Madigan Re-Elected Chairman of Illinois Democratic Party
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Via – Madison St. Clair Record
“Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan earned the title of longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history in 2017. He’s led the House of Representatives for 33 of the last 35 years.
Now he’s setting another record: longest-serving state Democratic Party chairman in Illinois history, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. Party officials re-elected Madigan to his sixth term as chairman April 23. He’s held that post since 1998.
Madigan is the only legislative leader in the country to also serve as a party chairman, according to the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform. In September 2017, state Rep. Margo McDermed, R-Mokena, filed a bill that would prohibit this practice, barring any member of the General Assembly from “concurrently [serving] as the chairperson for a statewide political party.”’
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