Costly Statehouse Races Highlight Illinois Power Struggle

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via The Washington Times

“CHICAGO (AP) – State Rep. Michael McAuliffe is no stranger to being at the center of a power struggle that could define the future of Illinois.

Twenty years ago, the only Republican lawmaker in Chicago had just taken over his late father’s district when he found himself targeted by Democrats fighting to regain the majority they’d lost two years before. That November, Democrats won back the majority they’ve held ever since, and McAuliffe got a taste of the attention he faces again this year in a fight raging from St. Louis’ Metro East suburbs to Kankakee to Chicago’s Northwest Side.

‘We knew this was going to be a battleground,’ McAuliffe said.”

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