Chicago Tribune Opinion

10/09/2026

Editorial: Seth Lewis for Illinois 24th Senate District

Incumbent Seth Lewis is exactly the kind of Republican moderate Democrats and independents should support in Springfield.

10/09/2026

Editorial: Dave Syverson for Illinois 35th Senate District

Dave Syverson is a veteran lawmaker who understands in detail how state government works. He offered us a litany of good ideas.

10/09/2026

Alexi Giannoulias pursued digitization and automation of services that made the cumbersome experience of navigating the DMV less onerous.

10/09/2026

Editorial: Craig Wilcox for Illinois 32nd Senate District

We like much of Craig Wilcox’s agenda, focused on pension and ethics reform.

10/09/2026

Editorial: Danielle Penman for Illinois 33rd Senate District

Danielle Penman is focused on property tax relief with practical suggestions such as increasing the homeowners exemption.

10/09/2026

Heidi Stevens: I wish we modeled better care for the young people who are making sense of the world right now

I hope that when we’re all writing our stories, the ones that are still being shaped by what we choose and where we go and what and who we protect, we remember to check back to our beginning, when care was everything, writes Heidi Stevens.

10/09/2026

Editorial: Carina Santa Maria for Illinois 27th Senate District

On some issues, Carina Santa Maria is well to our left. That said, we appreciate her approach to the SAFE-T Act.

10/09/2026

Editorial: Julie Morrison for Illinois 29th Senate District

Julie Morrison, 69, has been a leader in the Senate on reasonable gun restrictions, a cause we support. We endorsed her in 2018.

10/09/2026

Letters: I’m a moderate Republican. I embrace the Muslim community, and it embraces me.

Tarring all Republicans with these candidates’ words is the kind of guilt by association one would hope Steve Chapman would condemn.

10/09/2026

Editorial: Darby Hills for Illinois 26th Senate District

Darby Hills has voted against her party leadership more than once and has proven herself the sort of Republican who will work with the other side.