Springfield News
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JUN 29, 2022
Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-Chicago) celebrates a victory in the Democratic primary for the 3rd Congressional District. [Erin Hegarty/The Daily Line]
Rep. Dan Brady (R-Bloomington) and Alexi Giannoulias will square off in the race for secretary of state in the general election, U.S. Reps. Sean Casten (D-Ill.) and Mary Miller (R-Ill.) survived primaries that pitted them against other incumbents, while Rep. Kathleen Willis (D-Addison) trailed and Rep. Mike Zalewski (D-Riverside) conceded late Tuesday night.
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JUN 28, 2022
Sen. Darren Bailey (R-Xenia) was endorsed by former President Donald Trump at a rally in Adams County on Saturday. [Blue Room Stream]
Sen. Darren Bailey (R-Xenia) believes he can turn Illinois red. After polls over the last month showed Bailey building a substantial lead over his fellow Republican contenders for governor, Bailey picked up a coveted endorsement from former President Donald Trump over the weekend that he is riding into Tuesday’s primary as he builds favor with Republican voters.
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Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin speaks to employees at a manufacturing facility in Wauconda on June 21. [Ben Szalinski/The Daily Line]
Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin spent much of this year as the front-runner for the Republican nomination for governor. But Democratic organizations poured millions of dollars into ads attacking Irvin, and as the June 28 primary approached, Irvin found himself trying to stop Sen. Darren Bailey (R-Xenia) from claiming the nomination.
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JUN 27, 2022
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Clockwise from the top left: Former U.S. Attorney for the Central District of Illinois John Milhiser, Rep. Dan Brady (R-Bloomington), Sen. Darren Bailey (R-Xenia), Nabeela Syed, Chelsea Laliberte Barnes, Rachel Ventura and Sen. Eric Mattson (D-Joliet) are some of the candidates facing competitive primaries Tuesday.
Voters will head to the polls Tuesday to choose a Republican challenger to Gov. JB Pritzker, two new nominees for Secretary of State for the first time since 1998, new congressional nominees, a new Supreme Court justice and which lawmakers they want representing them in Springfield.
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JUN 24, 2022
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Gov. JB Pritzker speaks at a news conference in Chicago Friday. [Blue Room Stream]
Gov. JB Pritzker will call the General Assembly into a special session in the “coming weeks” to tackle reproductive legislation and shore up abortion protections in Illinois after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday, he announced.
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JUN 24, 2022
Secretary of State Jesse White, middle, speaks about his support for Chicago City Clerk Anna Valencia’s nomination for secretary of state at an event in Waukegan Thursday. [Ben Szalinski/The Daily Line]
Secretary of State Jesse White turned 88 Thursday and spent his day voting early in Chicago with Chicago City Clerk Anna Valencia and calling on voters to choose her as the next Democratic nominee for secretary of state.
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JUN 24, 2022
Sen. Dick Durbin, second from left, speaks during a presentation in front of the Democratic National Committee Thursday alongside from left to right, Ron Holmes, U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly, Comptroller Susana Mendoza, Abby Witt and Jake Lewis. [DNC/YouTube
The Democratic Party of Illinois made a formal pitch to the Democratic National Committee (DNC) Thursday to hold one of 2024’s first Democratic presidential primaries by highlighting the state’s diversity and significant position in the Midwest.
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JUN 23, 2022
Rep. Kathleen Willis, D-Addison, and Norma Hernandez of Melrose Park are competing in the Democratic primary in the 77th House District. [House Democrats and Norma Hernandez/Facebook]
Veteran Rep. Kathleen Willis (D-Addison) made headlines in 2021 when she was one of three Democratic women to publicly announce she was mounting a run for speaker against former House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago). Now Willis is fighting off a challenger to her own legislative career from Triton College Trustee Norma Hernandez of Melrose Park.
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JUN 23, 2022
A mailer by the Democratic Party of Illinois describes Republican attorney general candidate Tom Devore. [Ben Szalinski/The Daily Line]
Democratic organizations have weighed into the Republican gubernatorial primary through TV commercials and direct mailers targeting Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin and highlighting Sen. Darren Bailey’s (R-Xenia) conservative credentials. Now the Democratic Party of Illinois is extending the tactic to weigh into the Republican attorney general primary.
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JUN 23, 2022
More than 200,000 Illinoisians have already cast their ballot for the June 28 primary. [Mauricio Pena/Block Club Chicago]
With the June 28 primary less than a week away, more than 210,000 people have already cast their ballots in Illinois, which is less than half the number of people who voted early before the 2018 primary, records show.
