Mary Miller

For congressional seats in central and southern Illinois, Reps. Mike Bost and Nikki Budzinski soundly beat challengers by wide margins, while Mary Miller ran uncontested.

The pledge, a vestige of the McCarthy Red Scare era, is not mandatory for candidates in Illinois. Despite that, it has been signed by candidates for decades — including Trump in 2016 and 2020.

The winner of the intraparty battle will lead a caucus with some major divides — and a slim majority.

The Upper Mississippi River Levee Safety Act calls on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to more frequently update the probabilities it uses to set the design standards for levees and floodwalls and let local levee districts maintain their infrastructure at those levels.

The leaders of both congressional agriculture committees say federal lawmakers will move back farm bill negotiations to December. The current law expires Saturday, but experts say there should be little peril despite the blown deadline.

On the Democratic side, Durbin cautions against political violence disrupting the legal process.

While U.S. Reps. Mike Bost and Nikki Budzinski are in lockstep with their parties, Rep. Mary Miller of Illinois’ 15th District is one of 20 GOP members not voting for Kevin McCarthy for House speaker.

With about three-quarters of the GOP vote in, Miller had received nearly 58%. Davis conceded a little after 9 p.m.

Thousands of Donald Trump supporters attended the sweltering rally outside of Quincy on Saturday.

Former President Donald Trump spoke at a rally for Congresswoman Mary Miller, who said: “I want to thank you for the historic victory for white life in the Supreme Court yesterday.” Her campaign later said she meant to say “right to life.”