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alp227

(32,064 posts) Tue Jul 16, 2013, 12:39 AM Jul 2013

Lisa Madigan takes pass on governor's race

Source: Chicago Tribune

For months, Attorney General Lisa Madigan and her father, House Speaker Michael Madigan, brushed aside the notion that it would be a conflict of interest if she served as governor while he continued to run the General Assembly.

But on Monday, she ended the rampant political speculation by announcing she'll skip a run for governor and seek re-election, noting that her choice was largely due to the inherent conflict of concentrating too much power over state government in the hands of one family.

"I feel strongly that the state would not be well served by having a governor and speaker of the House from the same family and have never planned to run for governor if that would be the case," Lisa Madigan said in a statement. "With Speaker Madigan planning to continue in office, I will not run for governor."

The decision to seek a fourth term as the state's chief legal officer came as questions grew louder about Lisa Madigan's ability to separate herself from the political baggage of her father, who doubles as chairman of the Illinois Democratic Party.

Read more: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-lisa-madigan-illinois-attorney-general-reelection,0,4051834.story

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Lisa Madigan takes pass on governor's race (Original Post) alp227 Jul 2013 OP

the dutiful daugher lol nt msongs Jul 2013 #1

Wonder what prompted that, thought she'd run for sure. trublu992 Jul 2013 #2

The age discrimination case in Chicago? Her memo? ChairmanAgnostic Jul 2013 #3

nobody, but nobody was going to vote for her as long as daddy mopinko Jul 2013 #4

The Daley's and the Madigan's have made a deal. former9thward Jul 2013 #5

msongs

(67,458 posts)

1. the dutiful daugher lol nt

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Tue Jul 16, 2013, 12:42 AM

Jul 2013

trublu992

(489 posts)

2. Wonder what prompted that, thought she'd run for sure.

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Tue Jul 16, 2013, 12:47 AM

Jul 2013

ChairmanAgnostic

(28,017 posts)

3. The age discrimination case in Chicago? Her memo?

Reply to trublu992 (Reply #2)

Tue Jul 16, 2013, 06:29 AM

Jul 2013

Where she ordered her aides to fire the old white guys and replace them with young women?

That is going to trial in a couple of months.

http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=8797014029984469016&hl=en&as_sdt=2&as_vis=1&oi=scholarr

mopinko

(70,261 posts)

4. nobody, but nobody was going to vote for her as long as daddy

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Tue Jul 16, 2013, 12:08 PM

Jul 2013

was running the show. till he steps down, she is screwn.

i like lisa. she has done a good job. she would get my help if she were to run, as long as daddy retired.

former9thward

(32,093 posts)

5. The Daley's and the Madigan's have made a deal.

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Tue Jul 16, 2013, 02:24 PM

Jul 2013

To take out Quinn. And they will. As long as they were split he had a chance to slip back in. Now he has none.

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