Dissecting this election year’s political messages in Illinois

With a statewide election just over two months away, candidates are in full-on campaign mode.

By Andrea Guthmann
State Sen. Darren Bailey, R-Xenia, and his wife Cindy wave as they walk on stage to speak at an election night rally at the Thelma Keller Convention Center in Effingham after Bailey won the Republican gubernatorial primary election June 28.
State Sen. Darren Bailey, R-Xenia, and his wife Cindy wave as they walk on stage to speak at an election night rally at the Thelma Keller Convention Center in Effingham after Bailey won the Republican gubernatorial primary election June 28. Ashlee Rezin / Chicago Sun-Times
State Sen. Darren Bailey, R-Xenia, and his wife Cindy wave as they walk on stage to speak at an election night rally at the Thelma Keller Convention Center in Effingham after Bailey won the Republican gubernatorial primary election June 28.
State Sen. Darren Bailey, R-Xenia, and his wife Cindy wave as they walk on stage to speak at an election night rally at the Thelma Keller Convention Center in Effingham after Bailey won the Republican gubernatorial primary election June 28. Ashlee Rezin / Chicago Sun-Times

Dissecting this election year’s political messages in Illinois

With a statewide election just over two months away, candidates are in full-on campaign mode.

By Andrea Guthmann
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Mayor Lightfoot accuses a conservative PAC of darkening her skin in an ad attacking Pritzker, and calls the group out for racism. Meanwhile, the Democratic Party of Illinois gave over $5 million to Democratic campaigns in Illinois this week.

Reset takes a look at campaign ads and political messaging.

GUESTS: Connie Mixon, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Urban Studies Program at Elmhurst University

Delmarie Cobb, political strategist