Eric Henderson is Managing Editor, Midwest for CBSNews.com. He has won three Emmy Awards, an Eric Sevareid Award and two Edward R. Murrow Awards.

Illinois Democrats delivered Thursday, using their dominance in state government to advance new congressional district maps intended to eliminate two Republican-held districts and send more ...

The proposed plan for redrawing Illinois' congressional ... state government produced a map that is both wildly partisan and wildly gerrymandered. One proposed district is a sweeping crescent ...

Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday signed legislation redrawing the state’s congressional district maps, saying they reflect Illinois’ diversity and preserve minority representation. “These maps ...

Democratic state legislators approved a new map of the Illinois’ congressional boundaries early Friday morning, their fourth version of a plan designed to overcome internal disputes and maintain ...

Illinois Democrats unveiled a draft congressional map Friday that would bury the GOP: The proposed lines could give them control of 14 of the state’s 17 House seats. But privately, some national ...

The process of redrawing congressional district maps in Illinois got off to a slow start Thursday when only one person showed up to testify at the first legislative public hearing, ...

Illinois’ state legislature passed a new congressional map early Friday morning that likely secures Democrats’ control of 14 of the state’s 17 congressional districts — but it also ...

Rodney Davis, a moderate Republican who grew up in this former coal town in Central Illinois ... role in policing partisan efforts to rig district maps. In recent years, Republicans have used ...

Illinois Democrats are poised to approve new congressional district maps that would give Democratic candidates an advantage in elections over the next decade as their party fights to keep control ...

The new map puts both Representatives Bost and Rep. Mary Miller in the 12th district. The mostly southern Illinois district will grow from 12 to 32 counties. Congressman Bost says the new map is ...

Illinois voters hit the polls Tuesday in the 2024 presidential election, with the headlining race between Vice President ...