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Pritzker’s Illinois, Temporary Home to Texas Democrats, Is Gerrymandering Hot Spot
Just three of 17 Illinois congressional districts are represented by Republicans in a state where Trump won 44% of the 2024 ...
Colbert confronts Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker with map gerrymandered Illinois
Late-night host Stephen Colbert pressed Gov. JB Pritzker on the gerrymandered sections of Illinois on Tuesday while discussing the GOP's efforts to redistrict Texas.
Democrats speak out from Illinois on day two of quorum break
AUSTIN (Nexstar) — As Texas Democrats began their second full day of breaking quorum to prevent the legislature from ...
Attorney General Kwame Raoul warns Texas politicians that police can't just come to Illinois to arrest Democrats
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued a stern warning to Texas Governor Greg Abbott and other Texas Republicans who ...
Gov. Abbott: "Running Away Is The Most Un-Texas Thing The Democrats Could Do"
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott told Newsmax on Tuesday that Democrat lawmakers fleeing the state to delay a vote on redistricting ...
Texas Democrats arrive in Illinois to block vote back home on redrawn House maps sought by Trump
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott called a special session of the Legislature that started last month to take up the redistricting ...
Texas Democrats remain in Illinois amid redistricting controversy; Abbott threatens to remove them House reconvenes
Texas Democrats have left the state in an attempt to block a Republican redistricting plan, with Governor Greg Abbott ...
As political petition passing begins, Illinois Democrats have flood of candidates; Republicans have a trickle
Illinois’ 2026 political campaign season kicks off this week as candidates for federal, state and county offices fan out ...