Did Mike Madigan Cost Illinois Democrats In Election 2020?

By Daniel Tucker
Virus Outbreak Illinois Legislature
Illinois Speaker of the House Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, listens to debate on SB 264, the state budget for the new fiscal year starting in July, during an extended session of the Illinois House of Representatives at the Bank of Springfield Center, Saturday, May 23, 2020, in Springfield, Ill. The Illinois House of Representatives is holding session at the center instead of the Illinois State Capitol because it allows for safe social distancing amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Justin L. Fowler / The State Journal-Register via AP, Pool
Virus Outbreak Illinois Legislature
Illinois Speaker of the House Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, listens to debate on SB 264, the state budget for the new fiscal year starting in July, during an extended session of the Illinois House of Representatives at the Bank of Springfield Center, Saturday, May 23, 2020, in Springfield, Ill. The Illinois House of Representatives is holding session at the center instead of the Illinois State Capitol because it allows for safe social distancing amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Justin L. Fowler / The State Journal-Register via AP, Pool

Did Mike Madigan Cost Illinois Democrats In Election 2020?

By Daniel Tucker
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Top Illinois Democrats — including Sen. Dick Durbin — are publicly blaming House Speaker Mike Madigan for the state party’s failures on Election Day.

Reset asks if this could signal the beginning of the end for the embattled speaker.

GUEST: John Shaw, director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University