“… and like that … ‘poof’ … he was gone”
Wow! Was not expecting this so soon after resigning his House seat. He will leave a void and the leadership of the party has to step up.
Waiting for Republican state chair snarky response.
Will Madigan remain a power behind the throne? Or is he out to pasture as a relic of a former time.
Bob Raica is interested in being appointed to his state central committee seat.
- Three Dimensional Checkers - Monday, Feb 22, 21 @ 5:42 pm:
A gentleman should know when to leave the party.
People need to stop suggesting that Madigan will remain as a hidden “power behind the throne”
Former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan on Monday resigned from his role heading the state’s Democratic Party just one day after he told reporters he
In a matter of weeks, Michael Madigan has given up the titles that have bestowed him historic political and legislative power over Illinois for decades.
Ex-House speaker Madigan quits Democratic Party chairman job
Illinois former Speaker of the House Michael Madigan speaks during a committee hearing in Chicago Sunday, Feb. 21, 2021 in Chicago. Madigan, who resigned from his legislative seat last week, has also stepped down from his post as chairman of the Illinois Democratic Party, Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. Madigan s move comes as he s been implicated in a federal bribery investigation. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, file) February 22, 2021 - 6:46 PM
CHICAGO - Michael Madigan, the Chicago Democrat who for decades led the Illinois House of Representatives before recently resigning the Legislature amid an ongoing federal probe that implicated him in a long-running bribery scheme, quit Monday as state party chairman.