State Rep. Robin Kelly will not serve as federal co-chair of the party, and focus on candidates for federal candidates, as proposed by Pritzker, according to source familiar with her plans.
Kelly, who had the backing of U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Illinois, and Mayor Lori Lightfoot, will not serve as federal co-chair of the party, and focus on candidates for federal candidates, as proposed by Pritzker, according to source familiar with Kelly’s plans.by Illinois and Chicago officials to convince the Democratic National Committee to pick Chicago to host the 2024 convention., D-Chicago, to announce Friday morning they would back Hernandez sealed Kelly’s defeat.
A member of Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch’s leadership team in the Illinois House, Hernandez also had his backing. As a federal elected official, Kelly is prohibited by federal election laws from raising or spending money for state or local races unless those activities follow restrictive federal laws.
But Pritzker — the party’s largest donor — told reporters that system has created “challenges” and could complicate efforts to maintain the Democratic Party’s supermajorities in the Illinois House and Senate while winning the two seats up for grabs on the Illinois Supreme Court.
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