FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
WGN9
— Illinois Republican and Democratic Party Chairs talk election outlook.
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois-republican-and-democratic-party-chairs-talk-election-outlook/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Erika Kirk draws big crowd for Elgin appearance, some protesters.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/06/erika-kirk-judson-elgin-turning-point-tour/
— Illinois Democrats accuse Darren Bailey of failing to disclose who provides rent-free Chicago apartment.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/06/darren-bailey-apartment/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Average rent for a one-bedroom apartment in the area is $2,965 a month, according to the complaint, first reported by WGN-TV. That is well over the $1,000 threshold at which contributions must be reported to election officials within five business days, or within two business days in the 30 days before an election. Bailey’s campaign hasn’t disclosed any such in-kind donation, either on the stand-alone reports required for large contributions or on its quarterly reports for the first half of the year, the complaint alleges. Quarterly reports covering July through September are due next week.
— East Dundee village president censured for partisan politics, ‘inappropriate’ comments.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/06/dundee-president-censured-republican-bailey-oktoberfest/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: East Dundee Village President Dan Pearson was formally censured by the village board Monday for inviting two Republicans, one of whom was gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey, to give political speeches during the village’s Oktoberfest. The censure was unanimous and also cited other actions and comments Pearson has made, including his endorsement of a candidate’s social media page comment stating the “language in America is English” and “inappropriate and distasteful comments” made mostly toward women during the Oktoberfest stein-holding contest.)
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more Islam.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/07/column-republicans-fanning-fears-american-muslims-chapman/
DAILY HERALD
— Turning Point USA’s Erika Kirk draws big crowd for Elgin appearance, some protesters.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20261006/nation-and-world-politics/erika-kirk-draws-big-crowd-for-elgin-appearance-some-protesters/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Champaign County Democrats set to vote on reparations issue.
https://archive.ph/fiC2O#selection-3544.0-3544.3
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/collin-corbett-illinois-governor/amp/
NEWS CHANNEL 20
— 607 Champaign County voters getting replacement ballots.
https://www.newschannel20.com/news/local/check-your-mail-607-champaign-county-voters-getting-replacement-ballots/article_c852ea8f-91eb-5651-bd86-51e06a790e62.html
CHICAGO READER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more vice.
https://chicagoreader.com/performing-arts/rhinestone-digest/rhinestone-digest-october-2026-act-development/
CHICAGO NEWS WEEKLY
— CNW Poll: Pritzker Leads Bailey by 20 Points, Democrats Ahead in Four Other Statewide Races.
https://www.cnwmedia.com/article/cnw-poll-pritzker-leads-bailey-by-20-points-democrats-ahead-in-four-other-statewide-races
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Gov. JB Pritzker holds a 20-point lead over Republican challenger Darren Bailey, while Democratic candidates are ahead in four other statewide races surveyed in the first statewide election poll commissioned by Chicago News Weekly. The survey, conducted by Public Policy Polling from Sept. 30 through Oct. 1, included 569 Illinois voters. Pritzker received 54% support in the governor’s race, compared with 34% for Bailey. Independent candidate Collin Corbett received 6%, while another 6% of respondents were undecided. Democratic candidates also led each of the other four statewide contests included in the poll. In the U.S. Senate race, Democrat Juliana Stratton received 49% support to Republican Don Tracy’s 36%, with 15% of respondents undecided. Attorney General Kwame Raoul received 52% support, compared with 38% for Republican Bob Fioretti, while 11% were undecided. Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias led Republican Diane Harris 55% to 37%, with 8% undecided. In the comptroller race, Democrat Margaret Croke received 48% support to Republican Bryan Drew’s 37%, while 15% had not selected a candidate. The size of the undecided vote varied across the five contests. Just 6% of respondents remained undecided in the governor’s race, compared with 15% in both the Senate and comptroller races. The attorney general contest had an undecided share of 11%, while 8% remained undecided in the secretary of state race.)
DUPAGE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Bray-Parker cash swamping Vrankovich in race for open 47th House seat.
https://chronicleillinois.com/news/dupage-county-news/bray-parker-cash-swamping-vrankovich-in-race-for-open-47th-house-seat/
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Bailey trying to stay on message as attacks from Pritzker mount. Former Republican lawmaker says he’d draw a line between personal beliefs and governing.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/bailey-trying-to-stay-on-message-as-attacks-from-pritzker-mount/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Mary Miller still counts on Trump.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/10/07/mary-miller-still-counts-on-trump-01109172
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning Briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/10/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-822/
— Afternoon roundup.
https://capitolfax.com/2026/10/06/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-609/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— If the DSA Gets Its Way, American Policing Ends.
https://johnkassnews.com/if-the-dsa-gets-its-way-american-policing-ends-by-chief-tom-weitzel-ret/
BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Who’s Behind the $295 Million D214 Referendum?
