“I want to use this opportunity to express how honored I have been to lead Illinois Democrats through both challenging and rewarding times,” Madigan wrote Monday in an email to party members. “Over the last two decades, we’ve increased the number of women, people of color and members of the LGBTQ community serving in elected office in Illinois and helped send a hometown Chicago leader to the White House.
Embattled former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan steps down as state Democratic Party chair
