Posted on January 29, 2009 by Kari Andren
Ill. Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn ready and waiting
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – As the closing arguments in Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s impeachment trial proceed, Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn is making his way to Springfield.
Quinn is flying down from Chicago and plans to spend the day in his state capitol office working and monitoring the trial, according to Bob [...]
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Posted on January 27, 2009 by Kari Andren
By Kari Andren
Post-Dispatch Springfield bureau 01/27/09
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – If Gov. Rod Blagojevich is convicted in his state Senate trial that began Monday, his post will be filled, of course, by Lt. Gov. Patrick Quinn.
And who will fill Quinn’s office? No one. Under the line of succession as outlined in the Illinois Constitution, if Quinn becomes [...]
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