The Illinois attorney general said Monday she won’t run for governor next year because her father remains a top state legislator.
State Attorney General Lisa Madigan (D), who had been considered a front-runner against Gov. Pat Quinn (D), said in a statement that she would not run because her father, state House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago), would remain in his post. Madigan instead said she will seek a fourth term as state attorney general.
“I feel strongly that the state would not be well served by having a governor and speaker of the House from the same family and have never planned to run for governor if that would be the case,” Lisa Madigan said in a statement to the Chicago Tribune. “With Speaker Madigan planning to continue in office, I will not run for governor.”
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