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By Benjamin Cox on February 23, 2021 at 6:15pm
Former State Representative and long-time Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has now resigned as Chairman of the Democratic Party of Illinois. According to a press release from the DPI this afternoon, Vice Chair Karen Yarbrough will be appointed as interim chair of the party until a new chair is named. Madigan has held the chair of the DPI since 1998. Madigan’s current four-year term as state central committeeman ends following the March primary in 2022. Pursuant to the Illinois Election Code, the 36 members of the Democratic State Central Committee will meet within 30 days to select a new chair to serve for the remainder of the term.
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WASHINGTON Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., hinted Monday that the Biden White House will allow U.S. Attorney John Lausch, overseeing probes of top Democrats in Illinois, to remain on the job and not be forced to resign at the end of the week.
“I can just say that Senator (Tammy) Duckworth and I continue to present our case to the White House, that the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois should be allowed to continue until a successor is chosen. I am hopeful that that will end positively when we’ll know, I hope soon,” Durbin said.