Incumbent De Urban is not seeking a full term in Ward 6. Jordan Baker and Cody Hendricks are running for that council seat. Hendricks teaches civics at Olympia High School in Stanford. Baker recently served as an aide to Republican state Sen. Jason Barickman.
(The Center Square) – Two Illinois state lawmakers who recently won reelection have announced they won’t continue into the new General Assembly. State Sen. Jason Barickman, R-Bloomington, announced Monday he will retire.
Thursday, Jun 3, 2021
HOW THE GOP SAVED THE BUDGET
Republicans say you can thank GOP state Sen. Jason Barickman for steering the Democrats’ $42.3 billion state budget to the governor’s desk.
That unusual legislative twist came about after a 3 a.m. battle on the Senate floor that had Barickman, the Senate GOP’s floor leader, debating a surprise, out-of-the-blue amendment to a Democratic redistricting bill that shifted the circuit courts in St. Clair County and Lake County the latter of which Minority Leader Dan McConchie represents.
Sources said Republicans hadn’t received any notice about the late-night amendment and were angry they couldn’t get answers from Democrats.