Chicago has 50 wards that each elect one person to the Chicago City Council. Madigan held the 13th ward, near Midway Airport, for most of storied political career.

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According to Professor Evan McKenzie, head of the University of Illinois at Chicago’s political science department, this connection to the defunct Washington Federal, along with his status as a member ...