Elections

Rubio announces, abandons immigration reform

April 14, 2015 By John Wojcik

"Unfortunately he is much more beholden to his tea party base than to his Latino community."

St. Louis single mom swept into office on winds of change

April 14, 2015 By Tony Pecinovsky

"We ran a positive campaign. We kept it focused on the issues and the residents of Ward 20 responded. Democracy is the real winner in this campaign."

Hillary Clinton announces: “I’m running for president!”

April 13, 2015 By John Wojcik

Hillary Rodham Clinton announced Sunday that she is running for president a second time.

Chicago’s mayoral election: A tale of two cities

April 10, 2015 By Shelby Richardson

Emanuel's narrative was that he is leading the city in the right direction, making hard decisions. Chuy challenged this narrative as not being enough.

Emanuel re-elected, but progressives are real winners

April 8, 2015 By Amisha Patel

The reawakening of a broad-based progressive coalition will have political consequences well beyond this election, through new electoral infrastructure.