Eric Henderson is Managing Editor, Midwest for CBSNews.com. He has won three Emmy Awards, an Eric Sevareid Award and two Edward R. Murrow Awards.

Voters in Illinois will select candidates for the following offices listed below. While there are no races for statewide office during this election, this is the first election in Chicago for the ...

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 ...

Pope Leo XIV is registered to vote in the United States and has previously voted in some Republican primaries, but he is not ...

Rep. Robin Kelly on Tuesday joined the Democratic primary field for the open Senate seat in Illinois.

The Illinois House passed legislation Thursday to require law enforcement have stricter hiring practices following the murder ...

Illinois Democrat U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky says she won’t seek reelection next year after 14 terms in the House.

The second-ranking Senate Democrat will retire after his decadeslong career representing Illinois in Congress.