The defeat of the Progressive Tax Amendment, Supreme Court Justice Thomas Kilbride not being retained, and modest Republican gains in the Illinois Statehouse were a message from voters on election day to House Speaker Michael Madigan. That’s the assessment of local State Rep. Dan Swanson, who won re-election by a wide margin Tuesday night…
Supreme Court Justice Thomas Kilbride lost his bid for retention on the Illinois Supreme Court by a margin of 54% to 43% in what was seen as a resounding rebuke to Madigan, who had spent heavily on ads supporting Kilbride.