Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has won re-election to a third term.
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has won re-election to a third term.
Madigan handily defeated Republican newcomer Steve Kim, Green Party candidate David Black and Libertarian Bill Malan.
The 44-year-old Madigan became the state’s first female attorney general in 2003.
She has been mentioned as a possible candidate for governor, senator and mayor of Chicago.
She won the 2006 election with more than 70 percent of the vote.
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