Madigan Says Daughter Knew He Wasn’t Retiring

Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan (R) said that he “never had any intentions to step down even as his daughter, Attorney General Lisa Madigan, weighed a possible bid for governor,” the Chicago Tribune reports.

The statement “adds some less-than-flattering context to his daughter’s assertion last month that she ‘never planned to run for governor” while her father served as speaker.”

Said Madigan: “Lisa and I had spoken about that on several occastions, and she knew very well that I did not plan to retire. She knew what my position was. She knew.”