Pat Quinn was known for his pledge to restore open and fair state government following his appointment as Illinois governor ...

Republican Jim Edgar served as Illinois' 38th governor from 1991 to 1999.

He’s lamented the party’s decline in Illinois and the national party’s embrace of President Donald Trump. The former governor also has readily acknowledged he probably could not win a GOP ...

The Democrat is expected to announce a run for a third term in the coming weeks. In the meantime, he is devoting much of his ...

Juliana Stratton has told fellow Democrats that she plans to run if Sen. Dick Durbin retires and that Gov. JB Pritzker will ...

A pair of former governors who resigned in scandal are vying ... Others — Rod Blagojevich of Illinois and Robert Bentley of Alabama — were legally barred from running for elected office.

Former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, the former lawmaker revealed Monday. In a statement, the former governor said he and his wife, Brenda, are "facing a new ...