Notes and quotes from Illinois State Fair political days – Capitol News IL

House Minority Leader Jim Durkin is optimistic the record-high 106 Republican candidates for the state House can make a dent in Democratic supermajorities, especially if candidates focus on economic conditions. “The cost of living, inflation,” he said. “Those are the things on people's minds, and they’ve had enough.”
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“You make me attorney general, and if Kim Foxx won’t prosecute ‘em, I will,” DeVore told the crowd. “And she better get to prosecuting or we’ll figure out a way to prosecute her.”

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