CHICAGO – Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced Friday that she's not running for re-election in 2018. In her statement, she remained vague about disclosing her plans for the future.
"As I look ahead, I believe that the end of my fourth term as Attorney General will be the right time for me to seek a new challenge," Madigan said in a statement reported in the Tribune. "I have dedicated my career to helping people.That will continue to be my focus, and I am looking forward to finding new ways to do that with the passion that I have brought to my work as Attorney General."
The AG stirred controversy among Illinois conservatives earlier this week when she issued a memo encouraging Illinois local and state lawmakers they are free to ignore federal immigration laws.
Madigan, who is the daughter of state Democrat Party leader and House Speaker Mike Madigan, first became Illinois' attorney general in 2003 previously said she would run for a fifth term.
Last month, former Miss America Erika Harold announced her bid to seek the IL GOP's nomination in 2018.
