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House Democrats face a Wednesday noon deadline to settle on a House Speaker as the 102nd General Assembly must be sworn in. According to House Rules, no legislative action can be taken until a speaker is seated, setting up the possibility of stalemate even as the state faces a host of challenges from the Coronavirus pandemic to a $4 billion budget hole.
But Madigan’s current challengers face a tough path to 60 votes too, with State Rep. Ann Williams (D-Chicago) garnering 18 votes Sunday evening and State Rep. Stephanie Kifowit (D-Oswego) getting three. State Rep. Kathleen Willis (D-Addison), who stunned colleagues in December by vowing to vote against Madigan for speaker despite being a member of his leadership team and announced her candidacy last week dropped out of the race in the middle of the caucus meeting, lending her support to Williams.