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Pritzker says redrawing Illinois district map "on the table" in response to Texas redistricting push
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said he's considered redrawing the state's congressional map in response to the Texas redistricting ...
Redistricting battle intensifies as Texas Democrats extend Illinois stay to block vote; GOP issues civil arrest warrants
Democrats are calling the Republican-led mid-decade redistricting plan in Texas "cheating", while Republicans accuse them of ...
Texas hold’em in Illinois
TEXAS TWO-STEP: Lone-Star Democrats are holed up in the Q Center, a high-security hotel and convention complex in St. Charles ...
Missouri, Illinois governors join national gerrymandering fight ahead of 2026 midterms
Back in Missouri, Republican leaders are weighing a plan that could reduce the state's Democratic-held seats in Congress from ...
Democratic governors may offer a path forward for a party out of power in Washington
Some Democratic activists see the party’s 23 governors as their best answer to Trump’s second Republican presidency.
As political petition passing begins, Illinois Democrats have flood of candidates; Republicans have a trickle
Illinois’ 2026 political campaign season kicks off this week as candidates for federal, state and county offices fan out ...
What is gerrymandering, what do Illinois' congressional districts look like? What to know
Illinois officials’ criticisms of Texas lawmakers gerrymandering maps are drawing accusations of hypocrisy, but what is “gerrymandering”?
Illinois Democratic Rep. Danny Davis says he won't seek reelection after 15 terms in Congress
U.S. Rep. Danny Davis won’t seek reelection next year after 15 terms in office. Davis is the latest longtime Illinois ...