Lightfoot’s visit came on the heels of a Senate committee approving a proposal to remove the state’s flat income tax structure from the state’s constitution: “This is the kind of bold change that I hope we will make together,” Lightfoot said. She also met with Illinois Senate Republican Leader Bill Brady and members of the black, Latino, women’s and progressive caucuses. On Day 2 of her visit to the state capital, Lightfoot met with Illinois Senate President John Cullerton before addressing lawmakers on the Senate floor. Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot pressed Illinois Senate leaders yesterday about her key priority - the “magnitude” of the city’s finances. Lightfoot talks gambling, guns, graduated income tax on Day 2 in Springfield, reports Sun-Times’ Tina Sfondeles.
Last year, Londrigan raised $3.6 million to Davis’ $3.2 million, making it one of the pricier House races. Londrigan says her 2020 campaign will spend more time in rural areas that may not have heard her message during last year’s election. Davis, a Taylorsville Republican, was a no vote. Last week, the Democratic-controlled House voted to condemn the Trump administration’s support for a lawsuit to toss out the ACA. “I thought these people don’t know what this will do to families or don’t care.” “I remember seeing House Republicans celebrating on the White House lawn,” she said. It was Davis voting against the AHCA in May 2017 that motivated her to run. The family had insurance, allowing them to escape financial ruin, says Londrigan today. After receiving “great medical care,” Londrigan said, “We went home and exhaled and then the bills came.” He was in intensive care for three weeks, including 10 days in a medically induced coma. Her son was 12 when he developed Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever from a tick bite. Health care was the focus of Londrigan’s campaign the first time around, in part because of a personal experience.
The 13th District encompases 14 counties, from Champaign-Urbana to Springfield and down to the Metro East area in southern Illinois. She has the encourgement of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which is led by U.S. 1 issue,” she told POLITICO yesterday after announcing she was running. “Health care was the issue in 2018 and it’s still the No. Rodney Davis, is taking another shot at the 13th District seat. The event is co-sponsored by the University of Chicago Institute of Politics and the Nieman Foundation and the subject is 2020 elections-Already! THE BUZZĭemocrat Betsy Londrigan, who lost by less than a point last year to U.S. TGIF, Illinois! Thanks to David Axelrod and Ann Marie Lipinski for the deep conversations during the Campaign Journalism Conference.
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