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Madigan said former Chicago alderman and precinct captain Frank Olivo was his neighbor for “ten years, maybe more” and that he recommended Olivo’s appointment to the city council by then ...
Former Madigan aide Craig Willert and precinct captain Stephen Hensley followed two of the longtime speaker’s chief counsels, David Ellis and Justin Cox, to the witness stand, as jurors returned ...
Michael Joseph Madigan (born April 19, 1942) is an American politician who is the former speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives. [1] He was the longest-serving leader of any state or federal legislative body in the history of the United States, having held the position for all but two years from 1983 to 2021. [2]
Lisa Murray Madigan [1] (born July 30, 1966) is an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party , she served as Attorney General of the U.S. state of Illinois from 2003 to 2019, being the first woman to hold that position.
Madigan served in the Illinois House from 1971 to 2021 and was speaker for all but two years between 1983 and 2021. He chaired the Democratic Party of Illinois for 23 years.
Blagojevich was endorsed by many Democratic leaders (with the notable exception of Attorney General Lisa Madigan, who claimed it was a conflict of interest since her office was investigating him), [38] including then-Illinois Senator Barack Obama, who endorsed the governor in early 2005 and spoke on his behalf at the August 2006 Illinois State ...
Madigan and McClain are charged with 23 counts of bribery, racketeering and official misconduct in connection with a scheme federal prosecutors called the "Madigan Enterprise." United States of ...
Edward Rell "Ed" Madigan (January 13, 1936 – December 7, 1994) was a businessman and a Republican Party politician from Lincoln, Illinois. He served almost twenty years in the United States House of Representatives and was U.S. secretary of agriculture under President George H. W. Bush .