News Coverage: Kent Redfield

The Current's May print edition is now available at bars, restaurants and other locations around Chicago. Here's a story from the paper. More to come on Monday. 

Mark Kirk entered the U.S. Senate race as a golden child of Illinois’ Republican Party, winning handily in his GOP primary for Barack Obama’s old seat.

It was the latest victory in his charmed political career. Since 2001, he’s held the 10th Congressional District seat, maintaining favor with moderates among his wealthy, socially liberal North Shore constituency. Read more...

Every 10 years, Illinois lawmakers bust out their markers and redraw the lines that make up the state’s legislative districts.

The process is called redistricting, and it’s guaranteed to produce some serious political strife during the year to come.

“Redistricting, to me, is the root of all evil,” says Sen. Kirk Dillard, a Hinsdale Republican running for governor. Read more...