The last Democrat to win a Senate race in Kentucky was Wendell Ford in 1992. In the GOP primary, Cameron has the edge in name recognition, having run twice for statewide office: He was elected ...

President Donald Trump has not even hit the four-month mark yet in his second tour of duty in the White House, but that is ...

This is Illinois, which is a place of sharp elbows and rough-and-tumble politics. I can’t tell you that doesn’t seep into the ...

Illinois will have its first new senator in a decade after voters in the 2026 midterm elections select someone to succeed retiring U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, who has held the seat since 1997. The election ...

When a federal court in Alabama last week ruled that the state’s 2023 congressional map violated the Voting Rights Act ...

House Democrats Raja Krishnamoorthi and Robin Kelly have already announced their intentions to run for Senate next year to ...

Also considering the race are Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, state Agriculture Commissioner Tyler Harper, state Insurance Commissioner John King and state Sen. Greg Dolezal. “I expect a ...

Democrats hope to capitalize on President Donald Trump's falling poll numbers next year, but columnist Ron Faucheux says they ...

Some politicos are wondering whether Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker's potential 2028 bid will be diminished if his chosen ...

Catch up on the political news of the past week in the latest At the Races newsletter, including ad campaigns and vulnerable ...

Fetterman’s victory in 2022 ‘s Senate race was cause for celebration for Democrats ... He endorsed the insurgent Democrat Bernie Sanders in 2016’s presidential primary and ran from the left against ...

The race to replace outgoing U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) is heating up. Durbin, the Senate Democratic Whip, announced he ...