In the aftermath of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, Illinois officials condemned political violence and urged for unity.
Illinois Republicans rallied behind former President Donald Trump — whom they say is helping heal fractures in their own state party.
Donald Trump's defiant response to the shooting has provided “a shot of adrenaline in our arm” for his already fervent followers, Illinois delegate Aaron Del Mar said as the GOP gets ready to kick off the Republican National Convention on Monday.
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker told Indiana Democrats to push through the chaos of the presidential election Friday in Indianapolis, two days after seemingly expressing concerns over the party’s presidential campaign.
Republicans begin Day 2 of the RNC Tuesday with excitement over their new vice presidential pick, Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance. The big picture: Unity has been the main message at the historic convention, which comes just days after an assassination attempt on presidential nominee Donald Trump.
Donald Trump has become the official Republican presidential nominee after receiving the votes of enough delegates at the Republican National Convention, which started Monday in Milwaukee.
CHICAGO — Illinois Republicans head to Milwaukee for the party’s national convention on Monday amid the political upheaval of electing a new state chairman whose chief task will be be trying to quell growing ideological and geographic divisions fueled by the hard-line partisanship of presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump.
Three Illinois Democrats in Congress have publicly called for President Biden to step aside as the party's presumptive nominee, which is the most of any state so far. The big picture: The Illinois lawmakers join over a dozen other Democrats in Congress making the same request of Biden over concerns about his ability to take on former President Trump.
The convention will mark a coming-out party for Kathy Salvi, who faces the challenge of rebuilding a party incrementally decimated by failed statewide campaigns, division within its ranks — and Gov. J.
Rep. Eric Sorensen became the third member of Congress from Illinois to call on President Biden to end his reelection campaign, doing so in a statement released shortly after the president completed a high-stakes press conference at the conclusion of the NATO summit in Washington.