Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump campaigned in Bloomington-Normal Sunday, attracting supporters and protestors, but no major disruptions.

Donald Trump cancelled a rally Friday at the University of Illinois' Chicago campus, saying he didn't want anyone to get hurt after protesters packed the arena.  Protesters celebrated, chanting "We stopped Trump!"

The Democratic presidential candidate spoke Friday at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, where the primarily student audience packed a 4,000-seat campus basketball arena.  Sanders touched on familiar campaign themes, calling for campaign finance reform, marijuana decriminalization and increased corporate taxes.

Iconic journalist Bob Woodward, in town to deliver the first New Lincoln Lecture series at the University of Illinois's College of Law, talks about Lincoln, the 2016 Presidential Race and Illinois's Budget Stalemate.

Illinois U.S. Senator Dick Durbin says the country needs to wait until early March, after few caucuses and primaries, to get a true sense of who the Republican nominee will be for president.  He says early February's Iowa Caucuses and New Hampshire primary aren't enough to gain a complete picture.