Katherine Skiba

Democrats running for Roskam’s seat put a big focus on health care

May 31, 2019 at 9:09 p.m.

Most of the leading Democrats in the crowded field running to take on veteran Republican lawmaker Peter Roskam of Wheaton have made personal health crises central to their campaigns, seizing...

U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski and Democratic primary challenger Marie Newman during a League of Women Voters candidate forum at Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills on Feb. 21, 2018.

Newman trying to turn progressive energy into votes against the Lipinski brand

May 31, 2019 at 9:09 p.m.

The dueling forces in the nationally watched primary fight between Democratic U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski and challenger Marie Newman were on full display when they took the stage for a...

U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski and Democratic primary challenger Marie Newman debate on Feb. 21 at a League of Women Voters candidate forum.

Lipinski challenger Newman went into restaurant business with convicted felon

May 31, 2019 at 9:10 p.m.

As she tries to score an upset over seven-term Democratic U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski in the March 20 primary, challenger Marie Newman is selling herself to voters as a onetime...

North Shore congressional candidates split on Trump, gun control

May 15, 2019 at 9:43 p.m.

For nearly two decades, suburban Republicans had a political name brand on the ticket in a North Shore congressional district as Mark Kirk won five straight times and Robert Dold...

Meet the three Republicans running for Congress in the north suburbs

May 31, 2019 at 9:09 p.m.

Here are the candidates running for the Republican nomination in the North Shore-based 10th Congressional District. The winner will take on Democratic U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider in November. Republican Douglas...

Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner speaks to members of the media in front of the U.S. Supreme Court after a hearing on February 26, 2018 in Washington, DC.

Rauner heads to U.S. Supreme Court for union case, calls it battle against ‘conflicts of interest, corruption’

May 31, 2019 at 9:09 p.m.

Gov. Bruce Rauner on Monday watched U.S. Supreme Court arguments in a union fees case sparked by one of his first actions as governor, saying afterward that free speech and...

Lipinski challenger Newman gets backing from SEIU, EMILY’s List

May 31, 2019 at 9:10 p.m.

Democrat Marie Newman’s primary challenge to longtime U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski got a boost Friday from the Illinois chapter of the Service Employees International Union. The political newcomer from LaGrange...

U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley speaks with the Chicago Tribune editorial board on June 5, 2017.

Democratic Rep. Quigley says Republican memo release ‘will come at the great expense of our national security’

May 31, 2019 at 9:09 p.m.

Chicago-area Democrats in Congress blasted Friday’s release of a Republican-authored memo that alleges FBI surveillance abuses in its probe of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. U.S. Rep. Mike...

U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley contends that the purpose of a controversial Republican memo critical of the FBI is to discredit special counsel Robert Mueller's ongoing probe of Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

Quigley: Trump’s White House wants memo released because they’re ‘freaked out’ over Mueller probe

May 31, 2019 at 9:10 p.m.

Democratic U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley on Thursday condemned the prospect of President Donald Trump clearing the way for the release of a controversial Republican memo critical of the FBI. Quigley...

Two Democrats in primary to take on Roskam stand out in cash race, thanks to their own checkbooks

May 31, 2019 at 9:09 p.m.

Two candidates trying to oust Republican U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam of Wheaton were emerging Wednesday as leaders in the chase for campaign cash in the crowded Democratic primary field. Though...

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