Former Representative Gauging Support for Run in 2026 After Prison Sentence for Campaign Finance Misuse Former Democratic ...

Family affair: Jackson is the son of civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. and the brother of Congressman Jonathan ...

Robin Kelly is set to leave office to run for U.S. Senate. Former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. is eyeing a political ...

Convicted former Democratic U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. is ramping up an effort to get politicians to encourage President Joe Biden to pardon the former congressman before the Democratic president … ...

Jackson did even better in 1988 Four years later, Jackson was seen as less of a political outsider when he ran his second presidential campaign.

Former Democratic Illinois Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., who went to prison for using campaign funds for personal expenses, is ...

The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. received a standing ovation when he arrived on the first night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Jackson, 82, waved and gave a thumbs-up from his ...

CHICAGO — For more than two years, former congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. has sought a presidential pardon. His father, the civil rights icon, has written President Joe Biden about it and Jackson ...

Can Jesse Jackson, Sr. get a pardon for his son in Biden’s final days? Jackson Jr. was sentenced to 30 months in prison for spending $750,000 in campaign funds on personal expenses in 2013. By ...

Jackson's letter urges the president to "weigh the balance of his life and the power of forgiveness" in considering Jesse Jackson Jr. for a full pardon.

With the Nov. 5 general election less than two weeks away, Jackson — a civil rights icon and former Democratic presidential candidate — will headline the service, which is expected to focus on ...

Bernie Sanders, Al Sharpton and half a dozen House members lavished praise on Jesse Jackson, the ailing civil rights and Democratic Party icon.