Illinois Gop

Rodney Davis was chosen Saturday to replace retiring Congressman Tim Johnson on the ballot this November.

When two of your top party officials think the biggest problem with the Republican Party is that Republicans are participating too much, you can probably expect big problems.

CHICAGO — Illinois Republicans emerged Wednesday from a combative primary in which a freshman congressman ousted a 20-year veteran and pledged t...

As predicted, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is ahead of fellow GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum in a recent Illinois poll -- but the mar...

While most political observers believe President Barack Obama will win Illinois in 2012, the Democrat-controlled state could still be an important pla...

Leading Illinois Republicans on Thursday lashed out against the state's income tax hike as a "failure" one year to the day after it was approved by Go...

Eighth District Congressman Joe Walsh may be reconsidering his congressional run in the 14th District to avoid a standoff with Republican incumbent Ra...

Well forget all of that ballot integrity stuff for Illinois. It's now official. The Illinois straw poll is for sale to the highest bidder. They're not even pretending anymore.

First-year State Senator Suzanne "Suzi" Schmidt (R-Lake Villa, Ill.) announced Wednesday that she will both stay in office and run for re-election in ...

One day after being named one of Congress's "most corrupt" representatives by the group Citizens For Responsibility And Ethics In Washington (CREW), U...

Talk about strange bedfellows. Two weeks ago, U.S. House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) came to Hinsdale to raise money for Republicans to fight the...

Illinois' four top Republican leaders in Springfield came out strong at Thursday's Republican Day at the State Fair against Democratic Governor Pat Qu...

The Hinsdale Police Department is in the process of formulating a security plan for a visit to Hinsdale by U.S. Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-O...

Illinois State Rep. Ron Stephens, a 27-year veteran of the state House of Representatives, announced Monday that he was resigning from the post immedi...

On Wednesday afternoon, the Illinois State Senate passed a landmark bill that would support the efforts of children of immigrants to go to college. Th...

Illinois Republicans are crying foul over Governor Pat Quinn's appointment of the head of a pro-choice political group to a spot on the Human Rights C...

With the race for Illinois's Eighth Congressional District still undecided, the state's Republican Party is sending in the cavalry for its candidate, ...

Since he won the Republican primary, Bill Brady has gone from being a relatively unknown downstate senator to the frontrunner in the race for Illinois...

A Republican candidate for Illinois State Senate made national news a few weeks ago when her Democratic opponent attempted to have her removed from th...

As Illinois Republicans fight for some key victories in a very blue state, it seems only natural that they would play to the middle, moderating their ...

At the behest of Illinois Republican Party Chair Pat Brady, the president of the Chicago Young Republicans has been ousted amid a growing scandal for ...

The Illinois Republican Party made an embarrassing gaffe on Thursday, falsely accusing Democratic Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias of giving a speec...

Joe Walsh ran as an outsider against five candidates to win February's Republican primary in Illinois' 8th Congressional district. "I'm a bit of a rog...

An incident in which a Republican video tracker was thrown out of a Democratic Senate candidate's fundraiser has exploded in the days since, with alle...

Rich Williamson, an attorney who lost the 1992 U.S. Senate contest to Democrat Carol Moseley Braun, was selected by the GOP state central committee fr...