incumbent Rep. Mike Bost is facing former Illinois state senator and gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey in the Republican primary. Bost was ahead 53.7 percent compared to 46.3 percent for Bailey as of late Tuesday night, but the race had not been called. ...
- Former President Donald Trump once again flexed his muscles in the Ohio Senate race, elevating former car salesman Bernie Moreno from a 2022 also-ran to the GOP nominee in one of the two top Senate races on the map, beating an uber-rich state ...
538's final average of the 2024 Ohio Senate Republican primary race.538 Photo Illustration Looking ahead to the general election, the winner of today’s Republican primary matters not just in deciding who might be Ohio’s next senator, but in deciding control of the Senate come 2025. Since W...
He was also the first Republican senator to meet with President Barack Obama's latest Supreme Court nominee, Merrick Garland, even as the majority of his GOP colleagues have stonewalled the appointment. And he was quick to rescind his support for Donald Trump in June after the GOP preside...
A group of elementary school students, with help from their teacher, Fran Hollister, at Cunningham Elementary School in Joliet petitioned Illinois legistrators to make popcorn the official snack food of Illinois, and State Senator Larry Walsh sponsored the bill. The bill was passed in 2003. ...
Law. The case was brought to the Supreme Court after Nebraska state Senator Ernie Chambers sued on the grounds that opening prayer before the session by a state-sponsored chaplain was a violation of the establishment clause of the First Amendment. [Pictured: A copy of the U.S. Bill of ...
— Divisions clear in heated Oak Park and River Forest School Board race, by the Tribune’s Bob Skolnik DAY IN COURT — Recordings of deceased state senator should be barred from upcoming corruption trial, attorney says:“State Sen. Emil Jones III, who remains in the Illinois Senate two-and...
Moreno will be Ohio’s first Latino senator after ousting Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown last month in the most expensive Senate race ever at $441 million. The who’s whoof Illinois Republicans were in a celebratory mood in spite of their tough spot as the state’s underdog party. The eve...
From the governor’s race down to state House and state Senate races - we lost big. Not only do Democrats maintain control of every statewide office, but they also maintained their supermajorities in the state House and Senate. House Republicans lost 4 seats and possibly 5 - prompting House...
Darren Bailey, a conservative state senator who was endorsed by Trump and backed by billionaire Republican donor Dick Uihlein, won the gubernatorial primary. “Darren is just the man to take on and defeat one of the worst governors in America,” the former President said at a rally over the...