Page 28 - October Newsletter

Governor’s race, and other campaigns, starting to heat up
Even though the 2018 election is a year away, the politics are heating up quickly.
intelligent and dedicated leader. It appears that she will enter private practice.
Several candidates have emerged to succeed At- torney General Madigan, including State Sena- tor Kwame Raoul, State Representative Drury,
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In the governor’s race, Chicago Al- derman Ameya Pawar has ended his bid, but there is now talk of a Republican primary challenge to R
y Sharon Fairley who recently resigned as head
Governor Bruce Rauner. The gov- R
ernor signed HB 40 which addresses
the abortion issue. Many conserva-
tive Republicans are upset over that, so there might be a primary race, and it may end up being one of the most expensive campaigns in U.S. history.
In addition, retirement announcements con- tinue, including a surprise one from Attorney General Lisa Madigan. Lisa and I were freshmen sen- ators together in the state senate years ago. She is an
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of the Civilian Office of Police Accountability and others. There are now more than 30 legis- lators who will not be running for their current offices again. That is a major turnover for the Illinois
State Legislature.
The legislature will be in veto session throughout
October and into early November. While it currently does not look like any Legislation that will adverse- ly impact police will be undertaken, we will be in Springfield working hard. d
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