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Republican state Sen. Bill Brady is retiring from the General Assembly.
Brady, who stepped down as Republican leader in the Senate as efforts were made to oust him from the post, announced his decision today. The Bloomington Republican served in the state legislature for 27 years, first in the House from 1993 to 2001 before moving to the Senate.
Bill Brady became minority leader in the Senate in August 2017. He sought but failed to secure the GOP nomination for governor in 2006 and in 2014. In 2010, he was the Republican candidate for governor but was defeated in the general election by Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn.
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FILE - In this Dec. 17, 2020, file photo, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks during a news conference at City Hall in Chicago. Lightfoot was first told in November 2019 of a pretty bad wrongful raid on the home of a Black woman who wasn t allowed to dress before police handcuffed her, according to emails released publicly Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020. The more than 150 pages of emails between top city aides clear up the timeline of when Lightfoot found out about the February 2019 botched raid on the home of Anjanette Young. The incident and the city s response has prompted nationwide criticism, led to the ouster of the city s top attorney and put 12 police officers on desk duty pending an investigation. (Anthony Vazquez/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, File) Photo: Associated Press