Cook County 6th District Commissioner Donna Miller prevailed over a 10-candidate field Tuesday, March 17, to represent the Democratic Party in the general election for 2nd District U.S. House seat. Her closest competitor was former 2nd District Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. The Associated Press called the race at 8:16 p.m.[Read More…]
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Meet the Candidates 2026: Four 2nd District candidates discuss national issues: AI and the restoration of Congress
Four candidates for the 2nd District seat in Congress answered the Chronicle’s invitation to do one-on-one interviews: Yumeka Brown, Jesse Jackson Jr., Donna Miller and Willie Preston. The conversations focused mostly on 2nd District issues, including economic development, jobs, healthcare and affordability, but we also asked about two national issues[Read More…]
Meet the Cook County 6th District Candidates: Antoine Bass, Veronica Bolling-Franklin, Sylvester Fulcher, Patricia “Trish” Murphy, Wesam Shahed
Five candidates for the 6th District seat on the Cook County Board of Commissioners responded to our invitation to contribute a profile. Homewood is part of the district. Antoine Bass Experience: A graduate of SIU-Carbondale with a degree in Marketing. I am a certified appraiser and Realtor with over[Read More…]
CNI: How Illinois’ Democratic U.S. Senate candidates plan to address economic issues
By Ben Szalinski, Capitol News IllinoisDecember 8, 2025 Article Summary This summary was written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story. Recent polling by Reuters found that 45% of voters list “cost of living” as their top concern heading into the 2026 election. With that in mind, the three[Read More…]
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