Kim Geiger

Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner narrowly defeated state Rep. Jeanne Ives on Tuesday night, escaping a primary challenge from a conservative lawmaker he’d once dismissed as a “fringe” candidate. The first-term...

Voters go to the polls Tuesday to decide Democratic and Republican nominees for the November general election, after a final day of campaigning saw candidates for governor, attorney general and...

Political candidates for governor on down the ballot engaged in the election-year ritual of marching in the city’s St. Patrick’s Day parade on Saturday, shaking hands and jockeying for the...

Hours before Hillary Clinton was set to accept her party’s presidential nomination, Chris Kennedy checked out of the packed Philadelphia hotel where Illinois’ Democratic convention delegation was camped out for...

Daniel Biss, a former assistant mathematics professor at the University of Chicago, has touted his experience with numbers as a key reason Democratic voters should nominate him for governor. So...

Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner on Monday laid out his priorities for gun legislation, but he didn’t say whether he’d sign a bill on his desk that would require Illinois gun...

Gov. Bruce Rauner’s former general counsel on Friday complained that he was abruptly removed from his position and escorted from his office last summer shortly after he informed the governor’s...