How long a shadow indicted former Speaker Mike Madigan will cast on the November election depends on whom you ask. Lawmakers who bucked powerful Democrat describe bullying: "Your political career is over."
For nearly 40 years, former Illinois House Speaker and state Democratic Party chairman Michael Madigan was at the epicenter of politics in Chicago and Illinois. Now, he’s at the epicenter of a corruption investigation. The news has Springfield reeling.
Nineteen Illinois House Democrats who broke with former Speaker Mike Madigan in November 2020 amid a corruption scandal said his indictment Wednesday was "a watershed moment," and noted "intense pressure" to keep him in power.