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I heard that they’re having a best knife contest in senat today and rumor has it Ceasar will be the jury.
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The Illinois Briefer - Senate
In 2026, Illinois has elections for House and Senate positions. This post covers Senate races.
The voter registration deadline is March 17, 2026. The mail-in ballot deadline is March 17, 2026. Early voting starts February 5, 2026 and ends March 16, 2026. Election day is March 17, 2026. Partisan primaries are open to anyone. Voter ID is not required to vote in Illinois.
You can learn more about registration here and check your registration status here.
Candidates with over $100,000 in campaign funds are marked in bold. Candidates with over $1,000,000 in campaign funds are bolded and italicized. If none of these are present in a race, the best-funded candidate is marked in italics.
Other state pages: Districts 1-7 | 8-13 | 14-17 | Senate | Governor | Other State Executives
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5-term Senator Dick Durbin is not running for reelection, opening the seat to a wave of potential replacements.
Note: Rep. Raka Krishnamoorthi has $30,000,000 in campaign funds, an order of magnitude more than his opponents.
Democrat
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Christopher Swann (charity worker) Ballotpedia | Website
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Republican
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State Department defends ‘proactive’ evacuation efforts against Dems’ claims of diplomatic chaos
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FIRST ON FOX: Nearly 28,000 Americans have returned from the Middle East, according to the State Department, which outlined a large-scale evacuation effort as Senate Democrats escalated criticism over the conflict in Iran.
A top State Department official, in a letter to Senate Democrats first obtained by Fox News Digital, noted that since fighting in…
State Department defends 'proactive’ evacuation efforts against Dems’ claims of diplomatic chaos
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doctors and nurses, staff, need to wear bodycams at all times. i was abused because i didn’t have my phone to record all the illegal things happening to me and what they were saying to me. they laughed when i wrote grievance reports and asked about surveillance footage.
i believe this is because of the heinous abuse britney spears was allowed to go through.
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The Texas Senate Primary Was a Preview of Creator Wars to Come
On Tuesday, James Talarico, a 36-year-old Presbyterian seminarian and state representative from Austin, Texas, defeated congresswoman Jasmine Crockett in what has become one of the most closely watched primary races so far this year.
While both candidates boast immense social media followings—Talarico with 1.6 million followers and Crockett with 2.6 million followers on TikTok—it wasn’t just the…
The Texas Senate Primary Was a Preview of Creator Wars to Come
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City of man stuff, and our Senate is ?
First it is sad how weak is our Senate. The are like abused wives, afraid to speak up because they don’t want to be hit again. When in reality they are grown adults with very definite responsibilities. Why are they so afraid to do their job? Sure the Iranian regime are monsters to their own people and a danger to the world, but how are we better if our own government cannot do their job. There are three branches of government and each has to follow the law to make sure our government works. When certain members are so scared of their shadow they cannot even require some basic information from one branch, why are they in office?
Yes we can cheer the demise of an autocratic government or cheer regime change if it happens, but this should not come at the cost of who we are as a people and for our government.
I don’t want to talk about Mike Johnson in the House, because he is every bit the abused wife going along to get along. Does he not hear himself?
Real adults can upset the apple cart when needed and Trump’s applecart needs some upsetting or how are we to tell other countries that we support their efforts to do what is right. When our soldiers are put in harm’s way, it should not be done on a whim or at the behest of another government. The President should and must come to the people and let us know what is going on, so the Senate has every right and responsibility to put a hold or limit what is done until the people have the full and CORRECT story. I am tired of the lies and sycophants. Wake up America or is it we just cannot afford coffee anymore?
Okay some of you may have paid attention to know I started a very specific second blog where I only update to a second Substack blog. Well I ran into a roadblock today, not a large one and definitely can crawl over it, but it was frustrating.
I had a hunch the Dallas Public Library is not Catholic friendly and it was somewhat reinforced today. There are suggested readings in the front of the copy of City of God I am reading and I went to check some of those books out. I searched for 4 based on titles etc. The library had none of them, not in any branch. The wonderful guy at the counter offered to try an inter library transfer from Dallas Theological Seminar. They only had one ebook. When he first said Dallas Theological Seminar I was impressed since they are more an evangelical institution, yet no real luck there either.
Maybe I should go enroll in a class at University of Dallas just to use their library for this journey. Yet I do not think I want to go that crazy. This is supposed to be a relaxed journey where I hopefully walk through the City of God learning as I go. I do not think I am ready to create new discoveries in the City of God.
There are hundreds of thousands of Catholics in Dallas proper, yet the library doesn’t seem to think we are that important. If they want to call me out, they can reach out.
I am tired of people saying they believe in God when the whole world relishes what the evil one wants from us more than what God is wanting to give us. Anyway I will continue my journey on that blog and if you read this on the other platforms come on over and check it out. I am in way over my head, lol.
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Texas Primary: Ground Zero for the Creator Wars
This past Tuesday, James Talarico, a 36-year-old Presbyterian divinity student and state legislator hailing from Austin, Texas, bested Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett in what emerged as one of the most keenly observed primary contests of the year to date.
Despite both contenders possessing vast social media audiences—with Talarico garnering 1.6 million and Crockett attracting 2.6 million followers…
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What to watch in the consequential Senate primaries in Texas
NEW YORK (AP) — The 2026 midterm season begins in earnest on Tuesday with two of the nation’s most consequential Senate primaries playing out in Texas, a political behemoth that Democrats have been fighting to flip for decades.
Is this the year? Republican leaders in Washington openly fret that a victory by conservative firebrand Ken Paxton over four-term incumbent Sen. John Cornyn would give…
What to watch in the consequential Senate primaries in Texas
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James Talarico: Rising Dem Star Sweeps Texas US Senate Primary
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