Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Republican

Pritzker picks his opponent — now he has to beat him

Gov. J.B. Pritzker will be a big favorite in the matchup against Republican Darren Bailey, but the conservative farmer will put up a fight.

Chicago Sun-Times

Kathy Salvi leading Peggy Hubbard in GOP race for U.S. Senate nomination

In a video posted to Twitter a few hours before the polls closed, Salvi told her supporters she was “the only Republican who can defeat Tammy Duckworth in the fall.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Bloomington state Rep. Dan Brady cruises to GOP nomination for Illinois secretary of state

Brady, a 21-year General Assembly veteran and deputy minority leader, has promised to modernize the secretary of state’s office.

Chicago Sun-Times

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

‘Downstate farmer’ plows through the field — Darren Bailey handily wins six-candidate GOP governor’s race

With 96% of precincts counted statewide, Bailey had 57.4% of the vote compared to 15.7% for downstate venture capitalist Jesse Sullivan and 15% for third-place candidate Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin.

Chicago Sun-Times

Sean Casten handily defeats Marie Newman in 6th Congressional District primary

“I just got off the phone with Sean and congratulated him on winning this race,” Newman told supporters. “I know some people will not like it, but we need to unite.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Lauren Boebert beats primary challenger in Colorado’s 3rd district

Boebert’s primary victory all but guarantees she will win re-election in November.

The Independent UK

Republican Mary Miller Trumps fellow GOP incumbent Rodney Davis in downstate congressional primary

Earlier in the evening, Davis in a statement conceded to Miller, with a nod to her biggest backer. “I’d like to congratulate Congresswoman Miller and President Trump on their victory tonight,” Davis said in a statement. “This was a hard-fought campaign, and I wish her the best.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Lake County judge, former sheriff lead in race to succeed Justice (and former Chicago Bear) Bob Thomas on state Supreme Court.

The race in the fall could overturn Democrats’ dominance of the state’s highest court.

Chicago Sun-Times

Trump’s wrath at Jan. 6 committee has McCarthy in an awkward spot

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump complained Tuesday that a surprise Jan. 6 committee hearing lacked “cross-examination,” again putting a spotlight on the top House Republican who left him largely defenseless.

Los Angeles Times

Salmon drops out of GOP primary race for Arizona governor

Former U.S. Rep. Matt Salmon is dropping out of Republican primary race for Arizona governor

The Independent UK

Trump-backed Miller beats Davis in Illinois primary - Roll Call

Trump calling Rep. Rodney Davis a "RINO" at a rally became an ad for Rep. Mary Miller in Tuesday's 15th District GOP primary in Illinois.

Roll Call

Trump's legal exposure may be growing – and 4 other takeaways from the Jan. 6 hearing

Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson testified under oath about a volatile and angry president who was prone to throwing dishes, knew that supporters were armed and didn't want the riot to stop.

WEKU

What happened in Tuesday's elections in seven states - Roll Call

Key races were settled in primaries, runoffs or special elections in Colorado, Illinois, Mississippi, Nebraska, New York, Oklahoma and Utah.

Roll Call

Colorado Republicans pick O’Dea to face Bennet for Senate - Roll Call

Construction company owner Joe O'Dea, who opposes an outright abortion ban, won the GOP Senate nomination in Colorado.

Roll Call

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Roll Call

House spending bills spread around $8 billion worth of earmarks - Roll Call

The House fiscal 2023 spending bills have 4,386 earmarks, for a total of $8.2 billion, a CQ Roll Call analysis found.

Tribune News Service

Missouri AG can prosecute abortion ban violations. Could patient data aid enforcement?

Six minutes after the U.S. Supreme Court released its decision striking down Roe v. Wade, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt posted a photo of himself signing a legal opinion to trigger the state’s abortion ban.

The Independent UK

Voices: It’s going to be incredibly hard for Democrats to protect abortion rights

A new CBS poll found that 50 per cent of Democratic voters said that the decision makes them more likely to vote in the midterms

Tribune News Service

Pandemic petition woes derail candidates, ballot initiatives

James Craig, a former Detroit police chief who was running for Michigan governor, said he remembers pleasant conversations with petition circulators at his campaign events this spring and never suspected anything untoward was happening.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Chicago Sun-Times

Who will take on Gov. J.B. Pritzker this fall? Republican voters get final say in Tuesday’s primary

The winner of the primary will determine whether the state GOP continues as a center-right party in Illinois or gets recast as a subsidiary of former President Donald Trump.

The Guardian - US

Why were Democrats caught flat-footed by the end of Roe v Wade?

Democrats can’t fix the past. But the least they can do is learn from it – and change course accordingly

Ballotpedia

Two new states added—state legislative contested primaries up 30% compared to 2020

Welcome to the Tuesday, June 28, Brew.

Axios

Dems' Rocky Mountain MAGA bet

The Colorado GOP Senate primary pits a moderate against a conservative whom Democrats would rather face.

Roll Call

What Rep. Bill Huizenga learned from his 1990s cellphone - Roll Call

“Why was my cellphone bill so big?” Huizenga recalls his fellow staffers asking when he worked for then-Rep. Pete Hoekstra.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: The Republicans who said no to Trump and paid for it

Some of the most harrowing testimony in the congressional Jan. 6 hearings has come from Republican officials in battleground states who endured tremendous pressure from Donald Trump and his allies to help overturn the 2020 election.

WEKU

Here are the key primary election runoff results from Mississippi

In Mississippi, two Republican incumbents will try to fight off challengers in their runoff races. Polls in Mississippi open at 7 a.m. CT/8 a.m. ET and close at 7 p.m. CT/8 p.m. ET.

1 … 1080 1081 1082 1083

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Illinois Supreme Court

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.