Wednesday, July 08, 2009

Lisa Madigan nixes Senate or Governor bid. Running for attorney general

The Chicago Sun-Times reports:
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan will not run for a U.S. Senate seat--despite wooing by President Obama, Rahm Emanuel, Valerie Jarrett, Dick Durbin and the Democratic Senate political operation based in Washington. She will not run for governor. Instead, Madigan is announcing Wednesday afternoon that she is running for another term as Illinois Attorney General.
A story with national implications. Lisa Madigan , was arguably, the Democrats strongest potential Senate candidate.