Eric Henderson is Managing Editor, Midwest for CBSNews.com. He has won three Emmy Awards, an Eric Sevareid Award and two Edward R. Murrow Awards.

Here's a recap of what happened. The three advisory questions on Illinois ballots passed Tuesday night. Voters voted yes on questions about election interference, property tax relief and ...

AP calls Illinois House District 13 for Nikki Budzinski. Nov 6 • 4:53 AM ET AP calls Illinois House District 17 for Eric Sorensen. Nov 5 • 10:59 PM ET AP calls Illinois House District 6 for ...

Voters in Illinois will select candidates for the following offices listed below. While there are no races for statewide office during this election, this is the first election in Chicago for the ...

Stream NBC 5 for free, 24/7, wherever you are. While Election Day itself is still almost three weeks away, voters across Illinois and the rest of the country are already casting their ballots as ...

This is Illinois, which is a place of sharp elbows and rough-and-tumble politics. I can’t tell you that doesn’t seep into the ...

Pope Leo XIV is registered to vote in the United States and has previously voted in some Republican primaries, but he is not ...

Illinois Democrat U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky says she won’t seek reelection next year after 14 terms in the House.

The second-ranking Senate Democrat will retire after his decadeslong career representing Illinois in Congress.