The winner of the March 20 primary would face longtime incumbent U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky , D-Illinois, in the November general election. Schakowsky is serving her 10th consecutive term representing the congressional district that includes Chicago's Far North Side and several North Shore suburbs ...

Democratic Rep. Jan Schakowsky, a ten-term congresswoman from Illinois, brought a can of "whoop ass" to a progressive rally designed to protest cuts to social programs under President Donald Trump's proposed federal budget. The event, attended by progressive heavyweights and hosted by a ...

Elleson — who's running in the Republican primary to challenge U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky in November's general election — was ordered by a judge to complete 150 hours of community service and to return $49,000 in benefit payments he'd improperly collected after pleading “no contest” to a first ...

On Friday, Navarrete, a senior, joined hundreds of others from Senn to issue an S.O.S. of a different kind — one urging Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., and other legislators to “save our students.” “There's so much going on and we're very aware of it,” Navarrete said. “Just because it hasn't happened here ...

Lipinski is a social conservative who opposes abortion, and he's facing a serious primary challenge from the left via political newcomer Marie Newman. She has the backing of abortion rights advocacy groups, as well as Lipinski's colleagues U.S. Reps. Jan Schakowsky of Evanston and Luis Gutierrez of ...

U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) reintroduced the International Violence Against Women Act on Friday, saying the international community needs to make the issue a priority. If passed, the act would ensure the permanent role of the Office of Global Women's Issues in the State Department, Schakowsky ...

With Newman receiving national media attention and PAC money, and polling indicating that she is cutting into Lipinski's lead in the primary, two of Lipinski's Democratic colleagues from Illinois — U.S. Reps. Luis Gutierrez and Jan Schakowsky — endorsed Newman at a mid-January news conference in ...

Osteen had previously done a video the Ellesons could use to promote their own church. Elleson was also caught falsely implying the Chicago Tribune endorsed his campaign over Democratic opponent Rep. Jan Schakowsky. He's also falsely claimed he was endorsed by an independent voters group.

Rep. Jan Schakowsky of Illinois said the contrast between Newman and Lipinski compelled her to get involved. “I've never endorsed against a member of Congress, an incumbent, before,” Schakowsky said. But Newman's pro-abortion rights, pro-LGBT, and progressive platform attracted the Illinois ...