2018 elections

U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski (D) was re-elected to his seat in Illinois' 3rd Congressional District, receiving more than 70 percent of the vote. But for some,…

Billionaire Democrat J.B. Pritzker has donated $15 million more to his campaign for Illinois governor. This pushed his self-financing total to $161.5…

Democratic gubernatorial candidate JB Pritzker continued to stand by a controversial campaign ad during a visit to Champaign on Friday. The ad attacks…

Another candidate is complicating Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner’s reelection campaign. State Sen. Sam McCann (R-Plainview) announced a third-party bid for…

WNIJ News continues its look at important primary election races in northern Illinois. In this Friday Forum, WNIJ’s Dan Klefstad talks with Northern…

Two of the candidates for the Democratic nomination for the 67th District Illinois House seat have been removed from the ballot.The seat has been occupied…

While most U.S. House incumbents representing northern Illinois have gotten a pass for the March Illinois primary election, all of them will face…

A total of 27 seats in the Illinois General Assembly representing northern Illinois will be on the ballot in 2018, but there will be only six contests in…

National politics and the recent surge of sexual harassment allegations have resulted in calls to increase the number of female candidates in the 2018…

A state representative from Wheaton has begun circulating petitions in an effort to challenge Gov. Bruce Rauner in next year's Republican primary. Jeanne…