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Delia Ramirez won the Democratic primary for Illinois’ 3rd Congressional District on June 28, 2022. Four candidates ran. Ramirez had 66% of the vote to Gil Villegas’ 24%.

U.S. Rep. Mary Miller defeated Rep. Rodney Davis in the Republican primary for Illinois’ 15th Congressional District on June 28, 2022. With 91% of precincts reporting, Miller had received 57.2% of the vote to Davis’ 42.8%.

Welcome to the Wednesday, June 29, Brew. 

Thirty years ago this summer, two former governors—Michigan’s John Engler and Illinois’ Jim Edgar—arrived at the National Governors Association meeting with a radical idea: that states band together and stop handing taxpayer-funded subsidies to private businesses. The idea fizzled, and we’ve since seen ever-increasing corporate handouts. As governors convene this…

A rare Republican who supports abortion rights found success in Colorado in the first primary elections held since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade

Primaries on Tuesday settled intraparty battles in Colorado, Illinois, Mississippi, New York, Oklahoma and Utah and filled a vacant seat in Nebraska.

Representative Mary Miller beats representative Rodney Davis in a member-on-member primary

A heated primary that forced Illinois’ top Democrats to pick sides ended with Giannoulias winning handily — his first since mostly bowing out of the public eye after a failed U.S. Senate bid in 2010.

The race was seen as a test of former President Trump's influence in the area.