Pope Leo XIV voted in the most recent election, reported CBS News, but questions still linger about where he stands politically. The Papal Conclave came to a close Thursday evening after the election of Pope Leo XIV—born in Chicago as Robert Francis Prevost,

The new pope, formerly Robert F. Prevost, has a mixed voting history, casting ballots in both GOP and Democratic primaries.

When news broke Thursday about Robert Prevost's election as the first American pontiff, Pope Leo XIV, the mood throughout Chicago was joyous.

He voted in November’s presidential election with an absentee ballot, according to records from a suburban Chicago county.

Then-Cardinal Robert Prevost, a Chicago native, pulled the lever in Republican primaries in 2012, 2014, and 2016 — but hasn’t voted in a GOP primary since.

Voters in Illinois do not register by party, so Prevost’s decision to vote in Republican primaries doesn’t necessarily mean he is a Republican.

A Trump administration executive order issued in March demands states not count mail-in ballots received after Election Day and requires proof of citizenship to register to vote. The attorneys general argue that the power to regulate elections rests with Congress,

U.S. Representative Mike Bost announced his campaign for re-election at the Monroe County GOP Century Club Dinner on Thursday evening, receiving the full endors

Illinois Democrat U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky says she won’t seek reelection next year after 14 terms in the House.

It was in the same frescoed chapel that the Chicago-born Augustinian missionary Robert Prevost was elected Thursday afternoon as the 267th pope.

Attendees included Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker ... according to Federal Election Commission filings. However, Schakowsky still has more than double the cash on hand with $877,000.