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The former U.S. House and Senate candidate takes over next week for a party grasping for unity against Democratic domination in Illinois.
The convention will mark a coming-out party for Kathy Salvi, who faces the challenge of rebuilding a party incrementally decimated by failed statewide campaigns, division within its ranks — and Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s vast fortune bolstering Democratic supermajorities.
Republicans have one final legal card they can play, but it’s a long shot.
Whitmer will be the keynote speaker at the Illinois Democratic Party's annual top fundraising event in September in Chicago, the Sun-Times has learned.