Pope Leo XIV voted in Democratic primaries in 2008 and 2010 and in three Republican primaries in the years that followed, ...

Illinois congressman Mike Bost has announced he’s running for re-election. Bost was first elected to congress in 2014.

The battle to replace Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin in Illinois is intensifying with Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi on Wednesday ...

When news broke Thursday about Robert Prevost's election as the first American pontiff, Pope Leo XIV, the mood throughout ...

The new pope, formerly Robert F. Prevost, has a mixed voting history, casting ballots in both GOP and Democratic primaries.

Then-Cardinal Robert Prevost, a Chicago native, pulled the lever in Republican primaries in 2012, 2014, and 2016 — but hasn’t ...

He voted in November’s presidential election with an absentee ballot, according to records from a suburban Chicago county.

A Trump administration executive order issued in March demands states not count mail-in ballots received after Election Day ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, a Chicago-born Peruvian citizen, was elected as the first American pope, taking the name Pope Leo ...

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

Voters in Illinois do not register by party, so Prevost’s decision to vote in Republican primaries doesn’t necessarily mean he is a Republican.

Illinois voters voted in overwhelming support of a non-binding advisory referendum to impose civil penalties on candidates who interfere or attempt to interfere with election workers’ duties.