State Senate Minority Leader Aric Nesbitt is the second well-known candidate to enter the race to succeed Whitmer, who has ...

Rep. Jason Perillo said he will seek the nomination to succeed Sen. Kevin Kelly. At least two Democrats are expected to run ...

Family, friends, political allies and old political rivals gathered on the Southeast Side to remember Espy, who died at age ...

New Ohio House speaker backs school choice, lowering the state's income tax and limiting access to legal marijuana approved ...

A new Illinois General Assembly was sworn in for the next two years on Wednesday, with the House and Senate ceremonies taking two starkly different tones.

Under state law, the governor is required to issue a writ of special election within 10 days of a seat in the General Assembly becoming vacant, and a special election must be held 46 days after the ...

Members of the new 104th Illinois General Assembly have been seated and the same leaders have been elected by both chambers.

Lawmakers in the Iowa House and Senate gaveled in Monday as GOP leaders pointed to supermajorities as a reason to continue ...

“I, like many, were disappointed with our election outcomes and the ability for us to secure more Republican seats to ... positions of Senate president and Senate minority leader, respectively.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, in a Fox News interview as she takes over steering the Senate Democrats campaign ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer ... faced "severe headwinds" to win four of seven contested Democratic Senate seats, though conceded that "we did some things wrong and we have to look ...