Campaigns & Elections News

Ex-Madigan staffer settles sex harassment, retaliation lawsuit vs IL Dems, Madigan political orgs
Alaina Hampton, a woman who has claimed Illinois Democrats, led by House Speaker Michael J. Madigan, blackballed her in retaliation for complaining a Madigan operative sexually harassed her, has settled her case with Madigan, the state Democratic Party and other Madigan-controlled political organizations.

Pritzker campaign committee says ex-campaign workers refusing to cooperate, discrimination suit should be tossed
Lawyers for Pritzker's campaign say the plaintiffs haven't cooperated in scheduling and taking depositions and other discovery, and so most of them should be tossed from the action.