Illinois' heavily Democratic tilt means statewide candidates and those in the Chicago area and its suburbs are favored to win in November.

The winner will be a heavy favorite in the general election in deep-blue Illinois. Winner Race called by The Associated Press. Democratic Primary race called Around 93% of the vote has been reported leader Don Tracy,

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is condemning special interest money that poured into the state ahead of this week’s primary, including from a pro-Israel political group that the billionaire and potential 2028 presidential contender once supported.

Some Illinois primary election candidates raked in huge amounts of campaign cash. Not all of them won their primaries, despite massive spending.

Juliana Stratton is likely to become the 6th Black woman senator in U.S. history after winning her primary with an aggressive anti-Trump message.

Illinois House Election Results for the 2026 Primary Election. See Live Illinois House Election results and maps by state, county and district from NBC News.

Candidates for governor, U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and Cook County Board President were among the races on the ballot in the 2026 Illinois primary election on Tuesday.

Illinois Democrats ushered in a new generation of lawmakers Tuesday night, picking five new nominees for Congress in open seats that are favored to remain in Democratic hands this fall.

The Illinois governor sank money and political capital into an open Democratic Senate primary and came out a winner alongside Juliana Stratton, who won the race.

Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss won the Democratic nomination to succeed retiring U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky in the 9th Congressional District, which stretches from the North Side to Wilmette to Crystal Lake,

The artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency industries spent big and lost often in this week’s Illinois primaries, an early setback for tec