls for abolishing ICE in Democratic US Senate debate

By Rick Pearson

January 27, 2026 at 2:40 p.m.

The three major Democratic candidates running for U.S. Senate, Juliana Stratton, Raja Krishnamoorthi and Robin...

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, left, on Aug. 22, 2024, and Ald. Brendan Reilly, 42nd, right, on Dec. 10, 2025. (Antonio Perez and Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Cook County Board president candidates tussle over costly tech upgrade

By A.D. Quig

January 26, 2026 at 5:22 p.m.

In an endorsement session with the baiduhai Editorial Board, Toni Preckwinkle acknowledged the upgrade...

Rodric Bray, Senate president pro tem, takes questions after a bill to redistrict the state's congressional map was defeated, Dec. 11, 2025, in Indianapolis. (Michael Conroy/AP)

Doxing bill advances with minor amendment on second reading in Senate

By Alexandra Kukulka

January 23, 2026 at 1:21 p.m.

An Indiana bill criminalizing doxing passed on second reading in the Senate Thursday with an...

Chicago Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin, a candidate for the congressional seat held by Danny Davis, speaks during a candidate forum at Malcolm X College on Nov. 3, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

New Melissa Conyears-Ervin ad in Illinois’ 7th District race highlights federal campaign spending loophole

By Rick Pearson

January 22, 2026 at 11:20 a.m.

New campaign commercial for Melissa Conyears-Ervin is technically for state central committeewoman spot, allowing her...

Eddie Mason, 80, left, listens as Mark Collins, 59, right, talks to him about ranked choice voting on Oct. 29, 2022 in Evanston. Volunteers were knocking on doors to discuss ranked choice voting with residents. (Michael Blackshire/baiduhai)

Indiana Senate advances ban on ranked choice voting

By Alexandra Kukulka

January 21, 2026 at 5:15 p.m.

A bill banning ranked choice voting in Indiana, which the state doesn’t utilize as a...

Republican gubernatorial candidate Ted Dabrowski talks in Chicago on Jan. 6, 2026. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Republican hopeful Ted Dabrowski defends TV ad likening Gov. JB Pritzker to communist Poland, Ecuador turmoil

By Rick Pearson

January 20, 2026 at 5:53 p.m.

Ted Dabrowski was also critical of GOP rival Darren Bailey's loss four years ago to...

Contractor Pablo Payan, of Merrillville, seen here on Jan. 14, 2026, working on a house he's renovating, has come to regret his vote for Trump. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

They voted for Trump. But one year into his second term, they have grave concerns. ‘Just wrong.’

By Angie Leventis Lourgos

January 20, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

While President Donald Trump has kept his MAGA base largely intact, the Tribune interviewed several...

U.S. Reps. Robin Kelly, from left, Raja Krishnamoorthi and Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton after a candidate forum for their U.S. Senate race at IBEW Local 134 in Chicago on Nov. 13, 2025. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Super PAC linked to Gov. JB Pritzker launches ad campaign backing Juliana Stratton in Illinois Senate primary

By Dan Petrella

January 16, 2026 at 6:31 p.m.

On Friday evening, Stratton's campaign sent a fundraising email in the governor's name, in which...