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Commentary

The critical failure of political parties

However [political parties] may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government, destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion. – George Washington We as Americans often look back to our Founding Fathers for guidance when grappling with […]

todayApril 16, 2019 18

Michael Madigan legislative

Capital Area Region

Lawmakers again elect Madigan as House Speaker

SPRINGFIELD (Illinois News Network) -- For the 18th time in the past 36 years, members of the Illinois House selected state Rep. Michael Madigan to serve as speaker, giving the Chicago Democrat broad authority over everything from committee assignments to which bills get called for a vote. Madigan is longest-serving state legislative leader in the United States. He's had the gavel in the House for all but two years since 1983. Madigan also has been chairman of the state Democratic Party […]

todayJanuary 9, 2019 7

Pat Roberts

Decision 2020

Kansas Sen. Roberts announces retirement in 2020

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Longtime Republican Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts said Friday he will not seek re-election in 2020. Roberts' announcement follows a number of other politicians in both chambers who've decided recently to leave immediately, or at the end of their terms. "I am announcing I will serve the remainder of this term as your senator, fighting for Kansas in these troubled times," Roberts wrote in a Facebook post. "However, I will not be a candidate in 2020 for a […]

todayJanuary 4, 2019 14

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Decision 2018

Two millennial women face off in tight Detroit area House race

CANTON, Mich. (UPI) -- The affluent suburbs northwest of Detroit will send a millennial woman to Congress in November. The question is, will the voters of Michigan's 11th District stick with the Republican Party -- as they have for most of the last 135 years -- by electing Lena Epstein, 37, or step out of their comfort zone to elect a Democrat, 35-year-old Haley Stevens? The verdant subdivisions and lake communities of the district have sent a male Republican to […]

todayNovember 5, 2018 19

Decision 2018

Marron earns Republican nod to fill out term in District 104

DANVILLE (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Republican officials in Champaign and Vermilion counties chose a successor to state Rep. Chad Hays (R-Catlin), who opted to leave office this fall. Officials met Wednesday and unanimously named Mike Marron as Hays' replacement in House District 104 until the end of the term in January. Marron, who is Vermilion County board chairman, cites that there is no unfair advantage in his appointment, stating that he'll already be representing the district in January. Facing off against […]

todayJuly 21, 2018 7

Ballot Access News

Libertarian gubernatorial candidate speaks out in support of RCV

SPRINGFIELD (Heartland Newsfeed) -- A Libertarian candidate for Illinois governor spoke out in response to a press release and inquiry made by the Illinoisans for Ranked Choice Voting (ILRCV) organization, which was issued on June 29. Grayson "Kash" Jackson, who became the party's nominee in March and was recently ballot-qualified, responded to the organization's request for a stance from the gubernatorial candidates on the issue of ranked choice voting (RCV) and proportional representation in the Land of Lincoln. "As a […]

todayJuly 7, 2018 8

Decision 2018

Romney victorious in Utah’s GOP primary for U.S. Senate

SALT LAKE CITY (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Mitt Romney declared victory on Tuesday, earning the Republican nomination in the race for Utah's U.S. Senate seat with slightly over 73 percent of the vote. The seat is being contested this year as the seat is being vacated due to the retirement of Senator Orrin Hatch, who announced his retirement earlier this year. The former Massachusetts governor and one-time presidential nominee celebrated with his family as supporters ate hot dogs and sno-cones. "Well, […]

todayJune 28, 2018 2

Ballot Access News

Libertarian Party files nearly 48,000 signatures for ballot access

SPRINGFIELD (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Candidates, party officers and volunteers representing the Libertarian Party of Illinois delivered nearly 48,000 signatures for the statewide slate of candidates Monday morning to the state's board of elections in Springfield. Prior to walking in, party chairman Bennett Morris showed local media the stack of petitions which had to be carried in a box, showing the unfair advantage that the Democratic Party and the Republican Party have when it comes to petitioning compared to independents and […]

todayJune 26, 2018 17

Ballot Access News

Illinois third parties are in weekend time crunch to meet filing deadline

SPRINGFIELD (Heartland Newsfeed) -- It is crunch time this weekend as third party candidates assemble their petition packets leading to the final day of candidate filing for the November 6 general election as Illinois voters are in much anticipation as to who will be facing off against incumbent Republican governor Bruce Rauner and Democratic opponent J.B. Pritzker. A candidate filing by Mary A. Vann-Metcalf was received Tuesday afternoon by the Illinois State Board of Elections in the gubernatorial race as […]

todayJune 23, 2018 7

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