Madigan backing primary challenger to Bobby Rush
Posted February 29, 2016 10:00 pm
Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is backing Alderman Howard Brookins against veteran U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush in the March 15 Democratic primary.
The powerful speaker - who also is chairman of the state Democratic Party - customarily supports the party's incumbents. But Brookins is listed as the preferred candidate of Madigan's 13th Ward Democratic Organization on the newly printed "sample ballots" sent to voters in the speaker's Southwest Side power base.
The Madigan organization's "palm card" promotes none of the candidates in the heated primary for Cook County state's attorney. Two former employees of that office, Kim Foxx and Donna More, are challenging incumbent Anita Alvarez.
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