Rep. Bill Foster declares victory over GOP challenger Catalina Lauf in 11th District contest
The new 11th Congressional district spans several counties from the northwest to southwest suburbs.
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The new 11th Congressional district spans several counties from the northwest to southwest suburbs.
The new 14th District was shifted away from some far western and northwestern suburbs, to include more Democratic-leaning areas in in the western and southwestern suburbs and central Illinois.
Republican candidates like Pekau have tried to hammer Democrats like Casten on historic inflation plaguing the U.S. economy.
Lawmakers redrew the 3rd District to create the state's second district likely to elect a Latino to Congress, to capitalize on the group's growing population in Chicago.
Jackson will succeed U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Illinois), and Rush symbolically passed the torch to Jackson at a victory party Tuesday night.
The 6th District congressional race is being looked at as a potential toss-up.
Some political heavy hitters, not usually seen in blue Chicago, are heading to the district in the campaign's final days.
U.S. Rep. Sean Casten (D-Illinois) is being challenged by Republican Keith Pekau, now the mayor of Orland Park.
Six in 10 Americans said they preferred making daylight saving time permanent, according to a poll.
Several national election watchdog organizations consider the 1st Congressional District race in Northwest Indiana a toss-up.
Walorski was 58 years old and elected to Congress in 2012.
Organizers said they expect more than 500 people to travel to D.C. for the march this week.
"There's no reason that there should be a feeling danger looming at any event that should be safe for a family," Laura Chaimson said.
Casten won 63 percent of the vote compared with 33 percent for Newman, and 4 percent for Charles Hughes.
U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush is retiring when his term ends next winter, and a crowded field emerged to replace him in the 1st Congressional District.
Beginning at 6 a.m. Tuesday, voters from across the State of Illinois will head to the polls for primary races ahead of the midterm elections.
Rep. Adam Kinzinger said he believes the select committee accomplished its goal of reminding the country "of the truth of what happened."
The president called for banning assault weapons, national red flag laws, expanded background checks and raising the age to buy a semi-automatic weapon.
For the first time, lynching will be designated as a federal hate crime.
"In short: these two men played key roles in the ex-President's efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election," committee chair Bennie Thompson said in a statement.
