will be nothing short of a banner year with so many races and a bumper crop of candidates vying for what could be an unprecedented number of open congressional seats.

Illinois' political landscape will undergo major changes through the 2026 election cycle, with several rarely-open seats in Congress up for grabs and Governor JB Pritzker seeking an unprecedented third term.

SPRINGFIELD - The Justice Department has asked a federal judge to force Illinois state election officials to turn over full copies of the state's list of registered voters.

The DOJ's Illinois election lawsuit aims to access unredacted voter registration data to uphold federal laws on election integrity.