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2026/10/01/whos-behind-the-295-million-d214-referendum
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois Dem party hopes to pick up seats across the state.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_8a8c0c6c-b05a-4eaf-8935-24fe97f806dd.html
PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— What Is Jim Durkin Getting From Pritzker?
https://prairiestatewire.com/what-is-jim-durkin-getting-from-pritzker
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What is your position on Independent voters? I disagree with my critics/opponents who discouraged me from hand-delivering the following to the 170 Independent households in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton: DuPage County GOP-provided envelopes with 300 DuPage County Election-provided mailing labels for Independent voters that contained the outstanding Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) Voter Guide, the sample ballot, and Republican candidate literature from the 14 candidates who provided their literature to MTRO? To discourage me from seeking votes for Republican candidates from Independent voters in my precinct, my critics/opponents stress that according to polls, 54% of independents say their vote will be mostly to express their opposition to Trump. I stress the 46% of Independent voters who do not say that. According to my critics/opponents, I am far too conservative, and because of that, the more that I do to help Republican candidates, the fewer votes that they will get. I am considering getting mailing labels only for the Independent voters in my precinct and focusing on those households that have only Independent voters. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— To advance under socialists, all you need to do is be a good little socialist To advance under Democrats, all you need to do is be a good little Democrat. Notwithstanding my never being a Democrat, under capitalism, I was able to a) work my way through college and earn a bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970, master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. and a professional license in 1981, b) buy new cars in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1978, etc., c) buy real estate in 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1984, etc., d) get married in 1978, e) buy collector cars in 1989, 1994, etc., e) etc. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Did you work your way through college? Back in the good old days, I was able to work my way through college. According to Google AI, “Working your way through college and graduating completely debt-free is exceptionally difficult today due to high tuition and living costs.” During my first 2 years at UIC 1966-1968 and my 3rd year at NIU in 1969, I worked for the Park Forest Post Office part-time during the school years and full-time during the summers. That enabled me to graduate debt-free from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in business when I was 21 in 1970 and owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE. My parents provided me with room and board while I took classes at UIC 1966-1968 and weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969. I came home weekends to keep my Post Office job. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Population loss could cost Illinois a second seat in Congress under Pritzker.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-population-loss-congressional-seat/
— How will Chicago address a projected $882 million budget deficit?
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-budget-deficit-2027/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democratic socialism offers communism with better branding. Rhetoric may sound softer, but the hostility to capitalism and private property remains. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/12/democratic-socialism-offers-communism-better-branding/
— Justice Alito: Lower courts haven’t ‘gotten the message’ on affirmative action, guns.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/oct/6/justice-alito-lower-courts-havent-gotten-message-affirmative-action/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Socialists treat freedom as the obstacle. A thousand studies prove freedom is the solution. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4748916/economic-freedom-vs-democratic-socialism/
— SCOTUS must restore property rights before DSA abolishes them. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/fairness-justice/4723697/scotus-must-restore-property-rights-before-dsa-abolishes/
— Socialism didn’t die with the Soviets — Mamdani just brought it to City Hall. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4694926/mamdani-socialism-private-property-threat-new-york-city/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Mamdani says socialism will give you “whatever you need.” The socialist promise of dignity comes at the expense of liberty, property, and self-reliance. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/10/mamdani-says-socialism-will-give-you-whatever-you-need/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Federal judge blocks Trump admin from fining illegals who won’t leave.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/10/07/federal-judge-blocks-trump-admin-from-fining-illegals-who-wont-leave-1662199/
BREITBART
— Blagojevich Unmasks ‘Fake Polling,’ Predicts ‘No Blue Wave’ in Midterms.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/10/06/rod-blagojevich-unmasks-fake-polling-favoring-democrats-there-will-be-no-blue-wave/amp/
CATO
— Ten Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) Arguments for Socialism and Why They’re Wrong. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.cato.org/blog/ten-democratic-socialists-america-dsa-arguments-socialism-why-theyre-wrong
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A private owner who wastes capital loses his own money, and a firm that wastes enough goes bankrupt. A political manager wastes other people’s money, cannot go bankrupt, and gets promoted for loyalty rather than output, while the nominal owners (the people) have no way to monitor him and no shares to sell. . .Socialism has always required coercion to make people surrender their property to the state.)
— Private Property. DD: Under capitalism, I was able to do the following, but under socialism I would not have: a) work my way through college and earn a bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970, master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. and a professional license in 1981, b) buy new cars in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1978, etc., c) buy real estate in 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1984, etc., d) get married in 1978, e) buy collector cars in 1989, 1994, etc., e) etc.
https://www.cato.org/commentary/private-property-abundance-diversity
FOX BUSINESS
— Democratic talk of affordability is absolutely hilarious. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/larry-kudlow-democratic-talk-affordability-absolutely-hilarious
FOX NEWS
— Communist, socialist activists push 20-hour workweek, property seizures as presence at protests grows. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/communist-socialist-activists-push-20-hour-workweek-property-seizures-presence-protests-grows
— Federal agents intercept boat carrying 14 illegal aliens before unloading in wealthy coastal enclave.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/federal-agents-intercept-boat-carrying-14-illegal-aliens-unloading-wealthy-coastal-enclave
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Education Dept. Urges Schools to Teach History, Consequences of Communism. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/10/education-dept-urges-schools-to-teach-history-consequences-of-communism/amp/
NEW AMERICAN
— Republican Socialists of America. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://thenewamerican.com/us/politics/republican-socialists-of-america/
NEWSMAX
— Biden Border Policies Created Security Threat.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/tom-homan-immigration-biden-admininstration/2026/10/06/id/1271937/
TOWNHALL
— Trump Wins Again Against Illegal Migration.
