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Thomas Maillard, running in the June 28 primary for a legislative seat in Lake County, used to work for a video gaming company run by ex-state Sen. Michael Bond.
Grayslake Trustee Adam Shores, the lone Republican candidate in the race to succeed state Rep. Sam Yingling in the 62nd House District, will resign his village board seat at the end of the month.
Lake County voters will decide few state legislative primaries when they head to the polls in June.
Based on the first two days of candidate filing, a few intraparty showdowns are in the offing for Lake County seats in the General Assembly.
Ashlee Rezin Garcia; Pat Nabong /Sun-Times file. The race for the reins of the Democratic Party of Illinois heated up on Monday with the release of a legal opinion contending that U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly may be ineligible to serve in the top state party post. The congresswoman’s team called that “suggestion” both “false and offensive.” Kelly released her own legal opinion conceding that, as a federal elected official, she would be barred from raising or spending money for state or local campaigns, something the Matteson Democrat suggested would empower other party leaders. “I will n...