Written by David E. Smith
Governor-elect
Bruce Rauner (R) won a slim majority of the total votes and by 142,284 votes over incumbent
Patrick Quinn (D). Voter turnout was 49 percent, and compared to the 2010 gubernatorial election was down two percent, or 112,353 less voters in the 2014 election.
Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Lisa Madigan won decisively with 59 percent of the total vote, beating Republican challenger Paul Schimpf who received little support from the Republican establishment in Illinois.
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Tags: Bruce Rauner, Frank Mautino, Glenn Nixon, Jerry Lee Long, Jim Wozniak, Judy Baar Topinka, Kate Cloonen, Lisa Madigan, Lisa Simon, Michael Frerichs, Mike Smiddy, Patrick Quinn, Paul Schimpf, Tom Cross
Uncategorized | David E. Smith | 
December 3, 2014 7:00 AM | 
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Written by Russ Stewart
Michael Madigan is a political genius, a durable Democratic leader, a successful and wealthy lawyer, and a horrendously dysfunctional speaker of the Illinois House.
Mayor Richard J. Daley once babbled some nonsense that “Good government is good politics.” He should have known better, as he spent a decade in Springfield, where the operative philosophy is “good politics may be good government, but if it’s not, so what?” Grasping, clutching and holding power is endemic.… Continue Reading
Tags: Bill Kilquist, Bruce Rauner, Cullen Cullen, Dwight Kay, Glenn Nixon, Jaime Andrade, Jim Wozniak, Kate Cloonen, Lou Lang, Luis Arroyo, Marty Moylan, Mel Thillens, Michael Madigan, Mike Bost, Mike McAuliffe, Mike Smiddy, Mo Khan, Pat Quinn, Rich Morthland, Richard J. Daley, Rob Martwick, Sam Yingling, Sandy Cole
Illinois Politics | David E. Smith | October 13, 2014 7:00 AM | Comments Off on “Dysfunctional” Democrats May Keep House Supermajority
