Dave Severin, Republican candidate for State Representative in the 117th District, signed a pledge on June 28 that said his first action as a new elected representative would be to vote to remove Mike Madigan as Speaker of the House.
Rep. Brandon Phelps is one of the latest targets of an advertising campaign blasting southern Illinois state legislators for being lackeys to House Speaker Mike Madigan.
Bradley is one of two Democratic representatives that have been heavily scrutinized by scathing ads paid for by the Illinois Republican Party ahead of the elections in November.