Poll Shows Kirk With Slight Advantage
A new poll indicates that Republican Mark Kirk has opened up a small lead the U.S. Senate race, but it remains too close to call.
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A new poll indicates that Republican Mark Kirk has opened up a small lead the U.S. Senate race, but it remains too close to call.
The state legislator's scathing comments -- that Republican Bill Brady is racist, sexist and homophobic -- sent ripples through the tight governor's race.
Gov. Pat Quinn and Republican challenger Bill Brady focused on education, family values and President Barack Obama on Sunday in one of their final pitches to black voters at a major Chicago mega-church.
Gov. Pat Quinn distanced himself from fellow Democrat Rickey Hendon, who went on a tirade against fellow State Sen. Bill Brady, Quinn's Republican rival, saying "I've never served with such an idiotic, racist, sexist, homophobic person in my life."
There was a big surprise Friday night in Chicago politics as a coalition of African-American leaders closed in on picking a consensus candidate for mayor.
Some Illinois residents serving overseas in the military will get extra time to vote in an effort to make up for absentee ballots being mailed late, state and federal officials said Friday.
The late-night activity in the county building was for a TV shoot.
A federal judge on Friday granted a defense request to delay former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's retrial, pushing back the start date more than three months later than originally planned.
Former U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun has recruited a pair of veteran political operatives with connections to Richard Daley to her bid to be Chicago's next mayor.
A judge on Friday granted a request to delay former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's retrial until April 20.
A Grammy Award-winning west side rapper wants to be on the city council.
Asking for political support happens all the time. Trying to buy it is something else. Some Chicago area ministers say that's what happened at a meeting earlier this week with independent gubernatorial candidate Scott Lee Cohen. CBS 2's Dana Kozlov reports.
Ari Emanuel, the entertainment power broker who inspired the Jeremy Piven character Ari Gold on "Entourage," will host a fundraiser.
Most recently, Jason Plummer missed a debate Thursday at WMAQ-TV studios in Chicago.
