Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-IL) announced she will not be running for Sen. Dick Durbin‘s (D-IL) seat after a poll showed her ...

One Jewish Democratic strategist said that none of the three major candidates have deep ties to the Jewish community, leaving ...

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 ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Democratic Rep. Lauren Underwood announced she will not join the race for U.S. Senate in Illinois. She says her focus is instead to help Democrats win back control of the House. She ...

A group of Illinois mayors just threw their support behind Raja Krishnamoorthi’s Senate bid to replace Dick Durbin.

After weeks of speculation, Rep. Lauren Underwood announced Monday she won't seek Sen. Dick Durbin's Senate seat and instead ...

With Rep. Lauren Underwood's decision to stay out, major candidates in the race to succeed Sen. Dick Durbin include Lt. Gov.

Illinois will have its first new senator in ... Dick Durbin, who has held the seat since 1997. The election is expected to be hotly contested, with statewide officeholders and congressional ...

Shortly after, Underwood announced she would not run for the Senate seat ... I know that Illinois voters are going to decide this election. Illinois voters can’t be bought,” she told CNN ...

The Democratic contest for an Illinois Senate seat is shaping up as a test of the political power of Gov. JB Pritzker over a primary field of candidates who enter the race with deep animosity for ...