New entry joins Democratic Attorney General race

Posted on October 5, 2017

By RFD Radio

HIGHLAND PARK – Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering is jumping into the Democratic field after last month’s announcement that Lisa Madigan wouldn’t seek re-election.

Rotering ran a spirited campaign against U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider in the last year’s Democratic primary. She landed more than 46 percent of the vote cast. She won a high profile battle with the NRA as Highland Park enacted an ordinance banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.

State Rep. Scott Drury and State Sen. Kwame Raoul are also in the Democratic field.

Attorney and former Miss America Erika Harold is seeking the Republican nomination.

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