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Looking ahead to 2018
The Illinois Legislature is not sched- uled to return into session until 2018. The House and Senate wrapped up their
fall veto session in the second week
of November, and they are not scheduled to return until late Jan- uary.
In this year’s veto session, unlike the last two, Governor Rauner was
overridden on several of his vetoes. One of the few that the governor was successful in holding was his veto of SB 1905, which called for the continued ban of local Right to Work (for less) areas in Illinois. While this bill passed both chambers and is consistent with current federal law, the governor was successful in killing it. Labor was unified in support of it, but the House Republicans were able to hold enough mem- bers off to stop it.
The jockeying in the attorney general’s race is in full swing. Former Governor Pat Quinn has entered
the crowded field that includes State Senator Kwame Raoul, COPA executive Sharon Fairley, former CPS Board member Jesse Ruiz, State Representative Scott Drury and others. This unexpected com- petition has been caused by the surprise an- y nouncement from longtime Attorney General
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Lisa Madigan that she will not seek reelection in 2018. The Cook County Democratic Party has endorsed Senator Raoul. Former Miss America Erika
Harold looks to be the Republican nominee. Petitions for all 2018 races will be filed in early De- cember, so we will then have a clearer view of all the political races on the docket. The governor’s race con- tinues to look like it may be the most expensive race in the country. In addition, more than 30 Illinois state legislators have announced that they will not seek their current office in 2018. That is an unusually high
number of retirements. d
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