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Per NPR: "Competitive Democratic primaries, for an open U.S. Senate seat and left-leaning U.S. House districts, highlight the state's primary elections." Results can be found on NPR and NBC   submitted by   /u/PoliticsModeratorBot [link]   [comments]
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U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.), center, speaks as U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (D-Ill.), left, and Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton (D), listen to him during U.S. senate Democratic Primary Debate in Chicago, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
2026-03-17T04:00:47Z
CHICAGO (AP) — Illino
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Five Illinois Democrats are retiring from the House in 2026, with candidates duking it out for the party’s nod in primary elections on Tuesday. Democratic Reps. Jan Schakowsky, Robin Kelly, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Jesus “Chuy” Garcia and Danny Davis are leaving Congress. Both Kelly and Krishnamoorthi a
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Illinois’s lietunenat governor and two Democratic lawmakers are jockeying for the Democratic nomination to succeed retiring Sen. Dick Durbin this fall in a Tuesday primary contest. Juliana Stratton as well as Reps. Robin Kelly and Raja Krishnamoorthi are leading the crowded and expensive race that D
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Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton (D) won Illinois’s marquee Senate primary on Tuesday, defeating two House lawmakers and all but assuring she’ll succeed Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) in the upper chamber. Voters in Illinois headed to the polls to weigh in on primary races that underscored Democratic divides,
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The polls are now closed in Illinois, where voters advanced Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton in the Democratic primary to succeed retiring Sen. Dick Dubrin (D-Ill.). Here’s what to look out for as the primary results for several key House races come in. On Capitol Hill, the Senate began its consideration o
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