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President Joe Biden has yet to signal what states he wants to have early primaries. Michigan, Minnesota are front-runners for the Midwest early primary spot in 2024.
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A year after Michael Madigan gave up his ironclad grip on the state Democratic Party, officials look to modernize operations.
A year after former House Speaker Michael Madigan relinquished his ironclad control as state Democratic chairman, the state party has entered the 21st century.
"We’ve got to put an end to this executive fiat of running our state by executives that think tyrannical behavior is OK," said Tom DeVore, whose challenges to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s COVID-19 restrictions were mostly unsuccessful until this month. "And it’ll get nasty, but that’s OK. I’m not scared."
Though he is currently facing off against lawyers from the attorney general's office, Thomas DeVore on Monday announced his bid for attorney general.