Monthly Archives: November, 2010

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick bucked the anti-incumbent, pro-Republican trend and won a second term Tuesday with the help of some of the political advisers who hope to do the same in two years for his friend President Barack Obama.

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has won re-election to a third term.

Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White has held on to his job for another term.

Longtime Chicago alderwoman Toni Preckwinkle has been elected Cook County board president over Republican Roger Keats and Green Party candidate Tom Tresser.

Democrat Joseph Berrios will be Cook County's next assessor, defeating independent Forrest Claypool.

Illinois voters seemed to split almost evenly between the scandal-scarred candidates for President Barack Obama's former Senate seat Tuesday, and both sides said the winner might not be known until late into the night.

President Barack Obama is urging Illinoisans to get out to vote, saying getting Democrats re-elected is key to the future success of his administration.

Chicago Alderman Robert Fioretti said Tuesday that he will not run for mayor after surgery two weeks ago revealed he has tonsil cancer.

Omega-3 pills promoted as boosting memory didn't slow mental and physical decline in older patients with Alzheimer's disease, a big disappointment in a multimillion-dollar government-funded study.

Katherine Jackson will discuss the death of her son, pop superstar Michael Jackson, in an interview with Oprah Winfrey.