The new chairwoman of the Illinois Republican Party has big plans for the heavily Democratic state: “Make Illinois red again.” Incoming Chairwoman Kathy Salvi outlined her plan for the party, which includes calls for unity,

Salvi, who officially becomes the face of the state party on Friday, called on Illinois Republicans to set aside differences to "make Illinois red again."

Politics continue in the aftermath of the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump with both sides in Illinois taking stock of the temperature of the rhetoric this election cycle. In Pennsylvania Saturday,

U.S. Rep. Mary Miller, who is leading Illinois’ 64-member delegation at the GOP’s national presidential nominating convention, on Tuesday blamed former President Donald Trump’s low standing in Illinois on the news media and said that if gun owners in the solidly blue state showed up to vote Republicans could “flip the state red.

JEFFERSON CITY — A leading Democratic candidate for governor in Missouri is not calling on President Joe Biden to rethink his election bid amid calls by top congressional officials for him to step aside. The report says the 6-mile extension would generate $60 million in economic activity in its first five years of operation.

U.S. Rep. Sean Casten on Friday added his name to the growing list of Democrats calling for President Joe Biden to step aside and not run for a second term. A west suburban congressman since 2019, Casten becomes the fourth Illinois congressional Democrat to encourage the 81-year-old Biden to abandon his effort to defeat former President Donald Trump in the November election.

U.S. Rep. Sean Casten and U.S. Rep. Jesus "Chuy" Garcia on Friday both urged Biden to drop out of the race for the White House.

Salvi will be leading Republicans' efforts to pickup seats in the Illinois General Assembly and Congress this November.

Illinois delegates praised Donald Trump’s selection of J.D. Vance as his running mate on the first day of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee