Here at Eye On Illinois we try to keep the focus on government over politics, but of course the politicians tend to run the government so sometimes the considerations are inevitable.

Monday’s Capitol News Illinois report on three Democrats hoping to be the party’s 2026 nominee for a U.S. Senate seat held by the retiring Dick Durbin is one such useful piece in that it explores how the candidates differ on several economic policy issues like health care, housing, food aid, child care and taxes, among others.

This is good information since voters absolutely deserve to understand where campaigners stand on the types of issues they might actually influence when in office. That’s government. But there is an important political consideration: no matter which Illinois Democrat wins the primary,

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