The Illinois Constitution does allow the General Assembly to set up a replacement procedure, so it could act if it wanted to.
Remember the national uproar last November when U.S. Rep. Chuy Garcia bowed out of his reelection race at the last minute and quietly passed petitions to put his chief of staff, Patty Garcia, on the ballot? We saw a lesser, but still quite palpable m… [4397 chars]
Source: Shaw Local Enewspapers | Published: 2026-01-20T15:58:51Z
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