The toppling of Michael Madigan: How his reign as speaker ended and Emanuel ‘Chris’ Welch’s emerged – Chicago Tribune*

In contrast to the chaos in Washington, no tense moments are expected this week in naming the Illinois House speaker, given that Welch’s House Democrats won a modern-day record 78 seats — a group Welch now calls “The Great 78.”
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ProzacPlease
3 years ago

How many articles about how much good Madigan did for the state? Now The Toppling of Madigan”? Unbelievable.

debtsor
3 years ago

LOL 78 seats with 55% of the vote. It wasn’t madigan, it was gerrymandering!

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3 years ago
Reply to  debtsor

Smart cartography. Don’t hate the playa.

debtsor
3 years ago

By smart you mean totally unfair, in fact, been called the most unfair district gerrymandering in the nation.

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3 years ago
Reply to  debtsor

By smart I mean when either party is in power they will do their best to gerrymander to their benefit.

“Waaahhhhhh. It’s unfair that they gerrymandered.” Nothing more than babies whining.

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