Attorneys representing House Speaker Chris Welch (D-Hillside), Senate President Don Harmon (D-Oak Park) and the Illinois State Board of Elections pushed back last week on two lawsuits challenging the state’s new legislative redistricting maps, encouraging a three-judge panel to dismiss both cases. 

Attorneys representing House Speaker Chris Welch (D-Hillside), Senate President Don Harmon (D-Oak Park) and the Illinois State Board of Elections pushed back last week on two lawsuits challenging the state’s new legislative redistricting maps, encouraging a three-judge panel to dismiss both cases.