Illinois' political landscape will undergo major changes through the 2026 election cycle, with several rarely-open seats in Congress up for grabs and Governor JB Pritzker seeking an unprecedented third term.

SPRINGFIELD - The Justice Department has asked a federal judge to force Illinois state election officials to turn over full copies of the state's list of registered voters.

The billionaire governor is backing his lieutenant governor in a Democratic face-off, but she has struggled to outshine two top rivals.

The U.S. Justice Department has sued three states, including Illinois and Wisconsin, and D.C. for not turning over requested voter information to the Trump administration.

Illinois was one of four government bodies sued by the U.S. Justice Department for unredacted copies of voter rolls. Also sued were the states of Wisconsin and Georgia and Washington, D.C.