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Texas Democrats ready to stay in Illinois 'as long as it takes’ to fight GOP congressional maps
The Texas quorum-breakers met Monday in west suburban Warrenville alongside Illinois and Texas Congress members to denounce ...
Pritzker says redrawing Illinois district map "on the table" in response to Texas redistricting push
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said he's considered redrawing the state's congressional map in response to the Texas redistricting ...
What is gerrymandering, what do Illinois' congressional districts look like? What to know
Illinois officials’ criticisms of Texas lawmakers gerrymandering maps are drawing accusations of hypocrisy, but what is “gerrymandering”?
Redistricting battle intensifies as Texas Democrats extend Illinois stay to block vote
Democrats are calling the Republican-led mid-decade redistricting plan in Texas “cheating”, while Republicans accuse them of ...
Darin LaHood appears to pass on Illinois Senate run in blow to state GOP hopes
His decision not to run is a severe blow to the Illinois GOP, which has been scrounging for a candidate to run to succeed ...
As political petition passing begins, Illinois Democrats have flood of candidates; Republicans have a trickle
Illinois’ 2026 political campaign season kicks off this week as candidates for federal, state and county offices fan out ...
Texas hold’em in Illinois
TEXAS TWO-STEP: Lone-Star Democrats are holed up in the Q Center, a high-security hotel and convention complex in St. Charles ...
Missouri, Illinois governors join national gerrymandering fight ahead of 2026 midterms
Back in Missouri, Republican leaders are weighing a plan that could reduce the state's Democratic-held seats in Congress from ...
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Illinois Republicans do an about-face on mail-in voting: ‘We have to ...
Three years ago, the Cook County Republican Party, represented by a legal group founded by and associated with the right-leaning Illinois Policy Institute, went to federal court in an ...
Republican Blames Texas Governor for Getting Owned by the Dems
At least one Texas Republican is blaming his own party for not getting ahead of Democrats who skipped town on Sunday to ...