Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton wins the Democratic primary for an open Illinois Senate seat, a stunning rise for a little-known state officer now on a glide path to Washington.

The 2026 primary season continues with voters in Illinois picking a replacement for a liberal lion in the U.S. Senate, where Democrats continue to block homeland security funding as a way to resist Pr...

Their code name for JB Pritzker, the governor who put his political capital and upward of $10 million behind getting her there, is Believer.