In a high-stakes, high price-tag election, JB Pritzker overwhelmingly won the top seat in Illinois, causing incumbent Governor Bruce Rauner to concede within one...
The Illinois state capitol in Springfield. CHICAGO (Reuters) - Saying Illinois does not need a "Palace of Versailles," Governor Pat Quinn on Tuesday...
The Illinois attorney general said Monday she won't run for governor next year because her father remains a top state legislator. State Attorney General Lisa Madigan (D), who had been considered a front-runner against Gov. Pat Quinn (D), said in a statement that she would not run because her father, state House Speaker Michael Madigan ...
BRADY IS IN... AGAIN State Sen. Bill Brady lost one of the closest races for governor in history in 2010: He was defeated by fewer than 32,000 votes, or .8 of the total vote statewide. But he lost big in Cook County, by more than 500,000 votes. He will announce Wednesday that he's back in the race for governor in 2014. He'll face tougher ...