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnandandyschlafly/2026/10/07/trump-wins-again-against-illegal-migration-n2684226
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Florida’s 25-year record on school choice is a huge success. DD: My parents sent me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools. That put me on track to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://thehill.com/opinion/education/6131611-henry-mack-defends-scholarships/
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: What percent of those in America who are the following are on welfare: Citizens of America, noncitizens, White, Black, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, female, male, heterosexual, LGBTQ, younger, older, married, non-married, non-veteran, veteran, Protestant, non-Protestant, German American, non-German American, have ancestors who have been in America for a long time, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, etc.?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/10/07/maga-pushback-white-male-welfare-villain-reveals-much-about-race/
— DD: Democrat leaders focus on the following voter groups: a) younger voters, b) older voters, c) Latino voters, and e) Independent voters. I disagree with my critics/opponents who discouraged me from hand-delivering the following to the 170 Independent households in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton: DuPage County GOP-provided envelopes with 300 DuPage County Election-provided mailing labels for Independent voters that contained the outstanding Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) Voter Guide, the sample ballot, and Republican candidate literature from the 14 candidates who provided their literature to MTRO? To discourage me from seeking votes for Republican candidates from Independent voters in my precinct, my critics/opponents stress that according to polls, 54% of independents say their vote will be mostly to express their opposition to Trump. I stress the 46% of Independent voters who do not say that. According to my critics/opponents, I am far too conservative, and because of that, the more that I do to help Republican candidates, the fewer votes that they will get.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/us/politics/democrats-senate-polls-voters.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In nearly every state we polled, Democrats hold an advantage with independent voters, the bloc of swing voters that typically decides elections. Across the eight states combined, independent voters say they trust Democrats more on every measure in the polls. Democrats’ lead with independent voters is widest in Alaska, where they hold a whopping 46-point edge with the group. Nearly 60 percent of independents say that Trump’s policies have hurt their state, and 80 percent of independent voters disapprove of how the president has handled the cost of living. And independents there gave Mary Peltola, the Democratic Senate candidate, a nearly 50-point advantage — among the widest of any issue in any state — on who they trust to handle rising costs.)
USA TODAY
— DOJ close to stripping citizenship in ‘denaturalization effort.’ The Department of Homeland Security is moving to strip U.S. citizenship from 40 people accused of crimes, expanding denaturalization use.
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/politics/2026/10/06/doj-largest-denaturalization-effort-stripping-citizenship/92118694007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at young voters that Trump causes all their problems.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2026/10/03/young-voters-democrats-trump-midterms/92008060007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How Big a Midterm Win for the Democrats? Trump is hurting his party through both his unpopularity and choice of candidates.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/how-big-a-midterm-win-for-the-democrats-dc5b1388
FORBES
— DD: Democrat leaders crow about their success in driving Trump’s approval rating down, and especially with voters who are liberal, moderate, minority, female, younger, poor, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are in America illegally.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2026/10/06/trumps-approval-rating-stagnates-at-record-low-32-in-latest-poll/
FAST COMPANY
— American Dream. DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, pursuing the American Dream is more difficult: American, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91579003/the-american-dream-didnt-shrink
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Helping Stopped-Out Students Finish College. DD: During my first 2 years at UIC and my 3rd year at NIU, I worked for the Park Forest Post Office part-time during the school years and full-time during the summers. That enabled me to graduate debt-free from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in business when I was 21 in 1970 and owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/student-success/life-after-college/2026/10/07/helping-stopped-out-students-finish-college
MARIJUANA HERALD
— Where Candidates in All 35 U.S. Senate Races Stand on Marijuana Law Reform. DD: In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton and in 2009, I led the successful effort to ban video gambling in Wheaton.
https://themarijuanaherald.com/2026/10/where-candidates-in-all-35-u-s-senate-races-stand-on-marijuana-law-reform/#illinois-juliana-stratton-vs-don-tracy
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois: Juliana Stratton vs. Don Tracy. Juliana Stratton (Democrat): Stratton has explicitly endorsed federal marijuana legalization. During a June 2026 appearance at a marijuana industry event, the Illinois lieutenant governor said she wants to see marijuana legalized federally and pointed to Illinois’ regulated adult-use system as a model. Stratton previously served in the Illinois House, but she had left the legislature and become lieutenant governor by the time Illinois enacted recreational marijuana legalization in 2019, so she did not cast a legislative vote on the final legalization bill. Don Tracy (Republican): No clear public position from Tracy on federal marijuana legalization, medical marijuana, rescheduling or banking reform was identified. Tracy, a lawyer and former Illinois Republican Party chairman, has not served in Congress and therefore has no federal marijuana voting record.)
