For the third time since 2014, a bipartisan group wants to amend the Illinois Constitution to affect how state legislative ...

Facing low approval rates, after last year's electoral losses, the Democratic Party is working to figure out its strategy ...

U.S. Rep. Danny Davis won’t seek reelection next year after 15 terms in office. Davis is the latest longtime Illinois ...

“I was duly, fairly, legally elected as the chair of the Democratic Party of Illinois, and I’m running for re-election to do the same thing,” she said. “I won fair and square.” ...

Illinois House Republicans are challenging the 2021 Democratic-controlled redistricting of legislative seats. The Illinois Constitution dictates that districts be “compact.” ...

In Kelly’s statement, she noted her time as chair had been a “true honor.” “Over the past 16 months, I have had the immense privilege of serving as chair of the Democratic Party,” she said.

In local elections Tuesday, 79 percent of the candidates backed by the Illinois Democratic Party won. Several Republican mayors were unseated, pointing to problems for the GOP in the suburbs.

Illinois State Board of Elections spokesperson Matt Dietrich said in an interview Monday the names won’t be determined until the Democratic Party formally nominates its candidates at the convention.

In an unprecedented move, the Illinois Democratic Party is investing about $300,000 in school and library board elections around the state to combat what it calls “extremist conservatives.” ...

Ald. Michelle Harris (8th) makes her case to the Democratic Party of Illinois to elect her chair during a virtual meeting on Wednesday, shortly before she lost to Robin Kelly.

Lines are being drawn within the Illinois Democratic Party between suburban and Chicago Democrats as the party prepares to select a new chairman after the 23-year tenure of Michael Madigan. State ...

Bill Houlihan, a committeeperson for central Illinois’ 18th Congressional District who also serves as state director for Durbin, said “for the Democratic Party of Illinois to move forward ...