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Mr., Mrs. and Miss independent will hit the big time again tomorrow when they determine the outcome in countless midterm elections.
House GOP leaders sees Republican voters as more enthusiastic than Democrats this fall.
The races for governor and the U.S. Senate are going down to the wire Monday, as candidates from both sides make the most of their last day to campaign.
It's down to the wire for many of the candidates who are in the final stretch of the weekend push to get to votes.
Cook County Commissioner Tony Peraica was arrested Saturday night on misdemeanor vandalism charges in west suburban McCook.
Most of the charges that have been made against Illinois' "early release" program for prisoners -- such as prison sentences cut by months or years, public safety endangered, or that it was done secretly -- are false, according to a report from Northwestern University's law school.
Democrats were out early Saturday trying to fire up voters before President Barack Obama's Chicago rally.
Former Governor Jim Edgar says President Obama's hometown rally may not help him as much as he hopes.
State Sen. James Meeks shrugged off a decision by a coalition of African American business leaders to choose two other mayoral candidates as finalists for the group's "consensus candidate" for mayor.
Orr calls them a turnoff for voters, sees limited turnout.
Today, nearly half of the states allow citizens to validate and initiate governmental policies through this version of direct democracy. This year, Illinois voters will get a chance to use direct democracy to affirm a possible state constitutional amendment.
First Lady Michelle Obama and White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett were among those in attendance at Friday's funeral services for minister and civil rights activist Bishop Arthur Brazier.
A Chicago woman says she plans to host a local "Rally to Restore Sanity" in Grant Park, despite being denied a permit by the City of Chicago.
