Senate Democrats’ already difficult 2026 map just got even worse. After losing the majority last November, the party faced a very narrow path out of the wilderness. Then Sen. Jeanne Shaheen piled on.

Republicans threw a stink bomb into the chambers of the Democratic-controlled Illinois Supreme Court. Citing the Illinois Constitution’s requirement that legislative maps be “compact,” the GOP ...

The Illinois Senate has 59 members, but not all seats are up for election at the same time. Instead, state senators serve two four-year terms and one two-year term each decade, though the pattern ...