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BLOOMINGTON (HOI) - A long-time state lawmaker from the Twin-Cities is considering a run for statewide office.
State Rep. Dan Brady (R-Bloomington) told Heart of Illinois-ABC on Tuesday he s exploring a possible run for Illinois Secretary of State.
Current Secretary of State Jesse White, a Democrat, has held the office since 1998, but he said he s not seeking a seventh term next year.
Brady said he has no timetable for making a decision, but plans to receive input from family, friends, and constituents about his options.
Brady has served in the legislature since 2001, and is the second highest ranking Republican in the House where he is Deputy House Republican Leader. Brady is a funeral director in Bloomington-Normal, and a former McLean County Coroner.
When Democrats in the Illinois House voted in a new Speaker in January, many lawmakers on both sides of the aisle were optimistic a new era would follow.
But three months later, Republicans claim they’re still being treated unfairly by Democrats who hold supermajorities in both the Illinois House and Senate.
Following the election of Speaker Chris Welch (D-Hillside), the Illinois House passed a number of rule changes for its spring legislative session, including allowing remote committee work during the pandemic and calling for term limits on legislative leaders.
But Republicans complain the new rules don’t go nearly far enough. GOP members say true reform would mean their bills would get a fair shot at making it out of committee.
Not the consent calendar.
Thank you GOP for stepping up to defend the purity of the consent calendar.
=Republicans say 82% have Democratic sponsors while only 18% came from their caucus.=
Maybe it has to do with the fact that so many GQP bills take direct aim at Democratic priorities that are supported by the majority of the population of Illinois (See election results).
Or maybe the GQP is too busy fighting science.
- Flyin Elvis -Utah Chapter - Friday, Apr 16, 21 @ 9:08 am:
Kinda hard to be taken seriously when Darren Bailey could quite possibly be your candidate for gov.
+the Democrat-controlled legislature+
- Just Me 2 - Friday, Apr 16, 21 @ 9:20 am:
Originally published on January 4, 2021 6:02 pm
Illinois House Republicans say they’re still waiting on Gov. JB Pritzker to propose specific spending cuts to the state’s current year state budget, which is $4 billion out of balance.
Ahead of lawmakers’ lame duck session this week, Republicans said they worried Democrats would try to push through an income tax hike instead of cut spending, but those fears are largely baseless.as Governor J.B. Pritzker has not signaled support for an immediate tax increase, but rather said he’s focused on making cuts to state government.
Though Republicans often hearken back to a middle-of-the-night income tax increase during a Lame Duck session in early 2011, spokesmen for top Democrats say that’s not in the cards this time, according to reporting from WBEZ.