New Leader for Illinois GOP

Sean Crawford — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 21:37:30 +0000

As a divided Illinois Republican Party heads into another election cycle next year, it will have a new chairman. Jack Dorgan of Rosemont was picked during a private vote of the state central committee.

Michael Madigan on Illinois GOP & Pension System

Rich Egger — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 20:59:17 +0000

Illinois Republicans had a theme when they met in Tampa for the Republican National Convention: Fire Madigan.

It’s more than a slogan for the state GOP. It’s an all-out marketing campaign against the Illinois House speaker. It includes t-shirts, buttons and even a baby bib that read “Fire Madigan.”

The GOP blames Michael Madigan for allowing the state to slide into a fiscal mess. But Madigan said it’s Republicans who are unwilling to do what he called the "heavy lifting."