Attorney General https://illinoisfamilyaction.org Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:24:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-download-32x32.jpg Attorney General https://illinoisfamilyaction.org 32 32 76203252 SPOTLIGHT: David Shestokas To Run for Illinois Attorney General (Part 2) https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2021/11/spotlight-david-shestokas-to-run-for-illinois-attorney-general-part-2/ Tue, 16 Nov 2021 12:00:03 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=18419 Written by Jenna Smith

Welcome to part two of Monte Larrick’s conversation with David Shestokas, attorney and Republican candidate for Illinois Attorney General. In this Spotlight, the discussion turns to Governor Pritzker’s abuse of his emergency powers and executive orders – a deliberate overreach that has been enabled by the legislature’s abdication of their authority, as well as the failure of Kwame Raoul (the current Attorney General) to protect the public interests of the citizens of Illinois and to enforce the law set forth in the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act.… Continue Reading

]]> 18419 GOP Candidates for Attorney General: Gary Grasso and Erika Harold https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/03/gop-candidates-for-attorney-general-gary-grasso-and-erika-harold/ Sat, 10 Mar 2018 17:00:45 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=8744 Written by John Biver and Dave Smith

In a previous article, we covered the crowded Democratic Party primary for Illinois Attorney General, so now we turn to the two-way race for Republicans.

As with the Democrats, the Republicans are talking a lot about using the office to combat corruption — something the 4-term incumbent Lisa Madigan has been roundly criticized for failing to do. As noted previously, the fact that her father is Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan is often seen as the reason for that seeming lack of effort.… Continue Reading

]]> 8744 Former Miss America Wants to Unseat Lisa Madigan as Illinois Attorney General https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/08/former-miss-america-wants-to-unseat-lisa-madigan-as-illinois-attorney-general/ Thu, 17 Aug 2017 09:00:41 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=7969 Written by Dan McCaleb

Former Miss America Erika Harold announced Tuesday that she plans to seek the GOP nomination for Illinois attorney general with hopes of taking on Lisa Madigan next fall.

An attorney from Urbana, Harold in 2012 and 2014 unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for U.S. Congress in Illinois’ 13th District.

Harold is a graduate of the University of Illinois. She says she entered the Miss America pageant to help fund her graduate education at Harvard Law School.… Continue Reading

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